We left Rusty and Rachel's house around 7am and headed East crossing the great divide at Monarch pass again, then heading North on highway 285, then on 24 towards Leadville. This was a nice flat drive between the mountains. At Leadville, we drove on 91, which crosses Fremont pass (11,318') and eventually connects onto Interstate 70 at Copper Mountain. Just East of here is the Eisenhower tunnel, which allows you to go "under" Loveland pass (11,990') for a distance of 1.7 miles through the mountain. After the tunnel, we headed to Golden on Hwy 6, which is in a Clear Creek canyon and has lots of short tunnels. By far this was most scenic drive I've ever taken in one day.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Friday morning
We left Rusty and Rachel's house around 7am and headed East crossing the great divide at Monarch pass again, then heading North on highway 285, then on 24 towards Leadville. This was a nice flat drive between the mountains. At Leadville, we drove on 91, which crosses Fremont pass (11,318') and eventually connects onto Interstate 70 at Copper Mountain. Just East of here is the Eisenhower tunnel, which allows you to go "under" Loveland pass (11,990') for a distance of 1.7 miles through the mountain. After the tunnel, we headed to Golden on Hwy 6, which is in a Clear Creek canyon and has lots of short tunnels. By far this was most scenic drive I've ever taken in one day.
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Did you go up past Aspen, through that other really uppity ski town that I can't remember right now? It took us several hours if it was the same trip! Maybe not? Did you pass Java the Hut? Or the Gunsmoke Cafe?
no, Aspen is way West of the way we went
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