#2016 LWOW Day 2: Denver City Park and Jellystone Park

Good morning! I'm writing this on Saturday morning from Jellystone Park in Estes Park, CO.  The signal here on the Yogibear 5 wireless network is a little weak and I'm currently fighting off chipmunks (I wish I was kidding) so I don't know when this will actually post or if it will have pictures. Anyhow--

It's in a gas station! As all good restaurants are...

First and foremost--Eat at Joe's Kansas City for BBQ next time you're through there.  I've already written about it extensively on Facebook/Instagram.  But just do it.  And order the Z-Man sandwich.  Smoked provolone, brisket, onion rings and BBQ sauce....and the FRENCH FRIES.  So so good.

Z Man:  it'll change you 

We spent half of Friday traveling from Salina, KS to Denver, CO.  We went to City Park in Denver-- it was a beautiful park with downtown Denver and the mountains in the background, a large lake, lots of walking trails, and several museums and nice neighborhoods surrounding it (think Central Park...but smaller and fewer homeless people).

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science was a great way to spend the afternoon!  It was raining most of the day, so we appreciated the indoor activity.  Lots of wildlife exhibits (we kept imagining the scenes out of Night at the Museum where the exhibits all come to life at night.)  They had a few Egyptian mummies, a HUGE exhibit on dinosaurs and fossils which made me quite glad I wasn't alive during those times.

Probably my favorite thing we did was see the new National Parks IMAX film.  We have made it a goal to get to as many National Parks as we can-- we love them.  It was fun to see the movie and count how many we have been to and which ones we want to add to our list.

We got to Jellystone Park (an hour away from Denver) around 7:00. The Walshes were already set up and graciously came over to help us get our camp up in a flash.  Ate a few s'mores and some melatonin and a few photo opps with the Yogi statue and we were done for the day!

Adult and anxious 8 year old tent on left
Teen tent on the right