Ted's Colorado Tour Notes

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The following contains portions of tour commentary notes I use on the road between Albuquerque New Mexico and Denver Colorado.

The whole tour runs as follows:


COLORADO NATIONAL PARKS TOUR NOTES

Altitude Sickness

Day 1

Albuquerque - "Queen City of the Rio Grande", "Unckle Sam's Town"

Day 2

The Turquoise Trail

Santa Fe

Day 3

Taos

Taos Pueblo (Elevation 7,500 ft.)

Indians/Pueblo

Indians/General

Colorado

Four Corners Area

Pagosa Springs

Chimmney Rock

Durango

Day 4

Mancos (Pop. 870, Elv. 6,993)

Mesa Verde

Indians/Anasazi

Indians/Utes

Day 5

Durango & Silverton R.R.

Silverton

Million Dollar Highway

Ouray (Pop. 700, Elevation 7,800 ft.)

Ridgeway (Pop. 370 Elv. 6900 ft.)

Montrose

Gunnison

Grand Mesa

Colorado National Monument

Grand Junction (pop. 30,000, elv. 4,590 ft.)

Day 6

Glenwood Springs (Pop. 6,000, Elv. 5,750 ft.)

Aspen

Leadville

Vail

Day 7

Summit County

Breckenridge (Pop. 1,200, Elv. 9,603)

Silverthorne

Dillion

Frisco (Pop. 1,320, Elv. 9,000)

Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel

Silver Plume

Georgetown

Winter Park (Pop. 600, Elv. 9,000 ft.)

Granby (Pop. 1,200, Elv. 7,600)

Grand Lake (Pop. 380, Elv. 8,153)

Rocky Mtn. Nat'l Park

Long's Peak (14,255 ft.)

Mt. Meeker (13,911 ft.)

Estes Park

Day 8

Denver ("Mile High City") (Pop. 500,00 Metro 2 million)

The U.S.A.F Academy

Cadet Chapel

Colorado Springs

Manitou Springs

Pikes Peak (Utes called "long one")/Cog Railway (also called "rack" rail)

Garden of the Gods


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