Full Time RV Travel–Rocky Mountain Land Cruiser Tour

Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park

is gravel, and is only open two months of the year. . .

we’ve wanted to do the Top of the World Tour since we got here,

and it finally happened this week when

Dave’s bub & sis in law arrived from Fort Worth. . .

If you drive the paved road, Trail Ridge Road,

you will drive 21 miles from Estes Park to the

summit in Rocky Mountain National Park. . .

If you drive the gravel, Old Fall River Road,

visible in the right hand side of the pic,

you will travel 11 miles from

Estes Park to the Summit. . .

You will travel around 23 switchbacks,

and get up close and personal with the dropoffs. . .

(yes, that is the guardrail right there)

a very good reason in my book to

take a tour and let the experts do the driving. . .

At our very first stop, the Alluvial Fan Waterfall

our tour guide, Alex, opened the hood

on the monster, and entertained the guys. . .

it was all greek to me. . .gear ratios. . .torque. . .yada, yada, yada. . .whatever!  LOL. . .

as close as you can get to the remaining snowfields without hiking. . .

Alex said he had lived in this area his entire life. . .

and he has never seen the snowfields completely disappear. . .but. . .

because the snow pack was so light this past winter, these last few

snowfields will probably completely melt away. . .

that will be sad, because the snow on the mountain peaks

is really what makes them so stunningly beautiful. . .

a Marmot was out sunning on a rock. . .

he stayed put just long enough to get a shot of him. . .

They hibernate 8 months of the year. . .

so they try to triple their body weight in the four months of summer. . .

More gorgeous views and family pics. . .Brenda and I are the only original in-laws. . .

so we gotta get our shots together whenever possible. . .

our hubby’s did good, didn’t they?  Lucky guys!

We had a great day in the park. . .and lots more fun later in the week. . .

More pics and posts later. . .

The END!