We had a nice drive up to one of the many visitor centers. There we caught a shuttle up to Bear Lake. The ride went fairly well though construction in the park has caused a traffic nightmare. In fact no cars are allowed in the area from 9 - 4. This meant that we were asses to elbows for 40 min on the shuttle ride.
Bear Lake is scenic and popular, with great views of the mountains and is small enough that you could walk the perimeter fairly easily. We didn't, but seemed easy enough. After working out the day before we were both sore and instead chose to walk a few yards and collapse on a bench, enjoy the scene and repeat the sequence. During one collapse a fearless squirrel tried to convince us with his persistant cuteness that giving him one of our sandwiches wouldn't hurt anything. He came up and touched us, but disappeared everytime we brought the camera out.
The heat and over crowding wore me out, so we ended the adventure early and took a shuttle back to the van. From there we divided the afternoon and evening between shopping and McDonald's. I most have really been out-of-sorts since I chose a salad instead of an ice cream cone.
We attempted to find the Cracker Barrel for our evening accomodations (they, like Walmart, allow campers) but we couldn't spot it through my flurry of obscenties. We saw it from two different angles, but couldn't access its parking lot. Good luck if you miss a turn off in Loveland. There's no chance of turning around for miles. After much frustration we opted for the nearby Walmart in Greeley as the one we stayed in last night has a 24 hour cap.
Our fearless lunch companion
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