June 27, 2008 we took a ride into Rocky Mountain National Park from the little town of Grand Lake on the west side of the park to Alpine Visitors Center.
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Grand Lake
formed by a glacier 30,000 years ago is 265 feet deep
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Facade
This is a toilet in a little park across from the lake. We notice...
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Pioneer Garden
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Pioneer Garden
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Pansy
Little signs to tell about the flowers
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Colorado Columbine
The blue and white columbine is the state flower of Colorado
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Pioneer Garden
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Elk
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Colorado River
The guided walk we went on crossed the Colorado River which has it's...
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Grand Ditch
What looks like a road traversing the mountain on the right to left and about...
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One cloud
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Guided walk
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Stephanie
Our guide
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Kawuneeche Valley
Kawuneeche is Arapaho for coyote
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Bark of lodgepole pine
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Lodgepole pines
are dying from pine bark beetles, a native species
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Never Summer Mountains
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Snow on the tundra
Taken from the Alpine Visitors Center, which is the highest in the National...
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Continental Divide
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Poudre Lake
This little lake is at the Continental Divide, the water on this side will...
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Lake Irene
is just a short walk
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Where's the path?
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Lake Irene
It was worth the walk over snow to get this beautiful lake.
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Marsh marigold
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North America
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