King Noah the First: July 2018: Colorado Trip

Friday, August 3, 2018

July 2018: Colorado Trip

It was time to leave work and home behind and explore new places. At least new places for Maman and me since Papa had already been to Colorado when he was young.

The facts first:
- 16 days
- 1car
- 3 600 miles
- 2 adults + 1 kid+ a fox & cat ( stuffed!)
- 4 states: Oregon - Idaho- Utah - Colorado
- 5 National Parks: Arches, Canyonlands, Mesa Verde, Black Canyon, Rocky Mountains.
- 6 stops: Ogden, UT - Moab, UT - Durango, CO - Crested Butte, CO - Estes Park, CO - Boise, ID.
- 1534 pictures
- infinite memories...

Sorting through the pictures will take time so here are some best and favorite pics or places. Papa takes a lot of the scenic pics and we will add some of those later.
First, let's begin by the places we stayed at; we liked all of them. Some are favorites because of the views, some are favorite because of the place itself

1-MOAB, UT ; we loved this tiny house. Location was not as great but quiet.

2- DURANGO, CO - Great studio; we had some problems with heat but comfortable otherwise. A little far from everything.

3- CRESTED BUTTE, CO - Amazing views, the place needs a little bit of TLC, great location.

4- ESTES PARK, CO - Very clean and cozy place with shared spaces and walking distance to town.

FLOWERS: Now, it was July and in most places we were lucky to see many wild flowers. So here are a few, including the first one, the Colorado flower: the blue columbine.

ANIMALS:

We are not specialists in photographing animals but we saw a few that we were able to take a picture of.

VIEWS: It was all so beautiful that it is hard to pick just a few pictures than can barely render the immensity of what we saw. But that is what pictures are: just a memory jolt for the one who took them and a small glimpse for the ones who see them. There are just 3 for each site we visited as seen mostly by Maman, and that was super hard! Papa took a lot more and we will add them later.

1- ARCHES