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Old 06-09-2014, 05:15 AM
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Default I hope ou acclimated before you went up to Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes
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Originally Posted by SantaClaus View Post
No, but I remember my first time seeing a REAL mountain, on honeymoon with my wife in Estes Park, CO. All I'd ever seen were the bumps we have in Ga and Tn. I never expected the Rockies to be so huge! I knew they were not covered in trees, but I thought they'd be a similar scale to the Smokies. I was awestruck.


I hope you acclimated before you went up to Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Colorado !! You are correct, the Rockies are awesome to view. Our son/family live in Denver. They were married at 8,000 to 9,000 elevation in Tabernash which is near Winter Park, CO. We also have many friends who lived in Colorado Springs for a long time (Air Force Academy, etc.)......all high elevation if you are not used to it, or coming from sea level I should say. Pikes Peak is close to Colorado Springs.

Colorado is a beautiful state, but lately they've been having some severe weather.

We live in the Green Mountain State ; our mountains would be like your mountains..........as well as those in New Hampshire, Maine and neighboring New York State.