H-SO! Today started out, let's call it "stressful". But after dealing with adult things, we decided we needed to get into nature. Unfortunately, Joe had to work today, so we kept it to a simpler day. Both of these locations are A) very close to one another & B) only about 40 minutes away from our home.
Lookout Mountain - for those back home, think of Bake Oven Knob, but instead of rolling farmland, it's mountains as far as the eye can see. Rolling from grass, trees, to snow caps. The hike up only took about 20 minutes, so it was quick, a nice little incline to make us sweat. Very much so a beginner trail though, so if you want something more challenging, there are way more trails to check out. What felt amazing was the feeling of "I am in nature, and it is beautiful. This world can pack so much into a small space, using mountains and hills and foliage to decorate itself, and oh, what an artist she is. Looking out at the mountains, seeing them disappear into clouds is awe inspiring. To think, if we dropped everything at this very moment, and trekked across those mountains, all of the Rocky Mountains, we would barely get through any of it before our time on this planet expired. But oh, to lose ourselves through their ridges and cliffs would be an awfully big adventure.
Red Rocks - you've all heard of it I'm sure, the infamous amphitheater of old (*cough* trading post *cough*) we decided to stop because there was a sign for Geological point of interest, and Josh loves his stones so why the heck not? While we were able to score some shots outside, the actual theater was closed due to a concert that evening. But! The views were still incredible & much appreciated by us.
J-OKAY so yeah...I took my precious time writing this. These mountains may be big, pointy, and powerful but even their power cannot cure my procrastination. For such a short hike and a simple day the views we saw were worth it nearly 4x over. When we reached the lookout's...well...lookout point I couldn't help but see the Great Valley from the Land Before Time. It wouldn't be hard to imagine sharptooths just roaming around those hills.
I could only imagine that was exactly the thing on this guys mind as he gazed into the hills. Just imagining Petri, Sarah, Littlefoot, and Spike on their adventures with the last tree-star. Yeah probably not but what a way to spend a break from work or a 40 minute adventure for the day. I appreciate you stranger for your appreciation of the view, and thank you for being you and letting me capture this.
And then came the rocks that are red and magnificent...and a random point of geological interest with a view. I'm darn near ashamed to say that I have yet to see a show at Red Rocks, but when I do, I imagine it will be everything I ever dreamed it to be. Driving up on them it looks like a huge force attempted to launch these boulders out of the ground and towards the sky but came up just a tad short.
Everything seemed to be getting set up for a show, meanwhile we 3 transplants just wandered and wondered at the rocks whilst everyone else went about their respective businesses. Oh yeah, and heres Denver, that's how close this little mountain paradise was.
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