{"id":1830,"date":"2012-09-25T18:52:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T00:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tim.tmcarthur.net\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2013-08-01T09:39:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T15:39:48","slug":"fall-colors-in-rocky-mtn-ntnl-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/fall-colors-in-rocky-mtn-ntnl-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall colors in Rocky Mtn Ntnl Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year Conor and I went into the National Park for a hike, but we did so a few weeks too early and did not get to see all the aspen&#8217;s turning. This year we made it at the right time and enjoyed a 6 mile hike through the park with peak fall-colors.<\/p>\n<p>The day started gloomy and under cover of high clouds. Temperature was perfect for hiking (in the 50&#8217;s) with a 40% chance of rain in the afternoon which arrived early and while we were still 2 miles out from the trail head. Not to worry though as I am always prepared with plastic poncho in my hiking bag. I have carried it with me for years and this was the first time I had to use it. It rained the final hour of our 3 hour hike. While cold and slightly wet, it actually made the hike that much more&#8230; err, adventurous would be the better word. I&#8217;d have hated to have to spend the night at a camp after so being able to get into a car and drive down the mountain and into the sun made it all worth while.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pie-gallery alignGalleryCenter\">\n<div class=\"pie-item\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n<p class=\"pie-img-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/111975007720860127241\/FallInRMNP#5792893678319010978\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" alt=\"IMG_2993.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-zNUTAoO2wqo\/UGR-G73PhKI\/AAAAAAAAUjs\/TdTl9eUg93A\/s160-c\/IMG_2993.JPG\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pie-item\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n<p class=\"pie-img-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/111975007720860127241\/FallInRMNP#5792893735571047650\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" alt=\"IMG_3005.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-AolswAG-2Y0\/UGR-KRJMROI\/AAAAAAAAUkI\/36t_nNwp_28\/s160-c\/IMG_3005.JPG\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pie-item\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n<p class=\"pie-img-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/111975007720860127241\/FallInRMNP#5792893774274677218\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" alt=\"IMG_3012.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-MfBuWI-SFgI\/UGR-MhU2yeI\/AAAAAAAAUkY\/UvZrcGt3tQ8\/s160-c\/IMG_3012.JPG\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pie-item\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n<p class=\"pie-img-wrapper\"><a title=\"Bear Lake\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/111975007720860127241\/FallInRMNP#5792893664351282082\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" alt=\"Bear Lake\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-mzcmbAbykm4\/UGR-GH1E46I\/AAAAAAAAUjk\/uSX_5LZnHcQ\/s160-c\/IMG_2992.JPG\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pie-item\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n<p class=\"pie-img-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/111975007720860127241\/FallInRMNP#5792893841979782514\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" alt=\"IMG_3020.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-gCMQVy9bTJ4\/UGR-QdjAtXI\/AAAAAAAAUko\/eNA7ha4dB-k\/s160-c\/IMG_3020.JPG\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pie-item\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n<p class=\"pie-img-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/111975007720860127241\/FallInRMNP#5792893851408186770\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" alt=\"IMG_3023.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-sBneiON9ms4\/UGR-RAq6vZI\/AAAAAAAAUkw\/YtCOdZioGF8\/s160-c\/IMG_3023.JPG\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year Conor and I went into the National Park for a hike, but we did so a few weeks too early and did not get to see all the aspen&#8217;s turning. This year we made it at the right time and enjoyed a 6 mile hike through the park&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218,34,31],"tags":[36,97],"class_list":["post-1830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colorado-by-state","category-hike","category-national-parks","tag-hike-2","tag-rmnp"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9livM-tw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}