Late last night I decided to head to Calhan, CO for sunrise at Paint Mines Interpretive Park. The park has a lot of different types of rock formations, hoodoos (hat like formations), and grassland scenery. My Father joined me on this early morning trek and we left Arvada around 4:00AM. After about 100miles of driving we arrived in the small town of Calhan and headed to the park. The sunrise on this morning was beautiful! And a very cool breeze from the west made this morning even more pleasant. We saw a multitude of different type of flowers, birds, lizard, and a long tailed weasel! We left a few hours later and had breakfast in the town of Kiowa, CO. Overall it was a great day to get out and about!

215.2 mi – 3 hr 44 min drive time