On Wednesday, Sept. 18th we drove back along US Route 70 past Vail, CO., to Eagle CO. There we stopped at a Ranger Station to get some hiking information on the Colorado River Canyon area.
From Eagle, CO we drove further west to Dotsero, CO where we will be staying for the next few days. Nearby is the Dotsero Ute Trail, so we hiked several miles up steep switchbacks to the top of a mountain overlooking the Colorado River valley.
The next day, Thursday, Sept. 19th, we tried the River Walk and Duck Ponds trail along the Colorado River between Gypsum, CO, and Dotsero, CO where we are currently staying. As you see, this is another very picturesque paved trail for bikers and hikers that runs along the edge of the Colorado River, some fifty miles.
On Friday, Sept. 20 we drove about halfway to Glenwood Springs, CO to Grizzly Creek where we found the trailhead and hiked about six miles up into the canyon. The entire hike would have been over 11 miles with an elevation gain of over 1,730 feet, but we decided not to attempt the whole distance, especially the part that rose up several hundred feet of a near-verticle cliff near the top.
This is what a rock slide looks like in the West. They are a lot bigger than the ones we have seen in the East. Some of these rocks are as big as a house, most are as big as our car.
I met a few people on the trail and some other dogs that were taking their human parents for a walk to keep them healthy, just like me.
Tomorrow and Sunday we are heady East to some trails near Eagle CO, and hoping to do some more hiking if the weather cooperates.
Monday we are planning to go on to Rocky Mountain National Park😌
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