Here's a short update on what we've been up to:
We holed up for the holiday weekend near Buena Vista, Co. and managed a couple of hikes, some touristy things and a great dinner. Most hikes here are at high elevation starting at around 10 to 11,000 feet and going up from there. Both hikes we took here went to 12,000 ft. We could have gone higher, but got lazy. There are numerous peaks in this region over 14,000, so I guess we'll have to come back some day.
We holed up for the holiday weekend near Buena Vista, Co. and managed a couple of hikes, some touristy things and a great dinner. Most hikes here are at high elevation starting at around 10 to 11,000 feet and going up from there. Both hikes we took here went to 12,000 ft. We could have gone higher, but got lazy. There are numerous peaks in this region over 14,000, so I guess we'll have to come back some day.
12000 ft NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
UNKNOWN FLOWERS
VALLEY BELOW
We took a day and drove to Canon City, home of Royal Gorge and the Colorado State Penitentiary. They have a museum at the penitentiary that is pretty interesting, with lots of displays about crooks of days gone by. The museum is in the old women's prison and each cell has a different theme, from escapes to riots. There is also on display the old gas chamber. Just warms my heart.
Next on the itinerary was a ride on the Royal Gorge Railroad through the Royal Gorge. The ride leaves Canon City and travels through the Royal Gorge and returns. Not as scenic as we had hoped. Perhaps we were spoiled by the ride on the Durango Silverton train several years ago. We rode in the Bar Car thinking it would be more comfortable. It was fine until after two hours of drinking, some of the passengers started getting loud.
VIEW ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER
Earlier in the day we had spied a couple of possibilities for dinner. One was a Micro Brewery with a really good menu, but we overheard the drunks in the Bar Car talking about going there for dinner so we chose the other possibility. Michael's on Main in the old downtown of Canon City was a great find. We started out with green chili bruchetta which is an invention of the chef. Cathie then had the lasagna while I had the cheese tortellini with lamb meat sauce. We topped it off with homemade gelato. Another good thing about this restaurant was that the drunks were at the brewery down the street.
Tomorrow we head north to Rocky Mountain National Park before spending some time in the Denver area.
SUNSET OVER THE ROCKIES
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