#159: An Epic Colorado National Park Road Trip Loop

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Places & Travel, Nature, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Science

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Join us as we take you on an epic road trip to all four of Colorado’s national parks! These four parks are incredibly diverse, and this trip will have you driving through alpine forests in the Rocky Mountains, hiking up the tallest sand dunes in North America, climbing ladders as you explore cultural treasures, and standing on the rim of a seemingly bottomless dark canyon. We’ve organized this episode with the road trip starting in Denver and driving clockwise around the state, but you can pick up our trail anywhere along the loop. And we’ve made suggestions for several add-on sites you’ll also want to consider, including Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, Chimney Rock National Monument, and a mountain pass highway in southwest Colorado with million-dollar views. Summer is here, and it’s time to hit the road. And we have the perfect itinerary planned for you – coming up! Here are a few helpful links related to this episode: · Where to get Mesa Verde NP tour tickets · A link to Pike Peak’s website where you can buy visitor and vehicle timed-entry tickets · More information about Rocky Mountain National Park’s timed entry permit program · Link to our Patreon account The best way to support our podcast is to become a member of our Patreon account. Follow this link to check it out. And don’t forget to check out our new online merch store and www.dirtlander.com. Subscribe to The Dear Bob and Sue Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and if you’ve enjoyed our show, please leave us a review or rating on Apple Podcasts. Five-star ratings help other listeners find our show. Follow us on Instagram at @mattandkarensmith, on Twitter at @mattandkaren, on Facebook at dearbobands, or check out our blog at www.mattandkaren.com. To advertise on The Dear Bob and Sue Podcast, email us at [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.0	safety reasons because we are talking about a very difficult treacherous
0:35.1	hike where you need a high level of fitness to do this because of the incredible steepness.
0:41.5	And we don't look like we have a high level of fitness when Rangers look at us.
0:48.6	You can see the panic in their eyes thinking they're going to have to come and rescue us.
0:53.0	Yeah, we're the visitors who they start pulling out the nature walk maps for.
0:58.0	And explaining them in great detail.
1:01.0	Yeah, maybe a nature walk would be good for you.
1:03.0	Mm-hmm.
1:04.0	Welcome to the dear Bob and Sue podcast.
1:11.0	Stories from our journey to all the U.S.
1:15.2	National Parks and other public lands. I'm Karen Smith.
1:18.8	And I'm Matt Smith. We're the authors of the Dear Bob and Sue series of books.
1:23.0	In this episode, we're taking you on an epic road trip through Colorado
1:27.0	to its four national parks, a couple of national monuments,
1:30.0	and some other fascinating stops along the way.
1:33.0	Colorado's national parks are incredibly diverse
1:37.0	and this trip will have you driving through alpine areas in the Rocky Mountains
1:42.0	hiking up the tallest sand dunes in North America, climbing
1:45.4	ladders as you explore cultural treasures, and standing on the rim of an incredibly deep
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