Fall in the Rocky Mountains?

Yesterday was cool, overcast, rainy, and today we awoke to snow on the Mummy Range Mountains the other side of Estes Park! It was 36 degrees when we got up, so fall is definitely here! Last night was our going-away dinner for all the workers and it was great fun! This is the last weekend for the campground to be open and the last Halloween weekend! Last weekend was a lot of fun and I have two favorite costumes that parents made for their kids that I'll add to this post. Creativity is still around! Starting Tuesday the other workers will start leaving for the winter, but we're all coming back next summer! Yeah! Wayne and I will hang around Jellystone until October 14th, then head to Albuquerque for a few weeks. What's next? Who knows!

Halloween in September

At Jellystone, we celebrate Halloween every weekend in September, because we close September 30th! It's very popular with the locals and people make their next-year's reservations when they arrive for this year's festivities! Campers decorate their site, their rig, wear costumes, give out candy, and of course there's the Haunted Hike on Saturday night through the dark woods. It's been fun! We'll be winding down here soon!

Hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park

Our season has started slowing down and we're working fewer hours each day and now have three days off a week! Yeah! We survived July and August! This whole summer I kept asking Stan and Kay if I could go hiking with them (they are avid hikers). This week it turned out we could and did. We hiked to Ouzell Falls in the Wild Basin Trail area of Rocky Mountain National Park. The day was overcast and it did rain on us (yes, I had my raincoat with me). It was a six-mile round-trip hike and I had a great time! Thank you Stan and Kay!