We are going to Estes Park this afternoon to hunt elk.  To shoot them, not with guns, of course, but with our cameras.

From Wikipedia, “Estes Park is a town in Larimer County, Colorado, USA on the Big Thompson River.”  It is the eastern gateway community to the Rocky Mountain National Park.

For us, Estes Park is where we get to see elk in the wild during the elk’s rutting season.  The town has their annual Elk Fest late summer and this year it was Sept 29th and 30th, which we’ve missed.  So, we are going this afternoon.  I am hoping that we still get to see elk in town — they actually come down from the mountains and go right into town during this ruttinig season.  This photo was from Fall 2004.
elk 2004

Here is Mary in downtown Estes Park in Fall 2003.
mary at estes 2003

Hope we get to see elk this year!