Colorado National Monument
May 3rd, 2008 by Louisa
A few weekends ago we decided to venture to Grand Junction, CO, home of Colorado National Monument. It’s only a few hours away from us, so we left on Saturday afternoon. Along the way we stopped at Hanging Lake, though the ice on the trail deterred us from venturing more than about 20 minutes up the trail. However, we did get some nice pictures, and it was a gorgeous day for a mountain drive. We also saw some big horn sheep on the side of the road as we were driving through Glenwood Canyon.
On Sunday we went to Colorado National. Our first trail was the Serpent’s Trail. It’s a 1.75 mile out-and-back trail that follows the original road into the park. It also affords some wonderful photo opportunities. Fortunately, we were on the trail before the wind got too bad; the rest of the day was spent finding trails that did not have a lot of flying sand. After the hike we went to Famous Dave’s for some good bbq. While we still like Brother’s BBQ better, the meal was good and filling. However, Louisa thought the sauces tasted like the BBQ sauce from McDonald’s. That’s not necessarily bad, though. After lunch we drove back into the park to get some more pictures of the canyon. We also hiked the first few miles of the Liberty Cap trail, which goes through sagebrush and (I think) pinyon juniper trees.
After our final hike we finished driving through the park and headed back to Denver. Along the way we stopped at Village Inn for dinner.
You can check out the driving pictures here, and our pictures from Grand Junction here.
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