Marc’s trip to Colorado to see Tool at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre

 

July/August 2001

 

 

I left Austin on Tuesday, July 31 and stayed the night in Denver.

On Wednesday, August 1 I spent the night in Estes Park.

On Thursday, August 2 I spent the night in Fraser (Winter Park).

On Friday, August 3 I saw the Tool show & spent the night back in Denver.

I came home in the morning on Saturday, August 4.

 

I took the following roads (it is surprisingly difficult to find good maps on the net):

 

o       70 from the airport to 36

o       36 to Boulder

o       119 to Nederland

o       72 to 7 (just north of Raymond)

o       7 to Estes Park

o       Through RMNP on 36 to 34 (Trail Ridge Road)

o       34 to Grand Lake

o       34 to Granby

o       40 to Fraser

o       40 to 70 near Lawson

o       70 to 103 near Idaho Springs

o       103 to Echo Lake

o       103 to Bergen Park, through Squaw Pass

o       74 to Evergreen, Kittredge, Idledale, and finally Morrison

o       Back to the airport area!

 

I have a bunch of video but it’ll take awhile to get it all put together and burned on CDs.

 

The following links will take you to pictures & descriptions of different legs of the trip (not all are finished).  Please excuse the poor quality photos – I have a cheapo 35mm camera J

 

Boulder

Nederland & area

Estes Park

Rocky Mountain National Park:

    The lower park

    Trail Ridge Road

Scenic Hwy 103

Red Rocks

 

There are a lot of gaps in the record.  I was fickle with my pictures J  There’s nothing of the trip on Hwy 34 through Grand Lake down to Fraser.  Also, there’s nothing between Bergen Park (Hwy 103 & 74) and Morrison via Hwy 74 through Evergreen & Kittredge.  I got tired of being the shutter-happy tourist and just enjoyed the scenery.