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Colorado

Just a Drive-by

On our trip from the Denver airport to Aspen, we decided to go through Glenwood Canyon, leaving Independence Pass for a day trip during our stay. Since the weather didn’t cooperate, and the rain in Aspen was snow at the over 12,000 ft elevations of the Pass, we never got a chance to see it. Since […]

Maroon Bells

The Maroon Bells of Colorado

The weather did not look good for our time in Aspen (October 17-24), with rain on most days and thunderstorms on others. That’s the problem with travel during the off-season – had we come a couple of weeks earlier, we may have experienced better weather and definitely more of the bright yellow leaves on the trees. That being said, […]

Rocky Mountain National Park

The Mountains of Colorado

When we started planning a trip to Colorado, we had decided that we would drive, to save flight-money and also the need for a rental car. We enjoy road trips and could drive right into Aspen, passing any landmarks we would want to visit along the way. When we noticed Southwest’s great sale – MKE nonstop to DEN […]