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[Lynette]

OK, you are NOT going to believe this. In all the times I have been to RMNP... 4 or 5 drive-throughs, 1 school trip, and 3 hiking vacations, we have NEVER stopped at Lily Lake before. We had some extra time after we ate lunch at Upper Beaver Meadows until we needed to pick up Daniel (or so we thought), so we stopped at Lily Lake, an EXTREMELY popular place of an early afternoon.

We did not hike up Lily Ridge. I wasn't sure how far it was, and mostly wanted an easy stroll, so Joshua and I headed out to enjoy the lake. Dave stayed in the car and napped after his hike with Joshua that morning. Seems to be that hiking with Joshua is more strenuous than hiking with me. Go figure.







I was surprised at the number of very young ducklings this time of year. The ducklings around here are almost full grown, almost as big as their parents, but they still stay together as a group. These little guys at Lily Lake took off all by themselves and were all OVER the lake.


I'm assuming this is Estes Cone? It had originally been on my plan to do that day, but the rangers had recommended that Joshua stay under 10,000' that day... and we had already pushed it by doing the Ute Trail... even though he had no problems.










Lily Ridge has now replace Mt. Ida on my to-do list. (although Mt. Ida may be added again, just not on day 1).

Edited by Lynette, 06 August 2011 - 05:43 PM.

[Allie]

It's a great place to just hang out and enjoy the views.

[Monica]

Really nice pictures, Lynette,

This our first year to stop at Lily Lake, too. We didn't go up the ridge either, next time we will. We did go up Lily Mountain and love it.

[Lynette]

[mwilson]

Very pretty, Lynette!

[John]

I am enjoying your trip reports!

[foxfire]

John, on 06 August 2011 - 08:37 PM, said:

I am enjoying your trip reports!

Yes! I agree with John! We always stop at Lilly and usual go around the lake and Lilly Ridge Trail as well!

Thanks Lynette

Fox

[Scrapinator]

Ok, I have to admit I've also not stopped at Lily Lake. Your great shots have inspired me to stop there on my next trip, though. Great report.

[mistylady]

We stopped at Lily Lake for the first time 2 years ago. Now we make sure to go there every year. The Baldpate Inn is right across from Lily Lake. We always go there for dinner at least one time when we visit. I enjoyed the pictures of your visit to Lily.