Colorado is noted for its vivid landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers and desert lands. Colorado is one of the Mountain States and is a part of the western and southwestern United States. Denver is the capital and most populous city in Colorado.
My work trips this year have been rather limited so I was super excited to finally get to hit the road again. This week has me in the general area of Denver. It seemed like I got an amazing sunrise every day. I enjoyed Cherry Creek Lake park for some running. There were a lot of prairie dogs. Later on, in the week, I took a trip to Downtown Boulder to visit a really...
Some years I look at my travel and have to make a tough decision to make what is called a Mileage Run (MR). It is where you take a flight somewhere and back for the sole purpose of earning frequent traveler status. This year I found myself about 400 miles short of Delta Platinum. While I am saddened to lose my top Diamond status, I might still have an international...
I took a long weekend vacation to Denver to visit my brother. I’ve not been in Denver since 2015 and really wanted to go back to some of the mountain towns I discovered during my move. Denver rivals California for great weather averaging 300 plus days of sunshine a year. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves… I also visited the Denver...
Day 6 of my journey started well. I managed to get an extra hour of driving during the previous evening and in the morning discovered Frisco, CO. I made a short 10 Mile side trip to Breckenridge, home of some of the scenes from Dumb and Dumber. The remainder of the day I would drive the rest of the way across Colorado and finish in Moab, Utah. Sometimes, I feel good...
Today I left the mountains of the Black Hills National Park with the goal to get to Denver, Colorado. This is a part of my journey I have been looking forward to because of the epic drive along the Rocky Mountains and for the opportunity to see my bro John Jr. I started the day in Custer, SD. The temperature was 50F or 10C and represented a major change from...