=20 The plan today was the Coors tour, lunch in Golden, Lariat Trail,
Red Rocks= , Bandemere Speedway, then back to town. We left a little
late, spent more = time than expected on the Coors tour and lunch, so
we skipped Lariat Trail = to head directly to Red Rocks, where we met
up with Jason & Norah. Jason W.= had arrived at the brewery just in
time to join our tour group, so we had = already met up with him
earlier in the day. At Red Rocks, we basically stoo= d around and
looked at the sights in the general vicinity of the ampitheate= r. I
had kinda figured somebody might be interested in doing some hiking
an= d checking out more of the park, but I guess not. :-) I checked
out some in= teresting history and displays in the visitor's area and
struck out on my o= wn for a very abbreviated hike and also had a go
at jogging up the ampithea= ter stairs. I only made it about 3/4 of
the way up though before I had to p= ause to catch my breath. This
thin air will really take the wind out of you= r sails!
After Red Rocks, apparently a majority of the folks in = the group
didn't seem to want to go to Bandimere so we headed for camp. Our=
"full schedule" day had turned into a relatively weak, content-free
day an= d I was getting a full-on case of cabin fever. We were headed
south on I-25= , where once we got to Monument, Ed and I pointed the
Jeep towards the moun= tains so that we could take a more circuitous,
"back road and 4x4 trail" ro= ute to camp. Mike and Don thought this
was a good idea and exited as well. = After a brief fuel stop in
Monument, and a failed attempt to open a locked = bathroom door for
the gas station employees, we headed west on Mt. Hermon r= oad, which
climbs up Mount Hermon, then generally headed west, reaching abo= ut
9,000 feet or so before heading south towards Woodland Park and camp.
Th= e views weren't as good as they could have been due to the rain
and clouds,= but it was still very interesting. The whole makeup of
the area was compl= etely different than Dakota Hill or Kingston Peak.
Lots of large, round bo= lders and gravel here. There was a pretty
good storm system in the area wi= th rain and lightning, and it was
starting to get towards dark, but in a wa= y, that actually added to
the fun. The day still wasn't as full as I would = have liked, but at
least that brief, therapudic offroading excursion helped= to take some
of the edge off. :-)
Following are a few pi= cs from the day:
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Part of the Coors brewery tour. They mak= e 1.5 million gallons of
beer here every day!
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The packaging area of th= e Coors brewery tour. The tour was
interesting, but what holds the most fa= scination for me are the
automated machines and assembly lines. This was t= he only view we got
of that sort of thing, unfortunately.
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A view of De= nver from Red Rocks.
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The Red Rocks ampitheater
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Me at Red= Rocks
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A view of the storm over the mountains as we were headed so= uth on
I-25. Shortly after this pic, we turned west into those very mountai=
ns for some offroading fun.
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