The decision to go to Colorado arose spontaneously, but for me every trip - great fun. A young Muscovite, spent on a business trip in Houston 3.5 months, decided to take a little vacation before returning home to see interesting places in the United States. She needed someone for the company - still traveling in a foreign country is not very comfortable alone. As most are not burdened with work among her friends, I have great pleasure agreed to go for four days. Immediately, I note that during the trip we were with her colorful couple - grandmother and granddaughter, and all to us was a great attitude.

Two weeks before the trip began to elaborate the route, where it is best to go and what to see, based on the availability of time. The son took over the care of the ticketing, hotel reservations and car rentals. And of course, we did from the Internet to print all the necessary maps detailing the turns and exits for a particular road or street.

 

Lord, blessed be the Internet - the most wonderful travel assistant! About Colorado. The state covers an area of ​​269.7 thousand sq. M. km - 8 th place in the United States. And only 24 th, there resides the entire 4.3 million. People in terms of population, as in "big" Houston lives! Colorado - the most "high-rise" US state, all of its territory lies at an altitude of over 2,000 meters above sea level. If you look at the map of the United States, then it has the shape of Colorado right quadrangle, its boundaries are the parallels and meridians, ie it is located between 41 and 37 degrees north latitude, and from east to west stretches from 102 to 109 degrees west longitude. These boundaries are still states of Wyoming and Utah. His name was on the staff of the Colorado River title (Colorado), which translated from Spanish means "colored red," as the river flows among rocks with a reddish tinge. Yes, among the mountains in Colorado red rocks a lot!