Tag: colorado geology

Posted on May 15, 2015
Catastrophic Colorado Monument, Part 2
The precariously balanced enormous boulder towered ominously above us. “Careful! Don’t drive too slowly under that rock!” My younger brother anxiously piped up from the back of our suburban, full of friends and family members gathered together for …

Posted on May 8, 2015
Catastrophic Colorado Monument, Part 1
I drew in a sharp breath and held on tightly as we suddenly rounded a narrow curve and I got a good look down the steep edge at the spectacular, sharp rocks far below us. The chilly wind …