I had just graduated highschool in 2012 of last year. My graduation gift, A cross country trip through Nebraska, to Colorado. My father had us stopping to camp throughout the country, Rocky Mountain national park, boulder Colorado, Into Utah where we stopped by the dinosaur museum and monument, to salt lake city, But the best thing I’d ever seen was Yellowstone National Park, I wanted to stay forever and felt like I was home with the mountains, the cold air and snow, the grizzlies and the sound wilderness, going to the falls and old faithful. It made me feel like I had just inherited a right, and gone through a right of passage. Eventually we had to go home, going through Wyoming, Idaho and South Dakota<3 Which all were equally just as beautiful. I felt like I was truly human and apart of something, and ever since then I’ve wanted nothing more than to go back. It’s beyond the definition of true love when you feel longing for the earth like that.
Sincerely,
Rocky Mountain National Park
This dramatic landscape of towering mountains and alpine lakes encompasses more than 265,000 acres - 95% of which are designated wilderness. With this intentional focus on protecting this unique landscape, there are few developed infrastructure areas in the park, which leads to traffic problems in areas including the Bear Lake Road Corridor and right off Trail Ridge Road. Alpine tundra also encompasses approximately 1/3 of the park. Alpine tundra is a fundamental and fragile resource, which requires park managers to give this ecosystem increased attention for protection.
State(s): Colorado
Established: 1915
“We may be human, but my favorite quote of all time is 'Be humble for you are made of earth, be noble for you are made of stars'. The earth is where we were built up from flesh and bone, and that makes us truly the same as mountains, grass, and earth. ”
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Last year about this time, my husband and I were planning an autumn trip to CO. Rocky Mountain NP was to be among our first stops but we had never visited a park where reservations were required. I called the number at RMNP to get some advice. The man who…
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