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This is the total route for the day. This includes a ride back the opposite way through Rocky Mountain National Park, then up to Walden and back through the Cache la Poudre Canyon.
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This is an expanded look at the first half of the route. This part includes the ride back through RMNP and up to Walden.
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This is the second half which includes the Cache la Poudre Canyon which is a great ride.
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Ready to go back through the park.
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The east entrance station. Your entry fee is good for a week, so don't lose it.
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Looking back toward Estes Park. That's the road below that we came in on.
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Looking ahead at the same stop above.
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Information at the Visitor Center.
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Looking east from the Visitor Center.
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Zoomed in on some elk.
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There's a little snow below us.
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The tall slender poles are to stick up in the snow so they can find the buliding. They told us that snow completely covers the building during the winter. The road is closed during the winter of course, but the rangers snowmobile up there a couple of times just to check on things.
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This was a nice place in Walden. We had a good lunch here at the River Rock Cafe (River Rock). Highly recommend.
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Inside the cafe.
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This is the chandelier in the bar at the cafe.
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This is the beginning of the Cache la Poudre canyon. It's just north of RMNP where these peaks are.
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Zoomed in on the snow.
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More peaks over in RMNP.
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The Cache la Poudre river.
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This is really a nice road.
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Another look at the river.
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One more look down river.
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Back in Estes Park at the Comfort Inn. This was the best place we stayed on the whole trip. King size bed, ceiling fan and high speed internet. This was the last photo of the day, time for dinner.
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