Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park exposed me and Mike to some of the steepest cliffs, and oldest rock that we've seen so far....

Gold and silver drew miners to In its heyday of around 2,000 residents in 1881, the town was full of saloons, etc. Now it's a ghost town.

Redstone in the Crystal River Valley is the perfect destination in Colorado to reconnect and relax. We camped in Redstone and were...

Founded in 1859 by gold miners, Central City is a “hidden gem” in the Rocky Mountains. Although it is only 35 (scenic) miles west of...

The road through spectacular Glenwood Canyon , with its cliffs towering a maximum of 2,000 feet above the Colorado River, is simply...

The Royal Gorge is a 1,200 foot canyon on the Arkansas River, forming a 10-mile long gorge. The Royal Gorge Bridge is suspended 1,053...

Our friend Sam visits Iron Mountain quite a bit, so when when we came to visit him, he brought us over for a dip in his favorite hot...

Mike and I feel in love with Telluride, a former Victorian mining town in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, is set in a box canyon amid...

Buena Vista’s first natives were known as the Ute Indians but in 1725 explorers came and settled in the area. Around 1860 the first gold...

Independence Pass is a high mountain pass in central Colorado, United States. It is the highest paived mountain road and is at ...

I love John Denver's music and I really wanted to visit the sanctuary. The John Denver Sanctuary is nestled in the heart of Aspen, next...

Roosevelt National Forest encompasses more than 800,000 acres in north-central Colorado. It’s located west of Fort Collins, following...

It occurred about 10 million years ago and it formed Pikes Peak that was basically the uplifting of a granite batholith. The rocks of the...

The Manitou Cliff Dwellings date back to 1,000 years. The 40 room site was originally located in McElmo Canyon, which is in the southwest...

Pikes Peak America's Mountain

Boulder is such a fun, eclectic city. It's a college town with so much to do and see and Mike and I had such a great time exploring,...

A brief history of Breckenridge, Colorado.

Minturn is just minutes from Vail and Beaver Creek, but don't expect to find the same mega-resorts or super fancy restaurants. The town...

We were going camping with our friend Sam and he recommended Coffee Pot Spring Campground near Glenwood Springs. It includes several...

The geology, fossils, and human stories of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument are part of a common geologic heritage. The layers of...