COLORADO

by John Evicci

In September 2007, Mark & I went to Colorado to attend the wedding of friends Rich & Mona who recently moved there from Massachusetts. While there, we capitalized on the opportunity to visit the namesake of one of our favorite shows, South Park, and during the process, see as much of the beautiful Rocky Mountains as our limited time would allow, following a course suggested to us by the bride-to-be. No journal here as it was a pretty quick, straightforward trip. Just wanted to share the photos. Enjoy!

All pictures by me unless otherwise noted.

On the way to Red Rocks

Red Rocks

In case you don't know, Red Rocks is a natural amphitheater just outside of Denver set amongst some truly amazing rock formations. Unfortunately we couldn't get in because they were setting up for a concert later that night, but what little we did see was incredible.

Heading south into the mountains

South Park!

Not so much a town, but more a region. A sort of broad plain set in the middle of the mountains. As you can see here, very pastoral and picturesque.

We try to find a sign similar to the one in the show but this is the closest we could get

The most notable thing we saw there was South Park City, a restored 1880s town. This was a museum of sorts with a collection of old buildings depicting life in the 1880s. We didn't check it out, though. Just looked around.

Various sights around town

This was the ONLY place we saw that had any reference to the show

Back on the road, heading south

Coming down into Buena Vista

Having some kick-ass tacos and burrrrritos at the Coyote Cantina restaurant in Buena Vista

Heading north from Buena Vista

Leadville, the highest incorporated town in the US

North out of Leadville

Views of and from a particularly interesting section of the road cut into a mountainside

		^ Click here to see the above four pictures pieced together ^

Another stitched-together shot of an impressive view

Heading back towards Denver on route 70

The Eisenhower Tunnel

The Continental Divide at Loveland Pass

Heading back to Denver

A bad accident on the westbound lane of route 70

Rich & Mona getting married

Post-marital bliss amongst gorgeous surroundings

At the reception

L to R: Mark, Kym, Bob, Radovan, Eli, and Stacy

Myself, Mark, and Kym

The newleyweds swing by our table

My friends and co-workers, Terry & Joe

Me doing an unintentional Alan Colmes impression

Later, doing an intentional Jim Lahey impersonation. I swear it was intentional! What, you don't believe me? Then go fuck yershelf!

Kym & Eli outside

Bob shows us what he's made of

FIN