We Woke Up at 3 AM in Our Van to Access Rocky Mountain National Park... (Was It Worth It?)

You probably didn't know that Rocky Mountain National Park is the only National Park in the country that requires a timed entry to access it! Even more crazy, you need a special entry permit for Bear Lake Road, a corridor of the park that contains the most beautiful and popular hikes. These reservations sell out weeks ahead and even if you get a reservation, it doesn't guarantee that there will be parking. However, if you arrive before 5 AM, you can get in for free with no reservation. Check out this video to see if waking up at the crack of dawn to get here is worth it for people who aren't morning people AT ALL. We are Madina and Ian and we are on a mission to see all 50 states in our 1985 Dodge Falcon old van. We got married spontaneously after just 2 months of dating and had a secret courthouse wedding where nobody was invited. We lived in an apartment for a year but we hated it. Our spontaneous energy completely died and we felt like we were anchored down to one place, so we ripped up our lease and bought a 30 ft travel trailer that we towed with our red work van. Our trailer was falling apart from the day we bought it. There were leaks in the roof, our slide room didn't work, and just a year and a half later we liquidated it for just 10% of what we paid for it. Worst of all, we hated that we always had to store it in campgrounds while we went out to explore. So we went to Facebook Marketplace in search of a van. The first listing we clicked on was the van we own now. For the past year, we’ve been traveling and seeing the beautiful western nature the USA has to offer, and on September 24th, we shared our first ever YouTube video!!!! If you love our content, please subscribe because the more support we get, the more we will post! We also post Youtube Shorts but you can also find us on the following platforms below where we post live story updates daily! Instagram: Instagram: nomadiancouple Facebook: Facebook: 61589017029081