![]() ![]() Spectacular moments, there was a good deal of stress and heartache too. There's a lot of history here- that's what I'm trying to get at. The valley also saw its share of volcanic eruptions, an ever- changing landscape, and it was home to hunter-gatherers (the Paleo-Indians, the Ute and Jicarilla Apache peoples), early Pioneers and scientists. Much wetter, which meant that the habitat was perfect for forests and trees here could grow up to 230 feet high. The Tillamook Forest in Oregon, so I tend to geek out on all thingsįorest-related, and this trail had me jumping for joy.) Anyway, back when theseĮnormous trees dotted the Colorado landscape, the climate was much warmer and Pre-kids life I was an environmental lawyer and worked on a campaign to protect ![]() (This would be a good time to tell you that in my Goes to the California coastline, but in fact millions of years ago the ColoradoĬlimate was actually much more hospitable to these ancient tress. Usually whenever I think of the Redwoods my brain immediately Sweatshirt with a hood! And just like that, for the low price of $3.99, I was outfitted forĪltitude…so we made our way to our final destination.įossil Beds National Monument contains the remains of an ancient Redwood forestĭating back about 35 million years. I found what I was looking for in under 2 minutes - an “I Heart Colorado” But we finally came upon what I'll call a larger “city”- and we spotted a Goodwill Store which I knew would have something suitable. Town without a suitable store to fix my little problem, I started to think this wouldn't work out so well. I was obviously underdressed (thankfully the kids had extra layers in the car), so as we climbed up and up, and as we passed town after What I didn’t realize, as I left the house dressed in a light cotton flannel, was that this hike is way up in the mountains (over 9500 feet) where it's about 20-30 degrees cooler than it is in Denver. We wanted to try something new, and since the kids are getting better in theĬar we decided the 2 hour trip to Florissant Fossil Bed National Monument Ground and temperatures are usually in the 50s and 60s. Trails near and around Denver-which means that there isn’t much snow on the When we do go on winter hikes, we opt for Year when I take up Nordic/Cross Country), we never thought to take theīoys on a winter hike in the snow or up in the higher elevations. My husband and I don’t ski or partake in winter sports (this will change next The kids on some pretty spectacular hikes in Colorado, but since
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