Rocky Mountain National Park on Nature Friday

Happy Nature Friday!!

Today, we are letting Mama share a few of her pictures from 

Rocky Mountain National Park. We have also included some fun facts about the National Park under each picture.

Did you know the Rocky Mountains got their name from a translation of a Native American Algonquian name "Cree as-sin-wati" meaning "Rocky Mountain"?

On January 26, 1915 Woodrow Wilson signed the "Rocky Mountain National Park Act" making it the 10th US National Park.

Fall 2020 brought wild fires to the Rocky Mountain National Park. Over 30,000 acres of the park were burned including the Grand Lake Park Offices and numerous historical buildings.

The Rockies sure are an interesting place, don't you think?

The Continental Divide begins in the Northern Rockies of Montana and continues into the Southern Rockies of New Mexico. It separates the the water drainage in the US with the western divide flowing into the Pacific Ocean and the eastern divide flowing into the Atlantic Ocean(via the Gulf of Mexico).

According to the National Park System, there are 147 lakes in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Rocky Mountain National Park is one of the highest National Parks. The highest peak is 14,259 feet above sea level.

Weather conditions change rapidly in the park and it can snow as late as July and as early as late August.

(Mama and Daddy had sleet and snow during their ride through the park)

There is so much nature to see throughout Rocky Mountain National Park that Mama and Daddy didn't get to see. We bet its not too long before we go back! 

We sure hope you all have a nature filled weekend. Don't forget, the Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse happens in some areas of Blogville this weekend, be sure to take a peek at it!

Show us your nature! It can be flowers, your current weather, a scene out of your window, or maybe a picture from a vacation, walk or other journey! Any kind of nature picture will do! If you don't see a link below, click HERE  to go to our Hoppity Page.

Happy Travel Tuesday - Holzwarth Historic Site

As Rosy mentioned last week, Mama and Daddy went for the occasional "dog-free" afternoon adventures while we were on vacation.  

Apparently, dogs aren't allowed on the trails of Rocky Mountain National Park. Luckily, our RV park was humungous and Mama and Daddy always wore us out took us for long walks before they left.

 We did over hear them talking about a few of their adventures though....

Today, we are going to share some of the pictures and background of their Holzwarth Historic Site adventure.

John Holzwarth , a German Immigrant, came to Granby in 1917 with his family. 

The Holzwarths made a living doing anything they could. This included lumber milling and even cutting ice from Grand Lake to sell to locals for refrigeration. Eventually though, they opened a lodge

The lodge eventually became the Never Summer Ranch, one of the first "dude ranches". The Ranch was in operation until the mid 1970s when it was absorbed into Rocky Mountain National Park.

Mama and Daddy took a hike out to see some of the original buildings.

The ranch is located in a beautiful valley on the eastern side if Rocky Mountain National Park.

Boy, the scenery is almost as pretty as the view out CeCe's window!

The ranch buildings are nestled in the valley forest

Can you imagine the campfire stories they told back then?

Not all the buildings are open to the public. National Park Rangers call some of them home while stationed at the park.

You can read more about The Holzwarth family and the history of their time in the park HERE 

Here is a short slide show Mama put together:

You can also watch it HERE, on our YouTube channel!

Thanks for joining us on another vacation adventure. 

Next week we'll take a little break from the Rocky Mountains while we let Mama show you some scary balloon pictures and tell you about the Albuquerque Balloon Festival!

  

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!