“The trail compels you to know yourself and to be yourself and puts you in harmony with the universe. It makes you glad to be living. It gives health, hope, and courage, and it extends that touch of nature which tends to make you kind.” — Enos Mills
Enos Mills, a naturalist, nature guide, and lodge owner, lived in Estes Park, and spent his free time writing books and articles promoting the area to tourists. He began to worry that the increase of tourism would also bring commercial business and industries, therefore destroying the land and mountains he came to love. Mills travelled the country using his speeches, photographs, and writings to lobby for a national park. In 1915, his efforts, and those of other conservationists, were successful and the Rocky Mountains were established as the 10th US national park.
In 1929, the same year as the incorporation of Simpson & Vail, the park had its final boundary expansion and construction on roads in the park began. With the rise of the automobile industry accessibility of the Rockies was crucial to its success. Trail Ridge Road construction began when millions of Americans became unemployed during the Great Depression. President Franklin Roosevelt created programs to employ people, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). This work relief program offered jobs to unskilled workers to help conserve and develop natural resources on government lands. With their assistance, the National Park Service was able to complete construction on Trial Ridge Road, a road with world famous views of the park.
The Rocky Mountains, as of 2018, is now the 3rd most visited park in the US, partly due to the breathtaking views the park provides. Our black tea blend literally tastes like you’re walking down a trail surrounded by tall pine trees. Warm and comforting, this tea makes you wish you could sit outside and view the snow-capped mountains. The amber colored cup has a light musky raspberry taste that perfectly complements the pine tree aroma of the sage.
Ingredients: Black teas, raspberry leaf, raspberry flavor, sage leaf, and raspberry pieces.
Thoughtful either way. I love your tea-enabling children on your behalf :) Pretty fond of you, too.
Gmathis: they do such sweet things for me! Love you back!
Happy to hear it’s not cancer! Such a thoughtful gift from your daughter :)
Sadly, it is cancer!
But thank you for being happy for me had it not been! :)
So sorry your cancer has returned. Sending healing vibes the internet. And a reminder to drink good tea, life is too short to drink crappy tea.
Thank you, Michelle! I am going to try to drink a lot more drink tea and have a shot of matcha every day that I remember! Ha ha! I bought the Angiogenesis tea from Harney. It is pretty good!