The scenic route back to Denver

With constuction on I-70 and horror stories of 7 hours back to Denver, we opted for the "back road" and the beautiful drive to thru 12,000' elevation Independence Pass.    

Back thru Aspen.

But first a stop for gas.  LOL.  Must be Aspen... at least $1.30 a gallon higher than in Denver.

Back on CO-82 to Independence Pass.

And back down the long and winding road.

And the major contrast as we headed east.

Amazingly, today's return trip took only 3:40.   What a great weekend in beautiful Aspen.  Thanks for reading my report.