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Southwest USA 2001
Colorado
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Rocky Mountain National Park
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We drove straight from
home to Colorado in a day and a half. Rocky Mountain National
Park was our first stop.
Here is a picture of "Horseshoe Park" -
they refer to open meadow areas as "parks" here.
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We went for a hike to a series three mountain
lakes. This one is called Dream Lake.
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Trail Ridge Road (US Hwy
34) runs through the park, reaching at its highest point an
elevation of 12,183 feet. This is the eastern end as it
ascends from Horseshoe Park. Spectacular views!
The high altitude took some getting used to,
coming as we were from our home in Ontario, which is at an elevation
of about 600 feet!
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These strange rock
formations are along Trail Ridge Road, above treeline at about
11,000 feet.
The highest that you can drive on a road in Canada
is about 6500 feet, in Alberta. This is a mile higher than
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The western end of Trail
Ridge Road, overlooking the Cache la Poudre River, from an elevation
of about 11,500 feet. |
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