We did not want to miss Taisa's wedding in Denver as it was
a great opportunity to see the family and we decided to accept Arvid's and
Helen's invitation to see them in grand junction.
The trip was purely family and tourism, no mountain biking,
serious hiking kayaking, rafting or whatever, that would be for a next trip organized
a bit more leisurely (we only went for 8 days!)
This blog is only an excuse to include some pictures from
the stunning landscapes one sees out west. The scale is enormous, rock
formation, rivers, road desert, colors, everything is BIG.
Downtown Denver has some interesting wall paintings related to the west
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| funny robot for a sushi restaurant |
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| clifford still museum pub |
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| strange advertisement (note spelling!) |
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| Go west young man! |
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| horsing and boxing | | |
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| banjo player |
Driving from Denver to Grand Junction is 400 km or 4 hours
of easy relaxing driving on the wide US roads. Coming out of Denver one starts climbing to finally reach
the Eisenhower tunnel at 3400 m
Loveland pass at 4000 m
Glenwood springs
Breckenridge and Silverthorne where Rémi spent a year.
Good lunch in..... where they had a funny bike repairs
station, quite a sharp design, and an idea to be copied may-be.
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| bike repairs station |
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| on the way to grand junction along the colorado river |
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| mesa when arriving in grand junction |
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| the mesa again |
walks in monument park, in arches national park
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| diamond shape shade |
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| jacques helen and arvid |
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| nature's balancing act |
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| the girls towards the monument |
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| shapes and colors! |
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| the monument |
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| the monument |
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| helen, bets and sue |
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| typical landscape |
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| colors and blue skies |
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| only tough vegetation survives |
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| rocks |
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| erosion |
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| erosion |
There is a mica mine near grand junction, now abandonned but a good hiking trip
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| on the way to mica mine |
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| towards the mine |
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| mica formation |
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| mica formation |
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| mica formation |
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| mica formation |
A great trip with fantastic landscapes and the occasion to
see the west as I always dreamed of seeing it. There was some long drives, but that was compensated by the
beauty of the land; it is also a real way to appreciate the hugeness of the
country.
