We had reserved a campsite at Moiraine campground a few months earlier for about $20 a night. The smaller size of the park means fewer campgrounds to choose from, but Moiraine was pretty spacious. We had more room between us and other campers then we had at the Madison campground in Yellowstone. This year we splurged on a larger tent so we could actually stand up straight while changing. We were even able to fit a fold-out table in the tent! The front part of the tent also had a screened-in "patio" that we could zip up if it started raining. The weather was iffy when we got there but we managed to beat the big rain and get the camp set up.
Not too bad on space! This is the view from our tent. The nice thing about this particular part of the campground is that the sites were staggered at different levels so it still felt like you had some privacy. The bathrooms weren't too far away either. I ran into a young male deer on my first trip to the facilities. He ran right by me and then came back a few days later to eat lunch by our tent (photos of that later).
The following day we did the hike to Alberta Falls. Unfortunately, along the way we missed a sign and wound up on a not so fun, steep and rocky trail. After turning around, we got hit with more rain but here are some photos from the hike.
We had a really nice lunch at some picnic tables by a river. Wish we had this view at home!
My next blog will be on the Trail Ridge Road where you can spend the day stopping at 12 beautiful spots ranging from subalpine, alpine tundra, alpine lakes and rock glaciers.
