We love traveling. We always capture tons of pictures from wherever we've been and we like sharing our traveling experiences with our friends. So, this is how this blog began - as short stories with pictures in an attempt to share where we've been and what we've seen. Even not stories , but just notes. Nothing serious and big. Mostly I'm writing these stories on a rush and sometimes even don't have time to re-read them. So, I apologize in advance for possible typos here and there. There can be some factual errors or inaccuracies and they even might be corrected one day. Don't hesitate to contact me if you find something that needs to be fixed and don't expect these notes to be a perfect novels ;) The stories in this blog are not in chronological order, but I will try to remember to put the date of the trip. So... welcome to this blog and, hopefully, you will find something interesting and have the same feeling we had when we were there. Let's go...
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Thursday, June 25, 2026
What do we do...
What do we do with the drunken sailor?
What do we do with the drunken sailor?
What do we do with the drunken sailor?
Early in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Way hay and up she rises,
Early in the morning!
Oops, wrong start! Let's try it again...
What do we do when we
have a day off and it happens to be a Tuesday? Obviously... we wake up
early, have a quick breakfast, and drive forty minutes through the
morning traffic to reach a trailhead. Not just any trailhead, but the
Morrison trailhead of Mount Falcon Park. I hiked this trail a couple of
years ago and decided it was time to do it again. Right from the start,
the views were stunning, and I had a really good feeling about the day
ahead.
The last time I was here, I was amazed by the number of flowers. Hundreds of different wildflowers covered the hillsides and lined the trail
almost the entire way. This time, to my disappointment, there were only a
handful of them.
But they were still beautiful.
I started the hike, and when I looked toward downtown Denver, I could
barely make out the skyline. A thick haze gave the city an almost
mystical appearance. I guess the smoke drifting in from the Utah
wildfires was responsible, because every time I looked east... ...the city seemed to disappear into the haze.
Even though I didn't find as many flowers as I had hoped, I still
enjoyed stopping to admire the ones that were there. By the way, here's
the story from my previous hike - just compare how many flowers there
were back then! Click here to read it - Morrison to Mount Falcon Trail - A Wildflower Wonderland!
As I continued walking, I found the hike a bit more challenging than I
remembered. Or maybe I simply wasn't in quite the same shape as I was a
couple of years ago :) At times it felt as though the trail went
straight up the mountainside...
Well... not really. See for yourself - the trail isn't nearly as steep as it felt ;)
Still, it was a wonderful hike, filled with beautiful scenery and enough flowers to make me stop more than once.
About a thousand feet above the trailhead, I had an almost unobstructed view of downtown Denver.
Well... almost. The haze was still hanging over the city.
Finally, I reached my destination - the site of the proposed Summer Home for the Presidents of the United States.
Construction began in 1911, but the project was never completed, and the
house was never built. The ruins, however, are still there, along with
the spectacular views of the distant mountain ranges.
Some things never change.
Just look at that view!
At 7,616 feet, you can see so much farther than from anywhere in Denver ;)
Eventually it was time to turn around and head back.
Fortunately, going downhill took only about a third of the time it had taken me to climb up :)
Retracing the exact same route isn't nearly as much fun, so I took a
small detour and followed the Turkey Trot Trail instead. It was slightly
longer, but it also offered much more shade.
And not just shade...
It also provided some wonderful views of Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Four hours. Almost seven miles. More than 2,000 feet of elevation gain.
It turned out to be a tougher hike than I had expected, and my legs were
kind enough to remind me of that even on Wednesday :)
But despite the effort, it was a wonderful way to spend a few hours in
the mountains, especially early in the morning before the summer heat
settled in.
Do you know that feeling when a song gets stuck in
your head and simply refuses to leave? That happened to me on this hike,
which is exactly why those lyrics sneaked into the beginning of this
post :) Honestly, I didn't mind it at all. Listen for yourself!
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