Three More Fun Things To Do In Colorado, With or Without Kids
I love living in Colorado - there are always fun and unique things to be discovered around the next bend along with the natural beauty, of course. For the last few years, Mr UR has taken me on a surprise birthday weekend trip to visit some places we haven't been before. So here are three places we hit up that are fun to visit with or without kids: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Located west of Colorado Springs, this national monument holds one of the richest fossil deposits in the world including petrified Sequoia trees that are up to 14 feet wide. It's possible that people have been in this area for 10,000 years including prehistoric Paleo-Indians, the Ute and Apache people and then on to the pioneers. What began as a massive flow of ash and hot gasses flowing through the valley, right after the Rocky Mountains formed, then led to glaciers and mammoths. It was a long time until white settlers arrived, even though native tribes have been here for thousands of years, ...
