202309: Colorado Trip

Our Adventure: 202309: Colorado Trip
Dates of our trip: 2023/09/09 - 2023/09/23
Main Trip Location: Colorado
Brief Overview:

We are adventuring in Colorado for a few weeks. Planning to hike a lot and probably eat a lot.

Trip Mileage: 65.26

Here's our planning compilation for this trip:

Planning for Colorado – September 2023

We will be hitting a bunch of cool places. Continents: North America Countries: US States/Provinces/Cantons/Regions: Colorado Cities/Villages/Towns: Colorado Springs, Denver, Evergreen, Golden, Keystone Area, Loveland Pass, and Rocky Mountain National Park

Our Planned Itinerary:

• 9/9 – Sat – Fly to DEN
• 9/10 – Sun – Maybe drive up to Rocky Mountain National Park and hike around. Stay in Estes Park.
  • Maybe Gem lake, Deer Mtn, Old Fall River or Trail Ridge, side trails (tundra, Ute, Forest Canyon, Lawn)
• 9/11 – Mon – Maybe Rocky Mountain National Park and hike around. Stay in Estes Park.
  • Maybe Bear Lake, Alberta Falls, Mills Lake, Glacier Gorge, Black Lake, Sky Pond, Lake of Glass, Emerald Lake
• 9/12 – Tues – Maybe Rocky Mountain National Park and hike around. Drive to Denver.
  • Maybe Chasm Lake or Wild Basin falls
• 9/13 – Wed – Maybe Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge
• 9/14 – Thurs – Maybe Barr Lake State Park or Riverdale Regional Park
• 9/15 – Fri – Maybe EB Rains and some creek walks, or Hunters Glen lake, or downtown trails, or Pelican Ponds
• 9/16 – Sat – Maybe Loveland Pass. Maybe walk around a lake. Maybe stay in Georgetown
• 9/17 – Sun – Maybe Grays / Torreys. Maybe take another local hike. Maybe ride the train.
• 9/18 – Mon – Maybe Mary Carpenter and surrounding parks, or Hunters Glen lake, or downtown trails, or Pelican Ponds
• 9/19 – Drive to Colorado Springs. Ride the Train up Pikes Peak. Check into Glen Eyrie.
• 9/20 – Colorado Springs. Glen Eyrie Garden of the Gods. Helen Hunt Falls. Red Rock Canyon.
• 9/21 – Colorado Springs. Glen Eyrie. Manitou Incline and Barr Trail
• 9/22 – Colorado Springs. Hike around Glen Eyrie. Drive back to Denver.
• 9/23 – Fly back west

Travelers on this Trip: ~ Bruce ~ Dan ~ Diane ~ Kristin

Daily Excursions on this Trip:

20230910: Colorado Trip – RMNP Day 1 Mileage: 3.06	Some featured areas we visited: Colorado Colorado – Rocky Mountain, Estes Park areas	Some points of interest we hit: CO – RMNP – Rocky Mountain National Park, CO CO – Estes Park – The Landing at Estes Park, CO
20230911: Colorado Trip – RMNP Day 2 Mileage: 8.6	Some featured areas we visited: Colorado Colorado – Rocky Mountain, Estes Park areas	Some points of interest we hit: CO – RMNP – Rocky Mountain National Park, CO CO – Estes Park – The Landing at Estes Park, CO
20230912: Colorado Trip – RMNP Day 3 Mileage: 6.97	Some featured areas we visited: Colorado Colorado – Rocky Mountain, Estes Park areas	Some points of interest we hit: CO – RMNP – Rocky Mountain National Park, CO CO – Estes Park – The Landing at Estes Park, CO
20230915: Colorado Trip Day 6 – Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Mileage: 5.02	Some featured areas we visited: Colorado Colorado – Northglenn, Thornton, Adams County areas	Some points of interest we hit: CO – Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Denver CO
20230916: Colorado Trip Day 7 – Loveland Pass Mileage: 7.43	Some featured areas we visited: Colorado Colorado – Georgetown, Dillon, LovelandPass, Breckenridge areas	Some points of interest we hit: CO – Georgetown CO – Georgetown Lake Microtel Inn, Georgetown CO CO – Georgetown Loop Railroad CO – Loveland Pass, CO CO – Loveland Pass – West Ridge Trail, Loveland Pass, CO
20230917: Colorado Trip Day 8 – Georgetown Mileage: 5.45	Some featured areas we visited: Colorado Colorado – Georgetown, Dillon, LovelandPass, Breckenridge areas	Some points of interest we hit: CO – Georgetown CO – Georgetown Lake Microtel Inn, Georgetown CO
20230919: Colorado Trip Day 10 – Colorado Springs Mileage: 2.72	Some featured areas we visited: Colorado Colorado – Colorado Springs, Castle Rock, Manitou areas	Some points of interest we hit: CO – CO Springs – Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway, Colorado CO – CO Springs – Colorado Springs hikes CO CO – CO Springs – Garden of the Gods CO CO – Colorado Springs – Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO CO – CO Springs – Glen Eyrie Castle, Colorado Springs, CO CO – CO Springs – Manitou Incline CO CO – CO Springs – Pikes Peak CO CO – CO Springs – Seven Bridges Trail & North Cheyenne Cañon Park, CO
20230920: Colorado Trip Day 11 – Colorado Springs Mileage: 10.52	Some featured areas we visited: Colorado Colorado – Colorado Springs, Castle Rock, Manitou areas	Some points of interest we hit: CO – CO Springs – Colorado Springs hikes CO CO – CO Springs – Garden of the Gods CO CO – Colorado Springs – Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO CO – CO Springs – Glen Eyrie Castle, Colorado Springs, CO CO – CO Springs – Manitou Incline CO CO – CO Springs – Pikes Peak CO CO – CO Springs – Red Rock Canyon Open Space, CO
20230921: Colorado Trip Day 12 – Colorado Springs – Manitou Incline Mileage: 7.27	Some featured areas we visited: Colorado Colorado – Colorado Springs, Castle Rock, Manitou areas	Some points of interest we hit: CO – CO Springs – Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway, Colorado CO – CO Springs – Glen Eyrie Castle, Colorado Springs, CO CO – CO Springs – Manitou Incline CO CO – CO Springs – Pikes Peak CO
20230922: Colorado Trip Day 13 – Colorado Springs Mileage: 2.25	Some featured areas we visited: Colorado Colorado – Colorado Springs, Castle Rock, Manitou areas	Some points of interest we hit: CO – CO Springs – Colorado Springs hikes CO CO – CO Springs – Glen Eyrie Castle, Colorado Springs, CO CO – CO Springs – Seven Bridges Trail & North Cheyenne Cañon Park, CO

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Here's a mapped overview!

Here's our planning compilation for this trip:	Planning for Colorado – September 2023
Here's some stuff we've compiled during our research of areas we may visit:	Colorado Colorado – Georgetown, Dillon, LovelandPass, Breckenridge areas Colorado – Northglenn, Thornton, Adams County areas Colorado – Colorado Springs, Castle Rock, Manitou areas Colorado – Rocky Mountain, Estes Park areas Colorado – Evergreen, Golden, Jefferson County areas
These places look interesting (may/may not visit):	CO – Barr Lake State Park, CO CO – CO Springs – Colorado Springs hikes CO CO – Evergreen – Elk Meadow Park, Evergreen, CO CO – CO Springs – Garden of the Gods CO CO – Colorado Springs – Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO CO – Georgetown CO – Georgetown Lake Microtel Inn, Georgetown CO CO – Georgetown Loop Railroad CO – CO Springs – Glen Eyrie Castle, Colorado Springs, CO CO – Grays Peak CO – Grays Peak and Torreys Peak CO – Loveland Pass, CO CO – CO Springs – Manitou Incline CO CO – CO Springs – Paint Mines Interpretive Park, Calhan CO CO – CO Springs – Pikes Peak CO CO – Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Denver CO CO – RMNP – Rocky Mountain National Park, CO CO – CO Springs – Seven Bridges Trail & North Cheyenne Cañon Park, CO CO – Estes Park – The Landing at Estes Park, CO CO – Loveland Pass – West Ridge Trail, Loveland Pass, CO CO – CO Springs – Red Rock Canyon Open Space, CO