Denver Airport, originally uploaded by Bachir.
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On leaving the airport, we took I-70 in a straight shot to Grand Junction where we stayed for a few days. I-70 is one of the most scenic freeways in the US, cutting through mountains, canyons, and stunning desert vistas on its way straight west across the northern part of the state.
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The Glenwood Canyon stretch visible from I-70 is beautiful, and the design and the design of the freeway that runs through it is also spectacular, and something of an engineering feat. |
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This site by a civil engineer describes some of the more outstanding features. |
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Isolated rainstorm somewhere between Rulison and Parachute. |
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Some of the dramatic scenery on the way into Grand Junction... |
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...culminating in this incredible view of a mesa |
| Just a few miles outside of Grand Junction lies the Colorado National Monument National Park. It's a series of breathtaking canyons and red-rock pillars (the Monuments). | |
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Some of the sandstone layers in rocks near the entrance. |
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Monument road skirts the edge of the canyons. |
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Views down into the canyons |
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You can see the enormous block of rock that sheared off and fell down into the canyon |
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