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Searching for Fall Colors on the Peak-to-Peak Highway

Posted by Jason Hussong on Thursday, October 14, 2010,
A couple of years ago I took a drive from Denver to look for some fall colors. I wrote about my search and how I drove up and around on a section of the Peak-to-Peak Highway through a couple of different Colorado counties. Now, while the leaves were just at that right state of gold, I wanted to get back up and continue on and see another section of the highway. This time I drove from Nederland north to the turn down to Lyons, Colorado.

The colors were impressive and just the right s...

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Aspen Hunting

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,
This past week the Rocky Mountain News ran a special section on good spots to see Colorado's golden Aspen trees by driving, hiking and biking. I was interested in getting out to see the colors already, so this was all the extra incentive I needed.

I had never driven on the Peak-to-Peak Highway (Colorado Highway 119) outside of Blackhawk, but had done it from Lyons to Estes Park before. So, seeing as this was uncharted territory for me, I figured I'd take the day to drive the part I hadn't ...

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