POPULATION: 5,880 ELEVATION: 7,522 DISTANCE FROM DENVER: 70 miles / 1.5 hours
It’s 5 o’clock and I’m stuck in traffic. But this time the hold-up isn’t commuters’ rush hour traffic; it’s migrating elk. As Justin, my fiancé, and I make our way back to Estes Park from Rocky Mountain National Park after a day of hiking, we are stopped by the herd. Or, more specifically, we are stopped by the bull who is acting as a crossing guard for his posse of cows. And his antlers must not be the only humongous thing about him—because, man, there are a lot of them. Instead of a whistle to usher them along, the bull lets
