Julie and I had another packed weekend. We started out yesterday by checking out one of the sights that was recommended in our guidebook – Dinosaur Ridge, just east of Red Rocks. What a cool place! We took a nice hike up the ridge (which is part of the Dakota Hogback, a stretch of sandstone and other rock layers that was lifted to an angle via the magic of tectonics. As a result of that liftage, layers and layers of fossalized materials are exposed, including the odd dinosaur bone. What a cool way to have geology presented in mural fashion. It was like an exquisitely curated outdoor natural hisotry museum. And as you walked down the road, you went further and further back in time. Neat stuff.

Then, today, Julie called me at 7:30am because her office had had to shut down (she was going to work this morning). So, she told me to get out of bed and exclaimed we were going to go excursioning again today. I was all for that. So, we picked a great looking hike up to Paprika Lake (I think) in Rocky Mountain National Park. Anywho, we had so much fun on the drive, and the weather started looking like it wasn’t going to cooperate (not to mention that we later learned dogs aren’t allowed on the trails in the park) – so we ended up not hiking at all, but just enjoying the drive. We went all the way across US-34, down to Grand Lake (where Julie had a Rocky Mountain Oyster), and then back to I-70 returning to Denver. It was a beautiful loop and an incredible drive.

Anywho, it’s been an incredible weekend. There’s so much to see and explore here and I hope we venture out every chance we get.

Hope you’re all doing well!