Hello Blog Friends,
We decided to bring our original route back to Grand Junction, through the very heart of the Rockies, over Independence Pass, and through Aspen. The trip was 310 miles, and took 7 hours, factoring a stop for breakfast in Buena Vista and a stop at Independence Pass summit.
Here is our photo journal for today:
1. Our parting look at Pikes Peak. It was the closest we would get on this trip.
2. A high meadow on US 24, between Wilkerson Pass and Buena Vista.
3. A schoolhouse in Hartsell, along US 24. Elevation 8864 ft. As of 2010, the population was listed as 862 (mostly all rural).
4. Here we are at Independence Pass along Colorado Hwy 84. This road is known as the Top of the Rockies.
5. The view from the top...was breathtaking...literally. Elevation 12,065. At the moment we were there, the air temperature was 45 degrees, with a wind chill estimated in the 30's?
6. A Colorado "fourteener."
More from Grand Junction tomorrow.
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