Estes Park, CO ~ Gateway Rocky Mountain National Park (6:00 am)

This country is an place of amazing beauty, from the high plains of Wyoming to the heart of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.  Estes Park defines tourism.  However, before most people open their eyes, Estes Park is a beautiful paradise and home to the Stanely Hotel where Steven King wrote the Shining.  Estes Lake provides this mornings shot of the day.  Waking up today I know I am alive.