Getting to Grandma’s house for Christmas has rarely been this easy in Colorado. Sunny skies, temperatures in the 40s and dry roads made Christmas Eve travel a breeze.
Though it was forecast as the busiest Christmas week of travel ever at Denver International Airport, security wait times that started at 20 minutes in the morning had fallen to five minutes by mid-afternoon, making air travel on the day before Christmas almost pleasant.
On the roads, interstate highways throughout Colorado were clear and cars and trucks traveled at the speed limit. A rare exception was U.S. 40 between I-70 and Winter Park, but even there, speeds were a reasonable 40-50 mph.
Of course, all the easy travel beneath sunny skies comes at the price of ambience. Front Range residents who wish to experience a white Christmas will need to travel someplace snowier than metro Denver — like Atlanta, where there is a 30 percent chance of snow showers tonight and hundreds of flights were being canceled on Friday.
Denver Post photographer Craig F. Walker contributed to this report.
