| BY JOHN MEYER, JMEYER@DENVERPOST.COM
Hi, friends! Hope you all had as much fun as I did over the holiday weekend. I did a wonderful 5-mile hike at Devil's Lake in Wisconsin, that state's most popular state park, where I went hiking for the first time when I was in grade school. Towering over the lake to the east and west are heavily wooded ridges involving steep 500-foot climbs, while the trail on
the north and south drops to lake level where there are swim beaches. That means doing the loop around the lake involves 1,000 feet of climbing on glacier-carved terrain that includes some rocky scree slopes and beautiful rock formations. Altitude is no issue, of course, but the temperature was in the mid-80s and the humidity was 60%. I was soaked when I finished, but it was a fantastic day. Heads up Front Range cities will enjoy a respite from the heat of recent days this weekend. Forecast highs in the Denver-Boulder area are 87 degrees on Friday, 82 on Saturday and 92
on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service, with a chance of afternoon rain and thunderstorms on Saturday and Sunday. Rocky Mountain National Park will top out in the mid 60s Saturday and Sunday with rain and thunderstorms likely on Saturday afternoon. High temperatures in Summit County, Vail and Winter Park will be in the 60s.
The Moraine Park Campground at Rocky Mountain National Park is finally reopening after being closed the past two summers for a renovation and modernization project. (John Meyer/The Denver Post)
Your Weekly 5: - Largest campground in Rocky Mountain National Park finally reopens after two-year renovation
- It looks like the town of Nederland really is going to take over the Eldora ski area
- Best campground in the U.S. can be found in the heart of the Colorado Rockies, according to camping app
- Colorado's Copper Creek wolf pack -- with new pups in tow -- under scrutiny again after cattle killings
- Rocky Mountain National Park rangers find body of overdue female hiker near Chasm Lake
Worth Your Time 
The Silver Kings Suite
comes with a private balcony overlooking the Grand Pool at Glenwood Hot Springs Resort. (Provided by Glenwood Hot Springs Resort) Hotel 1888 has 16 rooms and sits just steps from the iconic Grand Pool
Get Yourself Outdoors 
Bring camping gear
and spend a night at one at a pull-off site. (Photo by R. Scott Rappold/Special to The Denver Post)
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