Colorado

Colorado is home to some of the best ski resorts in the world (unapologetically biased), the US Air Force Academy, University of Colorado (go Buffs!) and Colorado State Universities, the cities and towns of Fort Collins, Boulder, Estes Park, Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs, Colorado Springs, Durango, Telluride, Grand Junction, Golden (home of Coors Brewing) and our hometown of Denver.

For National Parks, there are four: Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Mesa Verde and Great Sand Dunes National Parks and Rocky Mountain National Park. In the northwest part of the state you’ll find Dinosaur National Monument as well.

There are 53 mountain peaks above 14,000 feet in Colorado (I’ve tackled one, Quandry, to date).

Visit Colorful Colorado, its beautiful and has much to do.

For a little more detail about some of our favorite restaurants in Denver, hikes in the Leadville, CO area, hikes in and around Vail and skiing at Vail and our favorite restaurants, follow the linked posts above. In the pandemicked fall of 2020 we also did a foliage tour of western Colorado about which you can read here. So much to see in this beautiful square-shaped state.