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Our drive to Colorado from Wyoming was long, but uneventful.

The entrance to Colorado was not remarkable, but the terrain and vegetation changed shortly after arriving in the Centennial State.


We drove on the western side of the state, right through Rifle and Parachute, two oil shale mining towns where I worked back in the early 1980s



When we arrived at our cabin, the aspens were all golden. It was quite spectactular.




 

The next day we hiked the Bear Creek Trail.


There was a lot of vertical relief in Colorado. The place we stayed at was over 8,000', and we hiked up to over 10,000'

But we had fun


And the trees were fantastic


We slept well.

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