When you think of Colorado, what comes to mind? Obviously, the snow-capped Rocky Mountains; however, there is so much more to the Centennial State, which is the nickname for the 38th state of the United States, because it officially became a state in 1876, one hundred years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Here you're invited to sit back and enjoy the grand tour of "Colorful Colorado" with its magnificent scenery of mountains, rivers and plains. Along the way you'll see world class ski resorts, the Great Sand Dunes, steam-powered locomotives, the majestic cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, buffalo on the great windswept plains, hang-gliding high over Telluride, sleigh rides in the snow, alpine valleys in springtime, aspens in the fall, as well as rivers, rodeos, ranches and a variety of people who call Colorado home.