· exploring · national monument · park · Colorado NM
We visited Colorado National Monument, in — you guessed it — Colorado, west of Grand Junction.
We started by having a picnic lunch in a nice shelter:
Then continued along the twisty roads, looking at the interesting rocks:
The first of three tunnels:
We stopped at several viewpoints:
Morons sitting on rocks off the trail:
An open-ended canyon:
Big horn sheep; we were excited to see her, as she was the first big horn sheep we’ve managed to get a picture of in the wild (we’ve seen them in a zoo in Palm Springs, and on the side of the road in Lake Mead, but not so close):
Viewpoint:
Blooming prickly pear cacti:
Visitor center:
Relief map:
The Colorado plateau; been to all of those places:
Views:
The other two tunnels:
Balancing rock:
