We are nearing the end of the season at some of the northern parks, which means the weather is “hit or miss.” The first day at Rocky Mountain was a hit. We did the full Bear Lake Loop of 7+miles. The weather was perfect with sun and clouds in the low 50s. We thought we would only do 3 miles so we didn’t pack lunch… by mile 6, Hangry Danielle came out and we consumed all of our emergency snacks. Overall, an amazing hike.
One small opps… Lake Haiyaha is supposedly one of the stunning lakes in Rocky Mountain Park… Danielle and I were completely underwhelmed by what looked like a mostly dried up swamp. On the bus back, a family was raving about the lake. It turns out that we needed to go 200 meters further over a small rock formation to get to the actual lake. That half dried swamp was… an irrelevant half dried swamp. I am proclaiming this to be Davis Swamp and will be petitioning the Parks Foundation for the naming rights.
Hiking on Day 2 was a miss. The weather was not in our favor. Team Davis set out to do Cub Lake, a 6 mile hike. During this hike the weather turned fast from sunny to icy sleet and high winds. The little man was not enjoying this ride and voiced his disapproval of our hiking choice. We booked it through the back end of the hike to arrive back at the RV with a large orange parking warning sticker.
