Sunday, August 14, 2016

Around Colorado in 16 Days

*This trip is planned from Milan, TN*

Day 1:

7am - Leave Milan, TN

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

4:15pm-Camp - Clinton State Park, Kansas

Day 2:

9am - Leave Camp

12pm-12:30pm - 30 Minute Pit Stop

2:30pm-Camp - Goodland KOA, Kansas

Day 3:

8am - Leave Camp

9:35am-11am - Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
-monument and overlook -Repatriation Site

2:30pm-4:30pm - Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
-VC/Film/Exhibits -Jr Program
-Petrified Forest Loop
-Ponderosa Loop Trail
-Hornbek Homestead

4:45pm-Camp - Mueller State Park

Day 4:

8am - Leave Camp

9am-1pm - Pike's Peak Cog Railway

1:15pm-3:30pm - Manitou Cliff Dwellings

3:45pm-7pm - Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center
-visitor and nature center

7:40pm-Camp - Mueller State Park

Day 5:

8am - Leave Camp

9am-11am - Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame

12pm-1:30pm - Roxborough State Park
-vc -trails -redrock fountain formations

2pm-5pm - Dinosaur Ridge
-exhibits -Triceratops Trail -Dinosaur Ridge trail -tracks

5:40pm-Camp - Cold Springs Campground

Day 6:

8am - Leave Camp

9am-Camp - Rocky Mountains National Park
9-9:30 - Copeland Falls 0.3m OW
10-10:30 - Beaver Meadows VC
-Jr Program
11-12 - Dream Lake 1.1m OW
12:15-12:45 - Sprague Lake 0.5m RT
1:15-1:45 - Many Parks Curve
2:15-2:45 - Rock Cut
2:45-3:15 - Lava Cliffs
3:15-3:45 - Highest Point on Road
Alpine VC
4:30-Camp - Aspen Glen Campground

Day 7:

8am - Leave Camp

9-9:30 - Fall River Pass
10-11 - Holzwarth Historic Site 0.5 OW
11:15-11:45 - Kawuneeche VC
12-12:30 - Adams Falls 0.3m OW

3:30pm-4pm - 30 Minute Pit Stop

5:15pm-Camp - Saddlehorn Campground

Day 8:

8am - Leave Camp

8am-11am - Colorado National Monument
-VC JR Program
-Historic Rim Rock Drive
-wayside overlooks -trails

12:30pm-Camp - Curecanti National Recreation Area
12:30-1 - Cimarron VC
-JR Program
1-2 - Mesa Creek Trail
2:30-3 - Lake Fork VC
3-Camp - Lake Fork Campground

Day 9:

8am - Leave Camp

8:15-8:45 - Elk Creek VC
9-9:30 - Cooper Ranch
9:30-10:30 - Neversink Trail

11:30am-Camp - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
-East Portal Road
-Gunnison Point Overlook
-VC -JR Program
-Pulpit Rock Overlook
-Painted Wall Overlook
-Cedar Point Nature Trail 0.67m RT
-South Rim Campground

Day 10:

8am - Leave Camp

11:30am-1:30pm - Canyon of the Ancients National Monument
-Lowry Pueblo

2:30pm-Camp - Mancos State Park

Day 11:

8am - Leave Camp

9am-Done - Mesa Verde National Park
-Far View VC -JR Program
-Cliff Palace -Balcony House -Spruce Tree House -Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum -Step House -Long House

Done-Camp - Mancos State Park

Day 12:

8am - Leave Camp

9:30am-10:30am - Chimney Rock National Monument

12:30pm-1:30pm - UFO Watchtower

2:15pm-Camp - Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
-VC -Jr Program
-Pinyon Flats Campground

Day 13:

8am - Leave Camp

8-9 - Dunes Overlook 1m OW
9-10 - Sand Pit 0.7m OW
10:15-12 - High Dunes 1.5m OW
12-12:30 - VC
2:15-3:30 - Bishop Castle

5:30pm-Camp - La Junta KOA

Day 14:

7:15am - Leave Camp

8am-4pm - Picket Wire Canyon Auto Tour
-Brontosaurus footprints

4:15pm-Camp - La Junta KOA

Day 15:

8am - Leave Camp

8:30am-10:30am - Bent's Old Fort National Historical Site
-VC/Film -JR Program
-living history -trails

30 Minute Pit Stops: 1:30-2, 5-5:30

7pm-Camp - Elk City State Park, Kansas

Day 16:

8am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 11-11:30, 2:30-3

5pm-Camp - Milan, TN




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