Colorado National Monument, Fruita

A beautiful drive with lovely walks. Most short or reasonable. Good pull offs. We have been there when there were few visitors but imagine parking could be difficult when crowded. Nice visitor center with helpful rangers and volunteers. Great views from the pullouts of the monument but also the valley. Slow and the mountains around. Take the time to see this

This is an amazing place to go… The aw of Mother Nature. We went to the visitor center and they had an 18 minute video of how all the colors/layers came about. It showed about were Colorado was in the beginning of the movement of the continents to present day Colorado. It was so interesting. As a reminder they don’t sell anything to drink there, not bottled water,no pop, nothing. They do have a drinking fountain and a place you can fill you own water bottles. I would recommend bringing something like a picnic lunch cuz they don’t sell nothing to eat also. But they do have awesome picnic areas to have your lunch at.