Last March my good friend Rosemary visited us from New York, as her daughter had a business trip to the Denver area, so she decided to go along with her to visit us. My husband and I were thrilled to show Rosemary some of our local sights for the few days she was in Colorado. First, we showed her some of the red rocks that are in our Littleton neighborhood. (All photos in this post will enlarge if clicked on)
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We then drove to Morrison, Colorado, where the iconic outdoor Red Rocks Amphitheater is located, nestled among red rock formations in the Colorado Front Range foothills. My husband and I have attended many concerts in Red Rocks since we moved to Colorado, and I've blogged about it many times. Most days it is also open for visits to its Visitor's Center Museum and many surrounding hiking trails.
On this visit, we decided to take one of the trails to sightsee the scenery.
The elevation of this area is 6,391 feet---1948 m---so the views east show the Colorado plains and the mile-high city of Denver in the distance.
Looking even further east I could see the iconic white triangles of Denver International Airport in the distance.
We enjoyed all the sights along the trail...
...until we wound around to steps leading up to the amphitheater's stage area.
There we could stand on the stage and see the two giant red rock formations on either side of the seats, which are named Shiprock and Creation.
Driving out of the Red Rocks Amphitheater Park area we passed many more beautiful natural red rock formations that were formed around 160 million years ago!
Rosemary was amazed by all the beauty of the red rock area, and we were looking forward to showing her more of our favorite places--see more in my next posts.
PS: Thank you so very much for all the kind comments on my prior post about my husband's surgery. He continues to do well and is getting back more of his strength all the time. I'm happy to be back blogging again! I missed you all!
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26 comments:
Hello Pat,
Beautiful landscapes, the red rock formations are a wonderful sight. I am sure your friend enjoyed exploring the area with you.
I am glad your hubby is recovering and doing well. Take care, have a wonderful week!
Wow... a great journey indeed. I enjoyed reading. Sure your friend too. It's Monday afternoon, my time to write comments. And I'm looking forward to another week of wonderful posts for MosaicMonday.
Thank you so much for your participation, dear blog friend.
Greetings from Heidrun
Oh I bet your friend had so much fun seeing all the red rock formations.
Lovely rockscapes
What a fun tour to take your friend on. The red rocks are gorgeous!
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Red Rocks really is a national treasure. Beautiful photos. I love being a tour guide when company arrive. Happy day to you.
Red Rocks is such a beautiful place.
Very lovely. Love the last snow shot. #WordlessWednesday
I've never been to a concert there, everybody I know who has been said the acoustics are great. The company that owns it is building an outdoor event space near Tulsa. Out on the flat plains adjacent to a freeway so I doubt the acoustics will be much to write home about.
Love your pictures! The red rocks are gorgeous, as is the amphitheater!! wow!! - Patty
Wonderful landscapes. So enjoyable showing a visitor your local treasurers - you become the tourist in your own backyard. Have a fabulous week. I am joining you at the Random-osity linkup.
Wow ... the steps and structure are so grand reminding me of the colosseum and pyramids. Awesome!
Beautiful! I'm from Colorado Springs and we have beautiful red rock formations here also.
Beautiful photos. Sounds like you are a wonderful tour guide! So glad to hear that your husband is doing well. Thanks for the update.
Beautiful landscapes
amazing!
BEAUTIFUL, amazing!
Keep on showing these beautiful spots in your home state. I will keep on dreaming of visiting them some day.
Happy Valentine's Day!
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It sure is a beautiful area. The amphitheatre is amazing. So good to hear that Vince is on the mend.
That amphitheater is just amazing. I've always wanted to go there.
Thank you for linking up!
That really is a beautiful part of the country. I'm so glad your husband is feeling better too!
What a fun trip and the views are marvelous. Glad you and your friend had fun. thank you for sharing.
Take care and best wishes.
What an amazing trip. And so beautiful!
Visiting today from ge.ner.ic linky 61 #18,19&20.
wow Pat your photos and travelogue all awesome
So different from our views in Aurora! lol
LeeAnna
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