What would you do if you had to pass through Colorado on the way to Nebraska, and the mountains had lost their initial appeal? After all, we have been travelling around, up, down, through and between more mountains than you can shake a stick at! We have driven across some pretty high mountain passes, too.
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| Vail - I think this is the highest point we crossed |
Why, you head up to the town of Estes Park, at the gates of the U.S. Rocky Mountain National Park. Of course, it has nothing to do with seeing the Rocky Mountains again, after all, we have the same lovely mountains in Canada. Mind you, they have nicer highways here, that's for sure.
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| Four lanes, divided highway, the Americans do their road right! |
Rather, the reason for the detour this way was to go visit the Stanley Hotel. It was in this hotel that Stephen King got the idea for his book, The Shining, after an apparently somewhat sleepless night in Room 217, and where the TV mini-series was filmed. The hotel itself, and its founders, F. O. and Flora Stanley, have a very interesting history dating back well before Stephen King's visit, though, so we had an extremely interesting tour. It is a very haunted hotel, and many people - guests, tour guides and visitors alike, have had encounters of one sort or another. I would definitely recommend checking it out, if you are ever in Colorado!
http://www.stanleyhotel.com/
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| The Stanley Hotel |
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| The tunnel through which the staff had to enter the hotel |
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| Looking down from the 4th floor, where most of the hauntings occur |
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| The infamous room 217 (just ask Jim Carrey why he had to change rooms) |
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| F.O. Stanley and his twin brother, F.E. Stanley |
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| The Stanley Steamer |
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