This park was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! The views are spectacular and you feel like you're driving on the rim of the world.
Colorado Monument National Park is located near Fruita in Western Colorado. Rim Rocks Scenic Byway was on our list of things to do in Colorado and it's located in this park. All along this beautiful drive you are above canyons and fascinating rock formations.
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| Independence Monument |
This is Independence Monument, the center of the park. It's a spectacular rock formation in the middle of a huge canyon. Absolutely breathtaking and the first rock formation you see along the Rim Rock Drive.
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| Devil's Kitchen |
There are several hikes along Rim Rock Drive. We stopped and took in a few, but my favorite was the hike to Devils' Kitchen rock formation. It's towards the other side of the park and I would call it an easy to moderate hike. Along the trail we saw lots of lizards! You have to hike up rock slabs to get into the formation but once you get to Devils' Kitchen you can climb around inside it and the views are amazing! I love to scramble up and down rocks so I really enjoyed this trail, and the whole park!
It's a definite must see in Colorado!!!
After the long day of playing on the rocks we decided to take in some of Colorado's wine country in Grand Junction. We visited several wineries in Grand Junction and the Palisades and tasted many wines. All of which were so wonderful! My favorite wine was from Whitewater Hills Winery, but they do not offer tours. We toured Grand River Winery, which offered a very nice tour, but the wine wasn't as good. Then we ended the day at Two Rivers Winery, which by far has the best views to enjoy while sipping wine but again, not my favorite wine. We ended up leaving Grand Junction with four bottle of wine that day. It was a fun trip!
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| Two Rivers Winery |
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