Chris and I were a little late getting into the park on Saturday morning. We got behind a huge truck that had us going 10 mph at times on highway 36 between Lyons and Estes Park. The truck probably had a line of 30 cars following it. After at least ten miles of this, the truck finally pulled over.
Fortunately we were still able to get into the Bear Lake section of Rocky Mountain even though were a half hour late on our timed entry reservation.
We parked at the Park n Ride, got on the bus and rode up to the Bear Lake Trailhead.
We hadn't planned to hike to Flat Top, but Chris wanted to see the views. So, off we went. It was pretty much a constant incline.
We stopped for lunch at the Dream Lake Overlook and then continued on past the Emerald Lake Overlook, above tree line.
The clouds were pretty awesome.
We decided to turn around.
Saw this huge herd of elk as we were leaving Estes Park.
