My Aunt Blazey lives in Colorado. In August of 2018 we all went camping in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Rocky Mountain National Park is near Estes Park in Colorado.
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We camped overnight in the Moraine Park camp ground, and roasted hot dogs over the fire for dinner.
Clearly, I am thrilled about all this:
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It gets darker in Rocky Mountain national park than it gets in most cities — there is very little light pollution.
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