On this trip we went to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and we also went to Mueller State Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was a lot of fun and we did a lot of cool things. We hiked the Kawenchue Trail, which was pretty hard and tiring. We also went to the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, which was amazing.
The first place that I am going to be talking about is Moraine Park. For 2 days we saw a lot elk there and on the drive there we saw some mule deer, which was pretty cool. The temperature wasn’t that bad at Moraine Park, and it did not get that cold at night like it did at Rocky Mountain National Park.
The second place that I am going to be talking about is Rocky Mountain National Park. In Rocky Mountain National Park we hiked the Kawenchue Trail, which was 28 miles, and there was a lot of elevation gain and it wasn’t that hard. One of the days it snowed over night and we woke up to an inch of snow in the morning, which was pretty cool. It was the earliest I have ever seen snow. On the first day of hiking we hiked 4.6 miles and it wasn’t that hard of a hike. The next day we hiked 5 miles which, wasn’t that bad. The next day we hiked 6 miles over the pass in a whiteout, and that was probably the hardest day of the whole trip because most of it was uphill and downhill, which, is hard on your knees. On that day I saw a cow moose and four bighorn sheep. The next day we did a 3-mile hike, which was very short and easy compared to the rest of the long hikes. The last day we hiked 9 miles in four hours, which is beast. A big bull moose walked right through our campsite, which was a sight to behold.
The next place that we went to was Moraine Park for one night and that night only John used his bivy and it rained all night long, which really stunk because our sleeping bags were completely soaked and we were freezing because it was 35 degrees. Then it started snowing giant snowflakes so we got into the Big Black Beast and cranked the heat, which felt really good. Next we stayed at Mueller State Park for three days, which is in Colorado Springs. It was really cool at Mueller State Park because we saw a mule deer. At Mueller State Park we got to play a little bit of catch with a football. While at Mueller State Park we went to Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument and there were giant petrified redwood trees that were absolutely huge and amazing. We also saw fossils of different kinds of trees and other things. We also went to the Garden Of The Gods, which was really cool and we saw giant rock formations that were absolutely amazing.
During our expedition we did many cool things such as going to Rocky Mountain National Park, doing a backpacking trip on the Kawenchue Trail, and going to the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.
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