Day 3 - Denver to Grand Junction
18 May 2004
Highlights:
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 | Tunnels I70 west (Colorado, USA) |
 | Rocky Mountains west of Denver I70 west (Colorado, USA) |
 | Loveland Basin sign Loveland Ski Resort (Colorado, USA) |
 | Loveland Basin ski resort Loveland Ski Resort (Colorado, USA) |
 | Entrance to Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel Route 6 - Road up through Loveland Pass (Colorado, USA) When it's too hard to go over, go through. Except for the trucks with dangerous loads who still have to go over. |
 | Entrance to Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel Route 6 - Road up through Loveland Pass (Colorado, USA) This tunnel passes under the continental divide |
 | Cyclist climbing Loveland Pass Route 6 - Road up through Loveland Pass (Colorado, USA) This dude was doing things the hard way! |
 | Loveland Pass sign Loveland Pass (Colorado, USA) This was the highest elevation of our trip |
 | Mountains at Loveland Pass Loveland Pass (Colorado, USA) |
 | Mountains at Loveland Pass Loveland Pass (Colorado, USA) |
 | Mountains at Loveland Pass Loveland Pass (Colorado, USA) |
 | Mountains at Loveland Pass Loveland Pass (Colorado, USA) |
 | Mountains and ski slopes on the way down from Loveland Pass Route 6 down from Loveland Pass (Colorado, USA) |
 | Ski slopes at Snake River Snake River Ski Slopes (Colorado, USA) I so wanted to go skiing here when I saw the place was still open. Alas the parents wouldn't let me |
 | Keystone Ski Resort Keystone Ski Resort (Colorado, USA) This was a cute little ski resort. We stopped here for a pit stop. |
 | Rocky hillsides I70 west (Colorado, USA) A car shot of the rocky slopes. |
 | Glenwood Canyon Glenwood Canyon (Colorado, USA) This canyon was amazing. A four lane freeway, a trainline and a river all pass through it. Was hard to get a good photo of it all. |
 | Tunnel Glenwood Canyon (Colorado, USA) |
 | Colorado River and I70 Glenwood Canyon (Colorado, USA) |
 | Butterfly Glenwood Canyon (Colorado, USA) |
 | Colorado River, I70 and trainline Glenwood Canyon (Colorado, USA) |
 | Colorado Flag Glenwood Canyon (Colorado, USA) |
 | Glenwood Canyon Glenwood Canyon (Colorado, USA) At this point they had to split the freeway into separate levels |
 | Amtrak train Glenwood Canyon (Colorado, USA) First train shot of the trip (for the little brother) |
 | Colorado National Monument sign Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Desert wildflowers Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Dead Mans Curve Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Road curve at Balanced Rock Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Balanced Rock Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Cliff and our rental car at Balanced Rock Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Cliff and Balanced Rock Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Lizard Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Crack in a rock Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) I thought this fault in the rock looked very cool |
 | Tunnels Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Desert wildflowers Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Fruita Canyon Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) We were just down there a few minutes ago |
 | Independence Monument Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Independence Monument Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Rocks.. Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Rocks.. Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Rocks.. Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Rocks.. Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Rocks.. Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Rocks.. Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Coke ovens.. Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Gnarled tree Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) Although it looks like the fence is abusing the tree, it's actually not touching |
 | Coke ovens.. Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Cliffs Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Desert wildflowers Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Red Canyon.. Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Red Canyon.. Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Red Canyon.. Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Fallen rock Colorado National Monument (Colorado, USA) |
 | Slag-heap looking hills at Grand Junction Grand Junction (Colorado, USA) These reminded me of the mining slag-heaps like we saw in Kalgoorlie, but these ones are natural mesas |