We woke up early this morning and because neither of us had to work today, I convinced Tara to go for a ride to nowhere with me. We piled into the truck about 6:45 and headed yonder west to see what we could find!
My original goal was to stop at Boulder Falls and try to get some shots there, but the Falls were closed again. Apparently there are a lot of idiots (er, Coloradans) who do stupid things at the Falls and die – so to prevent that, close the attraction! I prefer natural selection but I digress…
We continued on to Nederland and decided to head towards Eldora Ski Resort. At a fork in the road I went right not having any idea where it led to and we ended up on a 1 and 1/2 car wide dirt road of ill repair. I later found out that this road is called 4th of July Road. Six miles and 3,000 feet of elevation change later we were at a trailhead/camping ground with beautiful scenic vistas. On the way up, we noticed that some of the aspens were starting to get yellow – it’s only a matter of time before we get full-fledged fall colors!
After a pit stop at the trailhead, we turned around and ventured back home to enjoy the rest of our day off. What a great way to spend the day!
Click to see panorama of Boulder, CO
(Click on photo to see larger image on Flickr)
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