Awesome pictures! Definitely brings back memories for me when I was around that area last spring (solo roadtrip during my spring break). I'd say that you've definitely got an eye for getting the shot
Ahhhh.... I remember going through Glenwood Canyon, only when I did it it was at night. The people there live a spectacularly... squished lifestyle, all the homes along the canyon wall it seems, very close to the interstate. It's like there's the interstate and the river in the middle, and outwards from there the local "roads" and then the houses lined up against the side of the canyon. And I remember passing that "No Name" sign
When I got to Arches NP it was nighttime, and I remember pulling up into the parking lot at the bottom near the entrance and my m:Qind literally exploded. The walls at night are VERY VERY VERY tall, like you're looking up at a giant dark beast. A HUGE blob of black with a blanket of stars hovering overhead. Driving up it was even more fun. During the daytime I actually saw cyclists going up this road, and I was just so impressed.
Gotten love balanced rock. I've got a picture of it at night. I'll try to share it sometime. It's amazing just how precarious it really is...
Double Arch, Turret Arch, all neat places. I didn't get any good pictures because the lighting was too harsh. I almost died climbing up into one of these arches because I got stuck on the way down and was about to slip and fall a pretty good distance. I managed to lunge horizontally across the rock face and grab a handhold though. Not something I'd like to repeat.
I actually hiked up the Delicate Arch. The hike was probably... 30 minutes? I stayed there until it was nighttime and luckily I had my headlamp so I managed to get back alright, but really I didn't need it much because of the moonlight
Big rock is a BIG rock
I wish I woulda gone to Dead Horse but I didn't have time
It's amazing that there are actually little dirt roads all the way down there on the plateaus. It's SO high...
Mesa Arch. Gotta love it. Best in the morning (and crowded).
Deer Suicide Area?!?! :shocked:
Driving at night, I would often pass those "Free Range" signs, and since my headlights don't illuminate nearly far enough for the speeds that people travel on those roads, I was scared to death that sometime just out of nowhere I would smash into a HERD of cattle in the dark...
Driving in the dusty curvy areas, all I can say is "RALLY TIME!!!"
:music: Wide open spaces:music: Everyone should see the Great Plains at night, with seemingly infinite space and a sky literally teeming with stars and a moon bright enough to drive by without headlights of any kind. It's otherwordly for people like us in cities or forested areas. Just the blanket of stars... that there is your mathematical proof that we cannot be alone in the universe.
Mesa Verde! I went there in the off season (only one ruin was open) but the driving was spectacular! Curves, hairpins, empty road, OMG. I have never had so much fun driving in my life, carving through the turns as fast as I could, plastered to the sides of my car at all times. Simply bliss, and with the gorgeous scenery to boot. Truly amazing.
Oh I wanna ride on a train so bad!!!
It's amazing just how flat Colorado is, but it's also amazing just how HIGH these flat areas were. I had my GPS at the time and during a lot of these flat areas, most notably around the Great Sand Dunes region, the elevation was 12,000ft + !
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