Red Rocks Park, Morrison Colorado

The whole place is crawling with people so well pleased being there. Friendly cyclists. Hikers. Visitors. Foreign languages everywhere. Everyone friendly and open. It is the place to wear sensible shoes.

Best days to visit are M,T,W. 

Thursday and Friday pick up and weekends are impossible. 

Handicapped placard is best chance for parking at top nearest the seating. I slid right in, la-de-dah, while everyone else is shut out, turning around to a lower parking lot. 

Steps everywhere. No more cutting across wherever you like. Paths are established and everyone obeys. Willingly. With no fuss. Quite incredible. 

The Trading Post Gift Office is open on the way up but traffic rerouted immediately in front of it on the way back. Just somebody in a silly hat rerouting traffic for no reason given. Parking lot full? I don't know. Just some bossy person. I intended to stop in and video a hummingbird that I know they will have in the back but that didn't happen due to the rerouting. I'm a bit bummed about that. I'd have to hike from an adjacent lot and my legs were already useless. That's the park for you. It's taken over on weekends, music groups have their way with parking lots with all of their vans. Coordinating the music activities tends to shut down areas of the park and then the entire park closes once the band's equipment really starts rolling in and preparations started. Frustrating. Best go early in the week, early in the morning,  and avoid all that.

Very big crowds. All over the park. Everywhere. 

The park is a thing now. It is a real tourist attraction not just a local playground. The whole area is. The town of Morrison is packed, traffic through the tiny town completely stopped. 

Do you have binoculars with you?

No, we do not. 

Would you like to look through the telephoto?

Sure. What is that white stuff?

Hawk poo. Take a picture.

A girl took this picture ↑.

The platform behind the seating is extended. Facilities are built under the extension rather than scooped out from under the seating as it appears once you are down there. It opens up quite broadly, the entire area of the top is also below. Gift shop is very active, attractive modern bathrooms, an interactive museum, children all over having the time of their lives. Also a very nice grill that you'd expect to be packed but not so. Surprising given the number of people crawling around the place above.  

Back on top.

This is most of them but I cannot let go of my little babies, they're too cute. Here are a few more photos, if you like, interspersed numerically between these, displayed a bit larger. 

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