Cross Country Adventure - Day 9 - Evergreen, Colorado

Without the pressure of having to drive to the next night’s accommodation, we’d originally thought we would spend the day exploring Denver, but after driving through the city the previous day that idea no longer appealed. Our host Celia suggested that instead she would take us to MountEvans, the highest auto-accessible point in the country, an offer we eagerly accepted.

Mount Evans is a national park and is only 19 miles from where we were staying in Evergreen, but the trip is mostly on narrow roads winding up to the entrance of the park, a road so popular with cyclists that the journey cannot be hurried. One of the benefits of slow driving, however, is the opportunity to spot wildlife among the trees.