Out There Photography: Megatrip: Day 4

Good morning!
Day 4 of the trip was another long day, filled with beautiful scenery.
Out There Photography got up early and, as promised, there's a shot of the lovely sunrise that greeted us. Moments like that make it worth getting up early!
We left Starvation Lake and headed east on Highway 40. We took a little side trip into Dinosaur National Monument, which was stunning, but as we had a lot of ground to cover that day, we didn't spend as much time there as we might have liked.
From Dinosaur, we continued east toward the Rocky Mountain front. We stopped off in Steamboat Springs, CO to resupply at a local grocery store, then headed up over Rabbit Ears Pass. Our plan had been to camp at one of the numerous campgrounds on the pass, but we discovered (to our dismay) that they had already been closed for the winter. Fortunately for us, we proceeded on and were rewarded with a moose sighting. He was a big, big guy, sleek and healthy from the summer's foraging.
Driving down the east side of the pass, headed toward Rocky Mountain National Park, we saw beautiful peaks and yellow aspens, lit up by the lowering sun.
On we drove, and happily, we were able to find a place to camp just outside Rocky Mountain National Park, and had gotten there in time to set up camp before dark and get some spectacular sunset shots.
At 8300 ft. above sea level, the air is thin and it gets mighty chilly as soon as the sun goes down, but our sleeping bags did the job and we had a peaceful night's sleep on the shores of the lake.
Sunrise photos and Rocky Mountain National Park, up next! Stay tuned!

~OTP