A Tale of Two Seasons

Here is Bear Lake at the end of May. We were surprised at how much snow was still there.

Jason's parents came and spent some time with us over Memorial day weekend. We decided to take them up to Rocky Mountain National Park. We had taken my parents there in October and really enjoyed the trip. We were surprised at just how different this trip would be. 

Here is the lake last fall.

There was piles of snow all around the lake. We were slipping around trying to climb some of the snow banks. Kaci was loving being in the snow. About half way around the lake the trail became all snow so we turned around and went back the way we came.

We also did the Alberta Falls hike. This one had snow but not quite as much as the other trail. The falls were going full blast with all of the run off.
We headed to the top of the mountain. The road only opened the day before. They had to basically scrape a path down the road. Snow was higher than the car.  At the summit, it looked like they had scraped out the parking lot. Can you see where Grandpa scraped Jackson and Chase's name?
Here is Kaylee with Grandpa causing problems in the background.
Jason scraped Kaci's name in the snow also.
It was foggy and misty so the pictures aren't that great but the kids thought it was pretty cool to see how high the snow was.
Here is Chase.
We went to the spot where we took this picture last fall and there was a wall of snow higher than the roof of the building at the top. Pretty crazy how much snow was up there still in May.
We had a fun time with Jason's parents. His dad does not sit still so lots of projects were done at my house. (Thanks Dad!) I think the only time he sat still was in the car and at church on Sunday. We will have to make this trip in July and compare our pictures!