Colorado Rockies

At the end of August, I flew to Denver for a long weekend trip through the Colorado Rockies. Arriving Saturday morning, I drove down to Colorado Springs to see a few sites including a drive up Pikes Pike, my first time more than 14,000 ft above sea-level, air-travel excluded. The next day I drove west almost to the opposite end of the state. Along the way, I saw a man-made castle, crossed the world's tallest suspension bridge, rode an aerial tram from mountain pass to peak, and hiked along Colorado's largest lake to a geologic oddity. I turned around on Sunday and headed back east toward Denver taking the long way through Aspen and stopping for the night at another famous ski town, Breckenridge. In Breckenridge, I met my best friend from high school, Dan Hadley. The next day, my last in Colorado, we set out on an eight-mile mile hike that traversed three 14,000 mountains: Democrat, Lincoln, and Bross.

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