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2025 Aug CO Trip (Vacation)

 Memorable Moments:

  • Tire pressure warning for only one tire at the top of the Rocky Mountains when starting the drive down.  25 lbs. of pressure vs. 40 on the other tires. Kept watching the pressure. Got to the bottom and filled up with air. Held the rest of the trip. Reminded me of us getting a flat tire while on the way to the Grand Canyon. Now that was drama.
  • Elk in the middle of Estes Park downtown wandering around (in the middle and across a major highway).
  • Jess not making it to the end of the zip line at Royal Gorge (likely due to wind). An attendant had to go out on the line and pull her the rest of the way in.
  • Getting delayed on highway 25 multiple times due to accidents, rain, and a train. Google detoured us once on on a dirt path, then we hit a coal train. It was kind of funny after a bit. A 1.5 hour trip took 2.5 hours.
  • Losing power at the Hotel on the last day at 10:00am (we were warned the night before). Jess had to walk up to flights of stairs. Fortunately, the elevators were working when we checked out at 10:45am.
Surprises about CO:
  • Lots of people with tattoos and piercings.
  • Lots of motorcycles. No helmets.
  • Shock of how much elevation makes a difference. Had to slow down running pace just to finish my normal easy runs (like by .5 miles per hour). Everything was a bit more difficult. Had issues as we drove up to the Rockies. Similar problems as we came down Pikes Peak. No interest in running a race at altitude without time to adjust.
  • Speed limit up to 75 miles per hour.
  • Food was shockingly reasonable in Estes Park.
  • Price of real estate in Denver. Looked up online and it is 46% higher than Columbia, MD.
  • Downtown Denver really didn't have much shopping on 16th street and there were a lot of homeless people.
  • Very few people of color in the places we visited. 

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