hey guys we just made it to colorado national monument we just did the drive from fort collins
all the way over here to grand junction and we've just arrived it's like four and a half
hour drive amazing drive you guys like it was beautiful it was on this world so we're
so excited to be here we've never been here so we're excited to see the park and explore
so this is our first weekend getaway since moving to colorado and we figured
we're gonna go all the way on the other side of the state for a weekend getaway
so today we're doing colorado at national monument and then tomorrow we're doing black canyon of
gunnison national park never been there either so we're so excited to explore the side of colorado
all right you guys we are starting our first hike um it's actually like right
as we got into the park here it's called devil's kitchen
and it's actually really short i think it's only like a mile you go like out and then back
there's like a viewpoint so that's our first stop devil's kitchen here we come
we got a lizard there he is i don't want to scare him he moves quick so it's back to hiking on like
red dirts and sands and we learned our lesson when we were in utah last november visiting
all the national parks in utah um you have to wear black socks otherwise if you wear white
socks they're stained for life trust me like we officially stay in like all our socks on that trip
so lesson learned first thing we did when we moved to colorado bought black socks
we made it to devil's kitchen there it is beautiful
you guys this park is beautiful like we've only got in like a mile since we've entered
and this is like insanity i can't wait to see like the rest of it just a little fyi
um it's kind of like you go in one side of the park and you exit the other so we went in
by grand junction and then you exit by fruita how do you say it fruita fruita i don't know if i said
that right i got a bunch of that so my apologies but that's where you exit and it's like um 23
miles from one entrance to the other so yeah it's pretty awesome so far we're just getting started
so let's appreciate this entire patch of prickly pear cactus it's pretty amazing
this drive is insanity it's just switchbacks back and forth and you
were just rising as we keep climbing here it's just it's crazy it's pretty amazing
we found the hidden view i think that's what's called or loop
i don't know it's so cool it's right at the end of a serpent's trail on the
other side so you're here there's not really parking you kind of have to pull off so cool
all right so now we are on the ute canyon trail it's just a short little trail just
gives you some really close-up overlooks here of the canyon
so we're gonna make some lunch here and we're trying to find a picnic table somewhere but
there's like no picnic tables um like in the areas we're at so we're gonna
just eat out of the back of our jeep and lunch not a bad view for lunch though so
can't complain we're making some sub sandwiches and then we picked up some of these boulder canyon
chips and they're actually pretty good so vinegar and sea salt cheers got my zivia too my favorite
we found these little rocks with a view so can't find a picnic table you just make your own
that was like a perfect little lunch spot now back on to the hiking trails
we're at coke oven trail it's only .2 miles like one way it's super short
dang you guys this is a gorgeous hike don't miss this one and look at this you guys oh my god
it's absolutely gorgeous here here we are the viewpoint of a cocoa oven wow beautiful
coming back up the trail i didn't see him pounding
i switchbacks up but it's worth it so definitely do it
all right so we're getting to the colorado national monument
area this is like the big focal point of the park
check out this view you guys it's gorgeous and this is crazy there's people on top of that
there's like little bitty people running around up there i'm like why'd you even
get over there oh i have no idea what's going on but that's pretty cool this is pretty sweet
so i guess that is totally a thing look at this you guys rock climbing that would be epic
next hike one mile round trip otto's trail
so one thing about this park i'm absolutely loving the short hikes
to amazing views so this is the view it's the other side of the monument absolutely gorgeous wow
definitely do autos it's the other side of the monument and then of course there's the
monument overlooks you get like both perspectives
definitely saved the best for last like this is getting towards the end now it's
bad to just sit have a little bit of a drink and just take in the views and the sunshine
that sunshine you guys is hot so loving it
cheers
we're wrapping up our time here in colorado national monument and right there is balanced rock
oh my god you guys get it look at mama and babies oh they're beautiful
that was the cutest thing the little babies were like jumping around and
playing and mom is just munching away and wow they were beautiful
so right before we were leaving balanced rock we were just saying like oh i would really love to
see some sheep and literally right around the corner there was the mama and the three babies
now we just left the park so it was like the perfect way to end our time here in
colorado national monument so now we're gonna head to our hotel and check in because we're
staying in grand junction for the night we are headed to downtown grand junction we're
just gonna walk around and check it out so nice out so definitely want to be outside downtown
and the trees are blooming and they smell so good it's kind of like a lilac but not really
it's so pretty everything's getting so green
cute this downtown area is so cute everything is closed at five o'clock though so it's really
a bummer there was so many cute shops i wanted to like check out but everything was close so
i guess we're just gonna have to go to the brewery we are at the ale house um we left
downtown because the bury we wanted to go to was like a line out the door it was crazy
so hopefully we can get in here guys this place is stinking cute look at this wow
india it's a good day the ale house was so good that we shared the ahi tuna wrap i've never had
ahi tuna in a wrap and it was really good they had really good like seasonings and dressings in it
and it was really good um and then their wine and beer it was a good spot so if you're in
grand junction highly recommend the ale house we weren't ready to go back to our room and we kind
of did downtown and we decided you know what we're gonna go back to colorado national monument and
just do a sunset cruise through the park probably not really stop unless we get to a point where
there's a really good sunset there's a little overcast that just rolled in so i don't know how
great the sunset will be but i figured hey why not we're here it's only 6 30. let's go and take one
more stroll through the park and then we'll call her a night so that's what we're going to do nice
oh wow we just got in the park there's so many babies oh my ah they're facing on a saturday night
beautiful all right we got another deer there he is it's a muley look at how calm they are
buddy hey he has one horn you guys the treasure he's like the guy in open season
there he is we have a one horn deer you guys sorry to hear about your horn loss oh poor guy
it's okay buddy evening is like oh it's perfect time for wildlife viewing gotta watch open season
it's elliott it's elliott it was elliot you haven't seen it that's the reference holy buckets
look at this guy oh that's grandpa they flew out in front of this truck poor guy i almost hit him
oh guys it's right there he's huge
so vince and i were just talking about how all day we've seen
um the younger sheep with babies and whatnot not like the full horns and then that happened
literally right after we said that like those were like grandpa and dad who've been around a while
all right you guys that is a wrap here at colorado national monument so we didn't get in our sunset
too much cloud cover came in this evening however the wildlife is crazy so highly recommend coming
if you have time to do a loop through the park at evening time when the sun is setting because
the deer the sheep they're all out so thanks so much for watching if you have any questions of
course let me know and the weekend's not over yet tomorrow we're off to the black canyon afghanistan
national park so stay tuned for that vlog new one haven't been to that one either knocking out those
national parks that's what they're here for for us to explore so thanks so much for watching give
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