We both slept really poorly. Pete was running a very high temp so we spent most of the night trying to get that under control. By morning it seemed less a cold and more an allergy, not something he gets at home. We are hoping to get it under control with allergy tabs.
We set off for Boulder mostly following the Colorado River with mountains on either side. We passed a lot using the river, rafting and fishing and others walking or cycling along the banks. We went past a lot of ski towns including the super flash Vail, the ski runs clearly visible as green grass tracts cut through the forests. It's beautiful here and must be even more so with the snow.

It never fails to strike us how here if they want a road from A to B they just get on and do it. If they have to tunnel through a mountain, build an overpass a massive bridge or series of bridges so be it, they do it. The end result is a fantastic workable road network which is for the most part toll free. For the most from what we can tell they also think we'll ahead unlike Aust where they don't do any road widening until essentially forced into it, here there's always improvements going on. Its amazing what a difference forethought makes, not to mention it must reduce unemployment enormously.
We got to Boulder and it was unrelentingly suburban. We hesitated for a few mins then opted to keep on going to Estes Park, the closest town to Rocky Mountain National Park.
We checked in at a lovely lodge & settled in just as a heavy rain storm came through.