Day 3 - Head for the Rockies

On Friday, we leave Denver and head west to go take in some of the sights in the Rocky Mountains.  We did not have a whole lot of time to see some of the best places so I decided to go to Red Rocks and then make the hour-long drive to Mount Evans and drive on the highest paved road in North America knowing we could enjoy some beautiful scenery on the way.  We were not disappointed.  Red Rocks and the famous Red Rocks Amphitheater were impressive.  The huge Red Rock formations were beautiful to see and almost made us feel like we were on another planet.

The view of Denver from Red Rocks

Trey and Tate at the appropriately named Red Rocks

The famous Amphitheater where many famous acts have performed since the 1930s

Mount Evans is one of the Rockies' "14ers" which rises to 14,000 feet above sea level, so we got to see some marvelous views.

It is about 14 miles of continuous winding roads to get to the peak of Mount Evans.  It even rises above the tree line and the views as well as the fact that there are no guard rails on the sides of the road are breathtaking!

A view of the road - "No guardrails!"

A lake view on the way up.

Tammy and I at the top!

Trey and Tate at the summit.

We even saw some Mountain Goats (That is orange paint on the little one - not sure how it got on there)

So, after our time in the Mountains, we had to head South toward Texas.  We drive a few hours and get a room in Pueblo, Colorado for the night.  Little did we know what fun times we were going to have on Saturday!