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📍Nymph Lake and 📍Bear Lake within 📍Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado were both pretty close to the beginning of thi...
09/13/2026

📍Nymph Lake and 📍Bear Lake within 📍Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado were both pretty close to the beginning of this trail, especially 📍Bear Lake 🐻.

I can't say more good things about this trail, so many lakes 🏞 to see, and I don't think we covered them all! There is also a waterfall we missed.

While hiking between these two lakes there were these little guys 🐿 posing for the camera 📷!

To get onto the road for 📍Bear Lake you have to have a reservation. We were able to grab one day of, but had to wait a few hours until we could get access (although we got into the park at 6:30 AM). Definitely see why why though, the parking lot was full and thr park and ride bus was PACKED, as was the trail itself.

If you're more of a hike by yourself kind of person, would recommend going super early, but for someone who gets nervous with wild animals, I felt safe with all the people around. Honestly, got to talk to a lot of interesting locals on the trails and had people take our photos 📸. Wouldn't have had that if we were alone (plus my anxiety would've been on top of that mountain 😅).

📸 Photos taken September 2026
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Driving to the 📍Alpine Visitors Center in the 📍Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado was definitely an adventure! 🚗🏔The...
09/12/2026

Driving to the 📍Alpine Visitors Center in the 📍Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado was definitely an adventure! 🚗🏔

The park ranger at the center was so sweet and was able to give me the junior ranger activity book, swear me in, and give me my badge all at the same time if I promised to complete the book. 🫡 Which I did of course, always did! But, due to checking in before timed reservation and the visitors centers being where there are located within the park... Just incase we accidently drove out and didn't mean to we might have been out of luck.

🤔 Fun fact about this visitors center, its the highest facility of its kind in the National Park Service. It was a beautiful drive up there, with plenty of switch backs! We even got to see some rams 🐐 on the way back down.

There's several alpine hikes up at the top, and we even attempted one. However, this was our first stop ofnthe morning and didn't have much water and food in us. I was afraid of getting altitude sickness, so after getting about halfway up we turned around. 😅

The views were gorgeous and something quite different than the views from down below!

📸 Photos taken September 2026
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🎞️ Photographed by The Outdoor Adventures of Sam & Tim LLC

09/11/2026

Hiking 🥾 alongside 📍Dream Lake in 📍Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. 🏞

📍Emerald Lake of 📍Rocky Mountain National Parm, Colorado was perfectly nestled within the mountains ⛰️. At the end of ou...
09/11/2026

📍Emerald Lake of 📍Rocky Mountain National Parm, Colorado was perfectly nestled within the mountains ⛰️.

At the end of our hike we were greeted with this gorgeous alpine lake 💚. When we arrived there were quite a few people here, all which just sitting and taking the view in. What a view it is, we understand why Tiffany 🎨 was painting this area.

We spent some time here enjoying the lake ourselves. When we started our hike 🥾 we made this our first stop, then back tracked to the other lakes.

Little chipmunks were running about and so many Steller's Jays (these were such pretty birds!). We really loved all the different birds here. 🫶

It took us a total of 1 hour and 2 minutes to get to the lake from the starting point, and 2 hours and 1 minutes total hiking time. 🏞

Hiking 🥾 this trail we were just met with view after view after view. 📸 And 📍Dream Lake in 📍Rocky Mountain National Park...
09/10/2026

Hiking 🥾 this trail we were just met with view after view after view. 📸 And 📍Dream Lake in 📍Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado was no exception.

Smooth as glass. 🏞

Not only that, it kept on going! As we continued on hikinf this lake continued on with us.

These alpine lakes continue to blow us away with their beauty. 💙 Have you done this hike? Which lake was your favorite? 🏔

📸 Photos taken September 2026
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🎞️ Photographed by The Outdoor Adventures of Sam & Tim LLC

We arrived at 📍Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado at 6:30 AM. We wanted to get in early before the timed entry and t...
09/10/2026

We arrived at 📍Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado at 6:30 AM. We wanted to get in early before the timed entry and to be able to catch the sun 🌞 hit the trees and maybe get a glimpse of some of the animals.

We lucked out and we're able to get both.

Although in 📍Michigan we do have elk, there has been only one time we both saw elk and it was on the side of the highway. This trip was a real treat to be able to see these magnificent animals. 🦌

Being able to watch them graze while the sun glowed against the trees so early in the morning was really beautiful. 🫶

📸 Photos taken September 2026
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🎞️ Photographed by The Outdoor Adventures of Sam & Tim LLC

09/10/2026

What a beautiful end to a beautiful hike in 📍Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

We spent all day in 📍Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. But, before we get into that, share all our beautiful pictu...
09/09/2026

We spent all day in 📍Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. But, before we get into that, share all our beautiful pictures and experiences, we wanted to share something truly unique and special thay happened on our last hikes of the day. 🎨

While approaching the last lake of our trip, we quite literally stumbled into this wonderful human being Tiffany. She is a local painter 🖌 who was painting 📍Emerald Lake. It was so cool running into her, especially at the end of this hike.

We learned she basically took the hardest route here, carried her stuff, set up, and began painting. She even scrambled up rocks with all her gear. 🧗‍♀️

After we visited the lake ourselves, we met up with her and chatted with her a bit for the rest of our hike. She is super sweet! Learned that you shouldn't drink from the water no matter how good it looks, elk p*e in there! 🦌 Her dad even made her a carrying case for her painting while it dried and she hikes back.

Whenever she releases her print for the one we saw her paint 🖼 we're for sure going to buy it! 😍 It even comes signed too. She doesn't have social media or anything, but check out her website below. ⬇️

https://www.tiffanykingart.com/

📸 Photos taken September 2026
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🎞️ Photographed by The Outdoor Adventures of Sam & Tim LLC

Prior to visiting 📍Arches National Park, we stopped at 📍Wilson Arch! This isn't too far from 📍Moab and was a fun little ...
09/08/2026

Prior to visiting 📍Arches National Park, we stopped at 📍Wilson Arch! This isn't too far from 📍Moab and was a fun little side quest!

This arch is named after Joe Wilson who had a cabin nearby in 📍Dry Valley.

This is right off the highway and had ample parking, so it was nice to be able to take our time going up (and down).

Do you have a favorite arch you have visited? Whether it was in 📍Utah or any other state, share your pictures! 📸

📸 Photos taken September 2026
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🎞️ Photographed by The Outdoor Adventures of Sam & Tim LLC

09/08/2026

Loved being able to walk all around this rock at 📍Arches National Park, Utah.

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