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After the excel­lent CHEC 2010 Family Conference in Denver, I had a sin­gle day to see as much of Colorado as I could with my father and mother, baby sis­ter Katie, and younger brother Matthew. The high­light of our trip was an excur­sion up Mount Evans along Colorado Highway 5–the Highway to the Stars. The high­est paved road in the world, Highway 5 runs from below Echo Lake around 7,000 feet to a park­ing lot slightly below the sum­mit at 14,130 feet. For this flat­lander, 14,000 feet was a new experience–with atmos­pheric pres­sure down to only ~65% of sea level, the high bar­ren alpine mead­ows and ridge­lines were a far cry from the wooded moun­tains of my beloved Blue Ridge, remind­ing me of the “Scottish Soldier” folk song:

Because these green hills are not Highland hills
Or the island hills, they’re not my land’s hills
And fair as these green for­eign hills may be
They’re not the hills of home.

That said, it was an incred­i­ble, breath­tak­ing experience…but don’t let me tell you, you can see for yourself!

Highway to the Stars An album from our expe­di­tion up Mount Evans in Colorado, along the breath­tak­ing Highway to the Stars, the high­est paved road in the world. Mount Evans, CO 28 pho­tos