Colorado
Blog Posts from Colorado
Photos from Northern Colorado
Arriving in Denver
Another nice sunrise at Planet Fitness
Loveland Ski resort
Hiding in the trees
This was the view from the beginner area
Great day for skiing
Chairlift twofie
View of the continental divide
I70 Tunnel under the ski resort
Chair lift up to the top
On top of the continental divide, 12000 feet
Time to ski back down, extreme difficulty, I only fell once
Ptarmigan Roost at the top of the tree line
Great views of Loveland Valley
I was up there at the top!
Final run of the day
A really great experience skiing in the Colorado Rockies
Driving on I70, the ski resort was on the other side of that mountain on the right
We earned this blooming onion
Driving into Rocky Mountain National Park
Trail to the frozen lakes
Good thing we have our microspikes
Amazing vies along the trail
Dream lake, frozen over
Had great weather for this hike
Standing on Emerald lake
We really enjoyed the Rocky Mountains
Hopefully this is the last snowy picture of the trip
Washing the car on our day off
Dodging tumbleweeds on the way to Kansas
Photos from Southern Colorado
First overlook of the canyon and cliffs at Mesa Verde National Park
Very cold here this morning
Cliff Palace
800 year old city
Mancos Valley Overlook
Nice view of some distant rocky mountains
Driving up the San Juan Skyway
Heading to Telluride
Yikes, glad the weather was alright today
Mountain Village and Telluride Ski Resort
Riding the free gondala
Wow wow wow
Awesome view of Telluride and the San Juan Rockies
Gondala twofie
Very nice (and rich) area
Ouray, a lovely little mountain village
Impressive mountains surrounding Ouray
I’ve never been to switzerland but this seems about right
Driving the million dollar highway
Thankfully the road isn’t icy
Funky avalanche tunnel
Playing in the snow, good thing the car is nice and warm
Very scenic trees with fresh snow
Silverton, another small town and historic mining area
One of several mountain passes we drove through
Just a nice river in Durango
Chillaxing at a cheap resort in Pagosa Springs
Making dinner in a real kitchen!
Pagosa Springs natural hot springs
Too cold to go for a swim
Fourth and final crossing of the continental divide
Wolf Creek Pass
Driving to Great Sand Dune National Park
Hiking the dunes
We are going all the way up
Nice views of the snowy Sangre de Cristo Mountains
A little exhausting hiking all the way up here
So much sand
Time to head back down
Tiny Shelby
Tiny Spencer
Photos from Grand Junction
Checking out Colorado National Monument
One of the tunnesl on the crazy rimrock drive
Very impressive road up into the canyon
Walking the canyon rim trail
Weather was decent, sunny with a chilly breeze
Impressive trail right along the cliff
Monument valley
Don’t fall
Independence monument, and the grand junction valley
Grand view overlook
Highland view overlook
The not so grand canyon
Making dinnerat the Devil’s Kitchen picnic area
Burgers and dogs over charcoal
Obligatory working picture for the blog
Trivia at Handlebar Taphouse
We really liked this library
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Days Traveling: 365
Miles Driven: 34500
Average MPG: 37.6
States Visited: 48
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