Time Lapse Scenic Drive - I-70 in Western Colorado

[MrRottiedog]

Great video - thanks for posting. I visited from Australia and did most of that drive leat year over about 4 days. You have some of the most beautuful scenery in all of America. I took 2,000 pictures but the video still gives great memories ;-)

[v12tommy]

You might like my video too. /JlA_LXV_zZI?hd=1 It was 2 days from Indianapolis to Denver. No cool mountains, but the sunset the first day was pretty cool. I'm moving to Vail this winter, so hopefully I will get some awesome mountain time lapses. Do you use a GoPro?

[HuskyDiaries]

I have to drive this 4-6 times a year. definately need some awesome music and weed on the drive or else it'll take forever.

[MrDrBalls]

you sure got passed a lot, jimi.... Nice video :)

[colocusefan]

Dude you are driving so slow!! Semis are passing you!! Cool video though

[kwyjibosponge]

I CAN SEE MY HOUSE

[Mikes1800]

1800 mph and you're still being passed by everything? tsk tsk...

[siberhuskyfan]

It's like I'm watching a Formula 1 race !!! Nice job..... :)

[alsfeld2008]

I want to live in Colorado :)...

I never was there but it`s looking Cool.

[luixdaniel12]

man name of the song pleaseeeeee

[vdusan17]

title: All Along The Watchtower

artist: Tangled Up In Bluegrass

album: Pickin' On Bob Dylan-A Bluegrass Tribute-1999

[MartekTheSuperhero]

Im driving from Vegas to Denver next week, will I make it?

[ShingleCreek]

I don't know. I've never been through there in the winter.

[Winchester9T4]

Ok Shaun.....how do you do this? I gotta know.

[patpmurphy]

this is very cool and great guitar music too. great job. I love colorado. tons of things to do

[slapdash12]

Feel like I just got off a merry go round

[camperdav]

Cool video, Soundtrack went well with the film.

[RockyVotolato]

wonderful video

[RockyVotolato]

wonderful

[JoeNJ1]

Too fast,gives me epilepsy;

[WineCountryInnCO]

Man, you ripped through Palisade. Come back and drive Orchard Mesa and the Grand Mesa.

[soxeyer]

did you pass copper mountain

[cateye27]

2:54 is exactly were i live (new castle co

[brawlerballer762]

im from junction.. love it there and miss it. im in the military now so only getta come home every once in a while.

[vailyboy]

I live in grand junction..there is a clear shot of the grand mesa in most of this video i see. i wouldnt move ever in my life. i love the view i have from my front porch of that blue mountian.

[MorganJServices]

vailyboy:

Grand Junction is the place I am thinking of relocating to in June of 2009. Tell me more about that area. I have looked into Fort Collins, Denver and Fort Morgan. For some reason, Grand Junction keeps popping up as the place to be.

[vailyboy]

Well were are you from originally? Im from Los Angelas. And my entire life changed when I moved. It was wierd to actually feel safe walking down the street at night.lol. I live in the redlands. Very nice area with a very nice view. Its very peacful here. Were not to small of a city, and were not to big. Its perfect. The grand mesa is beautiful. Exspecially in the winter when it snows.I never really run out of things to do. If you have kids its a really good place for them to grow up.

[Einstiensblackid]

Morgan, It's very hot there in the summer. It's on the edge of a dessert and the rocky mountains so you're very close to TOOOOOOOOONs of recreation ares. Moab, Uncompahgre plateau (pure untouched Colorado west) Fruita (mountain biking) grand mesa (amazing fishing) and the worlds best skiing a few hours in two directions.

My favorite town is Durango but I live near Vail now and love it. If I want a break from the snow, it's only 1.5hrs to Fruita, or 1.5hrs to the casinos, Denver or Boulder.

[julianppp]

Spectacular and mesmerizing. About what distance would you say you covered here?

[ShingleCreek]

Thanks.

It was about 105 miles.

[xXRoseXRedXx]

so fast cars r passing u.. lol

[masser120]

You drive slow :p Truckers pass you!

Really great vid though!

[ShingleCreek]

Yea, I know I was driving slow. I was pulling a 8000 lb trailer, and found that If I drove 70-75 mph I got 11 MPG, but if I drove 60-65 mph I got 19 mpg. I saved over $100 per day on this trip by driving 10 mph slower than usual. The timelapse makes it look worse that it was, the trucks were only driving 3-5 mph faster than me.

[55holden]

I'm from Australia and drove this road in 2007, it is one of the best trips in the USA

[Buckpenn]

I don't know about high speed vids sometimes, but I could still catch the lovely scenery of Glenwood Canyon in this one.

[DavidR90]

Awesome video. But 40 mph?!? How did you have the patience to drive that slow? I couldn't do that if you paid me.

[nickgators]

i hate 1800 mph drivers with passion

[gjcab09]

Everybody seems to think they need to drive that fast here, particularly between GJ and Parachute.

[rio1blanco1]

Wish I could drive that fast thru Glenwood Canyon.

[liftedtoy97]

I would like to see that slower version of glenwood canyon when you get it up. I was actually working on that construction job milling up the old asphalt, took us 3.5 months. best job I was ever on. 2001 right?

[ShingleCreek]

See the video responses for the slower version(s) of the Glenwood Canyon footage.

BTW, this video was taken Thursday May 24, 2007 at about 8:00 pm.

[Randomgoda]

I miss that drive heading to/from Grand Junction and back to Denver. -.-

[johnsenpa]

I like it a lot. Great music choice. Sounds a lot like Bela Fleck when he does stuff wit edgar myer.....but anyways...two questions:

1. What kind of camera do you have/or were you using?

2. What kind of software/program did you use to make a time lapse video?

I am very interested

[ShingleCreek]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it.

1. I used a Canon DC-210 mini-DVD camcorder in LP (60 min) resolution, on manual focus (set to infinity), with image stabilizer turned off.

2. Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0

[prfsnlwannabe]

And btw, the construction part, around the 3:30 to 4:00 part was the only thing that confused me about the video somewhat, but it was great otherwise! And I loved how you chose a instrumental version of "All Along the Watchtower" as your background music!

[ShingleCreek]

Thanks. I'm making a slower video of the Glenwood Canyon footage, so keep an eye out for it.

[prfsnlwannabe]

Awesome! And that road construction you drove through was actually along I-70? Interesting that a good part of that section, there isn't any sort of jersey barriers or anything seperating both lanes of traffic(unless maybe I'm mistaken, and you did exit off of I-70).

[ShingleCreek]

It was all I-70. In Glenwood Canyon, a ten mile stretch of I-70 consists of two separate bridges that hug the canyon walls above the Colorado River.

From 3m27s to 3m52s, due to construction, eastbound traffic was shifted to the westbound bridge. If you look to the right you'll see the eastbound bridge. After the construction, you'll see the westbound bridge above and to the left.

For more info see:

mesalek.c o m /colo/glenwood/guide.html

[ShingleCreek]

Also, there were no jersey walls because there wasn't room for them. Trucks had less than one foot margin on each side as it was.

And we were only driving 40 mph

[prfsnlwannabe]

Oh ok, that explains the construction part(and why I found it a bit weird). Thanks for mentioning all that!

[cyberfreak77]

Great Video!

[ShingleCreek]

Thank You