Rocky Mtn pt.2 - Swimming!

Yeah that's right! You see that lake right there? The one that's fed by that glacier in the background?? Well Seagal and I made the plunge into the sub-50 degree water on day 2 of our camping adventure.

Seagal was totally set on jumping in and his resolve never wavered a bit. I, on the other hand, was not super excited about the idea after being rained on the entire first day and not having the best summer Colorado day on day 2 either. But I was at least going to make the hike up there...

RMNP is absolutely amazing, just like I imagine all national parks to be. Everytime I head up there, I totally wish that I could have everybody I know with me because the sights are SO vast and breathtaking. Words definitely can't describe how beautiful it is...pictures can't even do it. Seagal and I talked about this a bunch, but yet we still try and take pictures like this to capture it all.

Along the way, we found this wheelbarrow, a huge rock, and some snow (?!) A little more than 3 miles from our campsite, we came across Lost Lake, which is the official end of the trail. This is originally where we wanted to go swimming, but too many people hang out and fish there (too many = 3-5 when you're in the middle of nowhere) so we hiked up over that hill on the far side of the lake. Of course, as we were walking up over that big hill, a huge hail storm came rolling in...so we took cover under this awesome tree. Here's the view from the top of the hill looking at Lost Lake.

Lake Husted! Seagal was the first to go in. And after seeing how much fun he had, I did a complete 180 and said I went in myself! Seriously, it looks pretty nice, but it was frigid!! The lake was super shallow, which made swimming in it very very difficult. But it was WAY fun and I'm so glad we went in! Definitely memorable.

Upon leaving Lake Husted, we didn't think it was going to be possible to make the day any better. But then on the way back to camp, we ran into this gigantic moose (!) along the trail that we even tracked for a little bit! When we got back to camp, we had some food, threw the football around, and then made an unexpected journey to cap off an already amazing day outdoors...