Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Heading back west...
This morning we left Mueller Park at 6:40, drove for an hour and arrived at Garden of the Gods. We had some cranberry-orange muffins we baked while we were driving, went to the visitor’s center and then for a hike among the formations. It was beautiful and everyone had fun.
Around 10:00 we left Garden of the Gods, got gas and hit I-25 North and then I-70 West. We stopped for lunch in Idaho Springs and then continued on to Rifle Falls State Park. As we drove the 13 miles north away from I-70 to get the park, I was wishing we had just stayed somewhere along the interstate. However, once we got here, I was glad we had made the extra trip. The falls were quite nice and we all had fun hiking around the falls and caves.
I’ve really been impressed by the Colorado State Parks. Everyone we’ve stayed in has been quite nice. This one is very pretty and very small (I think ~15 sites), but still has electrical hookups (which I didn’t realize when we made the reservation).
Tomorrow it’s a plain mileage day. I think we have about 450 miles (as opposed to 250 today which seemed long), so we’re going to get an early start…
Around 10:00 we left Garden of the Gods, got gas and hit I-25 North and then I-70 West. We stopped for lunch in Idaho Springs and then continued on to Rifle Falls State Park. As we drove the 13 miles north away from I-70 to get the park, I was wishing we had just stayed somewhere along the interstate. However, once we got here, I was glad we had made the extra trip. The falls were quite nice and we all had fun hiking around the falls and caves.
I’ve really been impressed by the Colorado State Parks. Everyone we’ve stayed in has been quite nice. This one is very pretty and very small (I think ~15 sites), but still has electrical hookups (which I didn’t realize when we made the reservation).
Tomorrow it’s a plain mileage day. I think we have about 450 miles (as opposed to 250 today which seemed long), so we’re going to get an early start…
# posted by Craig @ 7:21 PM 
