Wanting to take a little preemptive trip before our big long trip in July and August, we decided to go visit some friends in the Front Range. We drove the first day from Norwood to Kremmling and stayed in a hotel that night. Zyla did very well with the drive considering we had stops in Telluride and
Montrose that slowed down the trip. The next day we drove into Rocky Mountain National Park through the West side entrance. We ran into road construction, but eventually made it to the East side of the park to the house of Mark and Tamara Nydell. Mark and Tamara worked with me at Zion during my first season there. They have two little girls, Grace and Ava, almost 4 and 2. They were very cute and excited to see the brand new little baby. We went out to lunch and then got ourselves packed up for a short hike. We drove up to Bear Lake and started from there. Our goal was Dream Lake, a place that I had spent much time back i
n my trail crew days when I worked at Rocky. We got Zyla packed into the wrap and she was comfortable and soon fast asleep in her own little dreamworld. Jacqueline carried her and we had a short one mile hike to get there. Along the way, we stopped at Nymph Lake and took a family picture. Mark carried little Ava and Grace bounced back and forth from being carried to walking. We moved slow at the pace of people with three kids. Zyl
a got lots of comments from people, especially about how tiny she was. The trail climbed uphill through an excellently built trail until we ran into Dream Lake. We stopped there for family photos. It really was an amazing spot. We were happy that we made it that far, but I wanted to go a little bit farther to see some of my trail crew work. The problem was that we were starting to run into snow as we made our way around the lake.
We only made it as far as my little platform I built, but did not get to see a lot of my major trail work. It would be fun to go back, but on a day like today, it was not about ambition, but catching up with old friends. It was fun to be around other parents near our age with little girls. We could tell that Mark and Tamara were excellent parents. They had a happy home and invited us to crash with them for the night. We took them up on it and Zyla was so good. We really enjoyed staying in Estes Park and it was Jacqueline's first taste of a place that I called home for a couple summers.
Montrose that slowed down the trip. The next day we drove into Rocky Mountain National Park through the West side entrance. We ran into road construction, but eventually made it to the East side of the park to the house of Mark and Tamara Nydell. Mark and Tamara worked with me at Zion during my first season there. They have two little girls, Grace and Ava, almost 4 and 2. They were very cute and excited to see the brand new little baby. We went out to lunch and then got ourselves packed up for a short hike. We drove up to Bear Lake and started from there. Our goal was Dream Lake, a place that I had spent much time back i
n my trail crew days when I worked at Rocky. We got Zyla packed into the wrap and she was comfortable and soon fast asleep in her own little dreamworld. Jacqueline carried her and we had a short one mile hike to get there. Along the way, we stopped at Nymph Lake and took a family picture. Mark carried little Ava and Grace bounced back and forth from being carried to walking. We moved slow at the pace of people with three kids. Zyl
a got lots of comments from people, especially about how tiny she was. The trail climbed uphill through an excellently built trail until we ran into Dream Lake. We stopped there for family photos. It really was an amazing spot. We were happy that we made it that far, but I wanted to go a little bit farther to see some of my trail crew work. The problem was that we were starting to run into snow as we made our way around the lake. 
We only made it as far as my little platform I built, but did not get to see a lot of my major trail work. It would be fun to go back, but on a day like today, it was not about ambition, but catching up with old friends. It was fun to be around other parents near our age with little girls. We could tell that Mark and Tamara were excellent parents. They had a happy home and invited us to crash with them for the night. We took them up on it and Zyla was so good. We really enjoyed staying in Estes Park and it was Jacqueline's first taste of a place that I called home for a couple summers.
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beautiful! cheers to zyla's first hike and many more to come!
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