The Towns of Colorado

Colorado Is A Great State With Some Lovely Towns And Cities

My trip to Colorado started off in Denver. I had chosen Denver because I was visiting a leading anti-aging clinic out of my desire to stay healthy.

Of course, you can't travel from the UK to Colorado for a two day appointment then fly straight home; it was an opportunity to explore.

Once I started looking at the web sites about Colorado, I realised what a fantastic state it was and with some very attractive towns and cities.

For a start - Denver. A spacious city, with a lot going on. Lots of arty places - museums, convention centers, art galleries, sculptures, Botanical Gardens, Red Rock Canyon.

Colorado Springs - a name I recalled from the past, for some reason, which had a romantic, attractive ring to it. Again, lots of arts going on there. 

Boulder - I knew of this as somewhere a person I knew had moved to. I knew it had a reputation as a 'hippy'-type, spiritual place.

Add to that the small towns I planned to visit on our way into and out of the mountains.

My plan was to spend a few days in Denver itself to get over jet lag, then spend my two days in the clinic. After that I'd head down to Colorado Springs.

I wanted to include a narrow-gauge rail trip, and I chose the one out of La Veta. So this was our next stop.

From here the trip went further up. (We were already at 5-6000 feet.)

On to Durango

I wanted to end up at Durango, far to the west and up in the mountains. This is where the most exciting 'attraction' I had found took place. It was zip-wiring, also called zip-lining or simply 'soaring'.

Then on to Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park, which was located two or three hours to the north.

This was a fantastic canyon - and a reminder of the walk my partner and I had done 3 years previously down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

After that, the longest leg of the trip, back to Grand Lake, north west of Denver, and next to Rocky Mountain National Park. I booked a show at a theatre in Grand Lake, so we had to be at the town by 7.30.

Yet Another National Park

The final trip was through Rocky Mountain National Park and down to Boulder. Then on to Denver for the last night.

Once I had started my research, I turned from 'uninformed' to 'excited'.

There was a tremendous amount to do and see in Colorado, and many lovely and interesting towns to visit.