Impromptu Mini Vacation - Part 2

We woke up much later than we'd planned on Sunday morning, so we quickly packed up our camp so we could get on the trail before it got too much later. We chose to hike the Wild Basin area of Rocky Mountain National Park because it was very close to our camp. It was a ten mile hike - round trip, with lots of beautiful sights on the way.

Our first stop was at the Calypso Cascades. We took a couple quick pictures and kept moving.

At the Calypso Cascades.

Calypso Cascades.

Along the trail.

The second stop was Ouzel Falls.

Ouzel Falls.

Toward the top of our "mountain," the trail took us through an area that had been hit by a fire years and years ago. It's interesting how different the terrain was.

Toward the "top."

Almost at the end. This waterfall doesn't have a fancy name, but it was still pretty.

Our final destination was Ouzel Lake.

Ouzel Lake.

The rain clouds came out a little at the lake, so before we started our trek down, we donned our awesome rain panchos.

We're so stylish.

But the sun came out pretty quickly on the way back down, so we didn't have to wear them for long. As a matter of fact, it got pretty darn hot towards the end.

Matt, enjoying a little bit of shade.

It was a very different hike from the big mountains we'd been doing the last few weeks. Mostly because it was so much lower in elevation. But it was still a pretty good climb.

We were on our way home after our hike. It was nice to get out of the city for a couple days, and it felt much more like a vacation than we thought it would. But back to the grind... for Matt, anyway. I'm on Summer Break!!