Red Rocks & Lookout Mtn Colorado Christmas Vacation Day 3

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Girl Hiker
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Sean and I woke up early and had an awesome breakfast. We had planned to do alot of sight seeing. We drove to Red Rocks Park.
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We hiked around the Trading Post Trail to admire the beautiful Red Rocks.
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Quite a bit of snow on parts of the trail.
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We were surrounded by beautiful views.
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We then drove to Lookout Mtn.
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We visited the burial site of Buffalo Bill & his wife.
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We also visited the Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
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The day did not end here. More to follow.
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Additional images from Red Rocks and Lookout Mountain:

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Sights along the Trading Post Trail...

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Cecelia looking down at the amphitheatre stage, where everyone who's anyone has performed.

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Visitor Center on Lookout Mountain.

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Buffalo Bill Cody's gravesite on Lookout Mountain.

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Cecelia poses with Mr. Cody and a half-naked Native American.

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View of Denver from Lookout Mountain.
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After Red Rocks and Lookout, we drove higher into the Rockies to a mountain town called Georgetown. They have an old narrow gauge railroad attraction which took us through the snow-covered wilderness to an old mine site and station house.

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Parking at the train station.

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Old train engine that took us up the mountain.

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Outside the station.

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Leaving the station and crossing the bridge.

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Cecelia enjoying the views out the window.

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A view out the train car window.

After the train ride we drove around town a bit to check out old buildings.

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Then we walked on the frozen Lake George.

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