Originally Posted By RoadTrip I've done Independence. When I did it the part near the top was still gravel. Is it still that way? Independence is higher, but I still always thought the view from Loveland was prettier. My mother's parents lived in Loveland and then Boulder pretty munch the entire time I was growing up. Spent a lot of time in the Rockies. What is your favorite canyon in the Rockies?
Originally Posted By dshyates I love the drive on I-70 through Glennwood Canyon. Bu i believe that the Black Canyon of the Gunnison is the prettiest. <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Black_Canyon_Kneeling_Camel_View.JPG" target="_blank">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi...View.JPG</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Yes, I loved both the Black Canyon and Glenwood Canyon. Of the canyons heading out of the Boulder area, I always preferred Boulder Canyon. Maybe it was just familiarity. I always enjoyed Clear Creek because of all the tunnels, but thought Boulder Canyon was prettier. Always thought Big Thompson Canyon was over-rated. North and South St. Vrain Canyons were just OK for me.
Originally Posted By fkurucz If you want "high", Trail Ridge Road in nearby Rocky Mountain National Park is even higher.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<If you want "high", Trail Ridge Road in nearby Rocky Mountain National Park is even higher.>> Yup... been over that many times (and always fed the chipmunks). Not quite the spectacular view from the top that you get at Loveland Pass in my opinion. <<Funny how this thread has transformed from Florida to Colorado.>> That would be because Colorado is BETTER!! lol
Originally Posted By fkurucz "That would be because Colorado is BETTER!!" If we had a Disney resort ... it would be perfect.
Originally Posted By Socrates I've spent some time in Colorado. As far as I'm concerned, "Colorful Colorado" is thirty different shades of brown. Socrates "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk Entire Southwest is brown. Yucky. Can't wait to get back to Tropical Florida. I will trade anyone who would rather have brown over blue/green...
Originally Posted By fkurucz "As far as I'm concerned, "Colorful Colorado" is thirty different shades of brown." It depends what part you're in. It definitely isn't brown in the Rockies.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip ^^^ Yeah... I was also wondering what part of Colorado they were talking about! Perhaps in northeastern Colorado or over in the west around Grand Junction, but CERTAINLY not in the Rockies!!
