Colorado Fall 2020: Days 0-1 (Norman to Trinidad)
Over the next several days, I will be chronicling a roadtrip through Colorado I took during the last week of September and first few days of October 2020. It had been a longtime "bucket list" item to see the aspens in Colorado during the fall, and I finally got to check this item off the list. It did not disappoint! The trip consisted of about seven days of camping and hiking in Colorado. While I reside in Fort Worth, the trip was "based" out of Norman where some friends and I met up. The purpose of this blog will be to recount some of the routes taken, sights seen, lessons learned, experiences that were had, and some of the challenges of a roadtrip amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. For this post, I start with "Day 0" as the day I drove from Fort Worth to Norman to prepare for the actual trip, as well as "Day 1" which is the drive out from Norman to Trinidad, Colorado. The dates covered here are September 25-26, 2020. The gang consisted of former Uni...