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Like any American, traveling occasionally is just what I love doing and I bet you share the same stuff with me. But traveling does not mean that you would be safe. Escaping from our job and other stressful activities is just something that w Torres del Paine is among the biggest of Chiles national parks, occupying almost 600,000 acres (242,000 ha) of land in the south on the border with Argentina. It is also among the most important, receiving a significant proportion of domes
Perhaps the most suitable place to take in these peaks is on the highest highway in the States, the aptly named Trail Ridge Road. Rising to over 12,000 feet, this is truly one of the finest roads travelled. Built in the 1930s along the path of an old Indian track than spans the Continental Divide, as the route rises and falls over peak and trough you could forgive the temptation to turn off at any of the many sidetracks and explore 350 miles of gentle nature, rolling hillsides, and giant rock monoliths reaching to the sky.Within the heart of this region lies a cacophony of dense forests to get lost in, rushing streams heaving with leaping salmon throughout the year, glacier-gouged lakes perfect for an afternoon's lazing on a canoe, and endless rolling alpine meadows for recreating scenes from 'the sound of music' with a loved one.Throughout the area, teeming with woodland wildlife, an expedition at any time of the year could bring sightings ranging from bobcat and mountain lion to elk, mule deer, the famous bighorn sheep (to be found on the park's emblem) and much more.To stay in the area (as there's nothing in the park itself) you must travel to the nearby Estes Park just 3 miles away. Built at the turn of the 20th century in 1909, the Stanley Hotel, of The Shining fame, is a nearby neoclassical piece of architecture well worth a visit and a stay (in room 217 if the nerves can take it) and offers to the visitor sweeping panoramas of the continental divide and the serene Lake Estes.The Stanley Hotel can be booked online at www.stanleyhotel.com and is best visited between may and september, perhaps most fun over the 4th July holidays when a huge traditional celebratory affair is laid on for guests.Visiting the park is also recommended between may and september. Getting there is straightforward enough, lying 80 miles northwest of Denver to the east and through Grand Lake from the west. To view more information about the park online visit www.nps.go/romo.Angelica D. Stone writes for the adventure travel magazine TravelBX. For more great adventure holiday ideas visit www.travelbx.com. Article Tags: Trail Ridge Road, Trail Ridge, Ridge Road
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