Colorado Bucket List Adventure Guide: Explore 100 Offbeat Destinations You Must Visit!

Author Don Harris presents a travel and learn program that entices the reader to explore the special wonders of the states. This volume invites us into the many natural, beautiful, and inspiring creations of nature found in Colorado and adds to the content the concepts helpful in guide that are both very informative and environmentally sound. This is a fine way to take advantage of family time by including some teaching!As the Harris states, ‘Welcome to your very own adventure guide to exploring the many wonders of the state of Colorado, Not only does this book lay out the most wonderful places to visit and sights to see in this vast state, but it also provides driving instructions and GPS Coordinates for Google Maps to make exploring that much easier.’ Each entry in this fine book features a family-friendly location to explore, along with useful information to know before you go.What follows is an interesting overview of Colorado’s history, a description of the landscape and climate, and then the doors open to explore such sites as Fort Garland, Independence Pass, Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory, Flagstaff Mountain, Garden of the Gods, Glen Eyrie Castle, Rainbow Falls, Dinosaur National Monument, Rocky Mountain National Park, Two Rivers Lake, Colorado Railroad Museum - a total of one hundred fascinating sites worth visiting. Each site is described with history and unique features, Best time to visit, Pass/permit/fees, Closest city or town, How to get there, and more.This book provides everything needed for a successful, rewarding and fun adventure into the beauties and fascinating spots in Colorado - a clever and very well produced addition to travel and learning. Grady Harp, October 21

It's got some standard stuff, some out of the way stuff and some cool stuff. All in all, it's a good On Sale book if you're going to be in an area of Colorado and want something to do without getting an official guidebook.

A comprehensive travel guide on Colorado including directions, site costs, and the best time of year to visit each place. Information on wheelchair accessibility is included as well. The guide makes for a fun and easy read. The author expands on the basics by including history, trivia and advice for getting the most out of each location.The only negative for me is that there are no photos. But the writing is so exceptional that I had no problem giving it 5 stars.

Enjoyment through the entire book

Ok book on describing location but not one picture inside the book

Purchased for my daughter who just moved to Colorado. She loved this. It has great information organized by location. She can't wait to take her first adventure in her new state.

Really disappointed with this book. No real bucket list items or adventures listed. Description is very minimal. I got more information from visitor centers than from this book. Returned it.

This book is OK - a bit of a "meh" for this long-time Denver resident. If you are new to the state or making an extended visit, I think this is quite good. That said, I will find this book useful to remind myself of places to take visitors to. Recommended.Pros: I like the abbreviated style - a short page for each destination that nicely says what this is, why & where you would go for each - making this a great reference to quickly scan & find places you will want to visit. Reasonably well stocked with great places to visit.Cons: WARNING - verify the directions - for instance site #1, Ft Garland, is not 25.4 miles east of Denver. As a long-time Coloradoan, I found the destinations listed mostly ordinary & well known - and some surprising omissions. Trail of the Ancients? Bent's Fort? Casa Bonita of South Park fame? ...that said, author only gave himself 100 entries... Organization in the table of contents is good, but in reading thru the book, each page should at top show "location" (city, same as in TOC) because without that, it seems like you're just browsing in somewhat random order - you'll be constantly flipping back to the TOC (or at least, I was).