In Spring Break, in Finland I guess it would be "hiihtoloma" we went to Colorado, to go snowboarding and a bit of sightseeing. Here they have all these holidays from the university. Not like in Finland, that you just have to take your own holiday if you want to go somewhere :D hehehe. Anyway, this trip was another road trip, since we drove to Colorado and eventually all the way to Denver.
First stop was Durango, a small town close to the border of Colorado and New Mexico. We stayed in a cheap motel there and went skiing in a place called Purgatory. Quite funny name :P The slopes there were amazing! I rent a snowboard and Gerardo got skies, and we were enjoying the sun shine and snow for two days there :) I burned my face completely though. The sun was a bit stronger than the spring sun in Finland...
First stop was Durango, a small town close to the border of Colorado and New Mexico. We stayed in a cheap motel there and went skiing in a place called Purgatory. Quite funny name :P The slopes there were amazing! I rent a snowboard and Gerardo got skies, and we were enjoying the sun shine and snow for two days there :) I burned my face completely though. The sun was a bit stronger than the spring sun in Finland...
View from Purgatory
That was my snowboard in Durango
American flags...
The resort was really high! About 3 km... :P
After Durango and Purgatory we headed to another place called Pagosa Springs. Near that there was a skiing resort called Wolf Creek. It was also a really cool place! Although I think I liked Purgatory more... This one had too many pumps all over :P No coolio... But, the weather was amazing also there all the time. Sun shine every day, more burning my face..
In Pagosa Springs we also went to some natural hot springs! There were like small pools like in a spa (like Eden or something) outside but it was all natural heated! It was really cool to thing that we were sitting in a water that had come from deep underground and was heated by magma... :P Some of the pools were as hot as 45 degrees (celsius)....oh my god :p I couldn't stay in all of those really long since they were soooo hot! But it was really nice and relaxing experience, a bit like going to sauna after snowboarding the whole day. We payed about 17 dollars to go in, not so bad.
In Pagosa Springs we also went to some natural hot springs! There were like small pools like in a spa (like Eden or something) outside but it was all natural heated! It was really cool to thing that we were sitting in a water that had come from deep underground and was heated by magma... :P Some of the pools were as hot as 45 degrees (celsius)....oh my god :p I couldn't stay in all of those really long since they were soooo hot! But it was really nice and relaxing experience, a bit like going to sauna after snowboarding the whole day. We payed about 17 dollars to go in, not so bad.
After skiing in Wolf Creek we drove to Denver. It was a nice city, didn't appear really big though. We were walking like insane there (of course). The first day was sunny and warm, but the other one was kind of cloudy and crapy... Anyway, we were walking in downtown in this pedestrian area with all the shops. Then we walked some 4 miles to a City Park which was really beautiful place. There was also a Museum of Nature and Science which had really cool exhibitions. We went to one about Space, one about Egypt and then there was a special exhibition of Gold. It was interesting too :)
But, I think the most cool thing about this museum was the Space part :P We could see ourselves in infrared, you could see the body heat and so on as red. And....my fingers were completely blue!! :( Well, it's not really a surprise, but it was kind of shoking to see it :P Even some couple were commenting about my cold hands but warm heart! :D
Well, here are some more pictures.
But, I think the most cool thing about this museum was the Space part :P We could see ourselves in infrared, you could see the body heat and so on as red. And....my fingers were completely blue!! :( Well, it's not really a surprise, but it was kind of shoking to see it :P Even some couple were commenting about my cold hands but warm heart! :D
Well, here are some more pictures.
From the way to Denver...
...From the road as well
Downtown Denver!
Denver..
From the City Park..
And finally, a view of the city!
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