One of my first opportunities to play tourist in Colorado came the day after my Dad and I arrived. We spent the first day trying to find a place to stay and when we finally found the place we got bored. So, on a whim, we decided to drive up to Rocky Mountain National Park, just outside of Estes Park, Colorado.
The drive up was absolutely beautiful. There are canyons, small, quaint little towns, and lots of wild life along the windy highway. Unfortunately, I was driving, so I couldn't get any pictures of the trip up to the park. But I did get plenty of shots once we got there! These are just a few.
You all know I have a strange flag obession. Don't know why, but I have to take pictures of flags. Very strange I know. But I could not help this one! Who could resist taking this shot? 
Because we came up on a whim, we really didn't have a plan on where to go. So basically we just took a driving tour of one corner of the park. In hindsight, I feel pretty stupid in the pictures I took. But for an east coaster that has never seen these sorts of sights, they were truly breath taking.
I thought this was a really cool picture, with the mountains in the background, then the trees and field, then the fallen and twisted tree in the foreground.
Apparently, I really liked this mountain because I took a ton of pictures of it. I don't really know if I knew I was taking pictures of the same mountain or not, but there are a lot of them. These are a few of my favorites. 
For some reason, I like pictures of highways. I've taken a lot of shots like this one. Guess it's the beginning of another obsession.
As I said, we didn't venture too far into the park. Both of us were not acclimated to the higher altitudes and we started to get a little sick from it. So we turned back, but I'm glad that we went despite the headaches and such. I have tons more pictures from this trip to the park and I'll be posting them on my Facebook page very soon.
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