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Why Estes Park, Colorado Is Magical
Encounters with nature and unknown fame
One of my favorite trips thus far with our family has been to Estes Park in Colorado.
It sits right outside Rocky Mountain National Park.
My husband, two kids, and I never expected to see nature so up close and personal as we did.
It made our vacation magical, but it was a reminder that man and nature still need to maintain mutual respect for one another.
This was our experience.
The Elk Rut in Estes Park
About mid-September each year, the Elk Rut begins.
The Elk Rut is when the male elk are looking to mate with the female elk. And wow, do the males put on a show as to who among them is the biggest and the boldest.
At the top of this article is a picture of one of the largest male elk we saw coming down from the mountains. He even stopped traffic to cross the highway. But how could he not, he was really something to see.
The elk find their way all over Estes Park, but while we were there, their favorite place to congregate was right on the golf course seen below.
