Day 18 - Rocky Mountain National Park and The Stanley

From Denver, we drove to Estes Park where the legendary Stanley Hotel is located. Many spooky stories come from this historic building, including the inspiration for Stephen King's The Shining. The story goes that Mr. King was the only guest of the hotel sometime in the 70s when he awoke from a dream that his 3-year old son was being chased through the corridors. This sparked him to move to Colorado to write the story we now all know and love.

We splurged a bit to stay here because we are big fans of The Shining, and it is a beautiful place nonetheless. Estes Park is much busier than we expected, but it is actually an adorable town right on the edge of a massive natural wonder. Before we checked in, we had a great time exploring Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park.

Later, we did a ghost tour through the hotel. Spoooooooooky.

When the weather was our friend. Rocky Mountain National Park

Better camera

With people

On our way to frozen Bear Lake

Bear Lake

Uh Oh

Waiting out the rain

Then hail

Estes Park. Weather is a lot different outside the mountains!

New York style! Did not disappoint

The Stanley

Inside. All of those people are actually ghosts

Stairwell

Come play with us

The Shining plays on a loop at this hotel!

Corpse free

Everyone has their vices

The concert hall on our ghost tour. Didn't see any ghosts but it was cool to learn about the hotel's history!

Room 217

The usual, Mr. Torrence?

Cute

The mountains from the hotel

Dinner

Day 18 Rating: Didn't die 10/10