October 9 We left Loveland early, headed for the Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP). It was a good thing we arrived early because the campground ended up full shortly after we got our site, and the line up to get into the park was close to a mile long. We got a great site overlooking the meadows with nothing blocking our view. We headed out to Bear Lake for hiking and had to park in the overflow parking and take a shuttle to the hiking area. We got off at t...

Our first stop was the Visitor's Centre where we received lots of information about Colorado. We enjoyed a 5 km hike on Devil's Backbone that didn't begin to cover the entire route but we had to get back for Game 1. We found a bar in town where we were the only patrons interested in the game. What a tense game. Unfortunately the good guys lost.