Sunset on front Range Colorado
Dec 18, 2017 19:14:53 #
Dec 18, 2017 19:16:50 #
EL
Loc: Massachusetts
Nutter wrote:
We get remarkable sunsets in the late fall and winter months in Colorado.
BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Dec 18, 2017 19:39:23 #
Nutter wrote:
We get remarkable sunsets in the late fall and winter months in Colorado.
I used to live in Manitou Springs. Right below the narrow gauge railroad ride up to Pike's Peak.
Dec 18, 2017 20:24:14 #
Nutter wrote:
We get remarkable sunsets in the late fall and winter months in Colorado.
Beautiful.
Dec 18, 2017 20:31:31 #
peter11937
Loc: NYS
Loki wrote:
I used to live in Manitou Springs. Right below the narrow gauge railroad ride up to Pike's Peak.
Lived in Colorado Springs for one year Stationed at Ft. Carson... Found a fossil oyster there that was about 2 feet long. Bought a 12 Cyl. Lincoln club cpe. assembled in 1947 from what appeared to be 1941 parts and a slightly updated body. Smooth as glass up to 75, then the engine would start to hum. Rust free tho, and drove it home to NYS too.
Dec 18, 2017 21:16:55 #
Loki wrote:
I used to live in Manitou Springs. Right below the narrow gauge railroad ride up to Pike's Peak.
I made numerous trips to Cheyenne Mountain and toured most of that area. On one of those trips I drove a rental car up Pikes Peak just after they had finished clearing the snow from around the small building at the top. The trip down was a nightmare, the brakes in the rental car faded and at one point a trooper going up used his loudspeaker to yell "Slow Down". At that point I was considering crashing the car into the mountain because it was totally out of control. I was practically standing on that brake pedal with the car in low gear and the emergency brake pulled as far as it would go, to no avail. Fortunately the grade lessened and I managed to slow down enough to start allowing the brakes to cool for a few seconds at a time and eventually stop the car. That was some of the scariest driving I ever did.
Dec 18, 2017 22:10:25 #
peter11937
Loc: NYS
pafret wrote:
I made numerous trips to Cheyenne Mountain and tou... (show quote)
Damned near fell into that on the Old Stage Coach Rd. That cured my flatland driving style instantly.
Dec 19, 2017 03:18:32 #
peter11937 wrote:
Damned near fell into that on the Old Stage Coach Rd. That cured my flatland driving style instantly.
You mean Gold Camp Road, up to Cripple Creek?
Dec 19, 2017 06:16:39 #
Nutter
Loc: Fly Over Zone
My family moved out here to Colorado in 1960 from north central Iowa.
My grandfather who farmed all his life came to visit us.
Coming back from a lazy Sunday drive to Estes Park, Colorado my grandfather
looked back at the foot hills and exclaimed "My God what work it would take to
farm this country".
He left the next morning and never came back to Colorado.
My grandfather who farmed all his life came to visit us.
Coming back from a lazy Sunday drive to Estes Park, Colorado my grandfather
looked back at the foot hills and exclaimed "My God what work it would take to
farm this country".
He left the next morning and never came back to Colorado.
Dec 19, 2017 11:57:27 #
Loki wrote:
You mean Gold Camp Road, up to Cripple Creek?
I took that road on one of my historical explorations. The road ran across the knife edge tops, of the peaks and was dirt most of the way. Some stretches had collapsed but the absolute worst part was the milk dense fog that kept swirling across the road around the peaks. You would have a clear run of a hundred feet then dense milky fog that made it almost impossible to proceed. The trading post in Cripple Creek has a guest book, which I signed for the sake of registering my presence in history. As I recall it was a short jaunt to Victor which was far more modern and less interesting than Cripple Creek.
Dec 19, 2017 16:57:31 #
peter11937
Loc: NYS
Loki wrote:
You mean Gold Camp Road, up to Cripple Creek?
Well, the Phantom Canyon Rd. was worse then, one lane for both directions and a few cut outs to back into if you met an oncoming car. Bu hack then, it was an adventure. The Broadmore (sp?) was on the Old Stagecoach Rd., and you could go in and find a connector rd. to Cripple Creek,. This was near Divide where I found the 12 Cyl Lincoln . My Wife , Carol, made a few oil paintings of these mountain views, all of which we long sine passed on to others. Including one to the Saturday night biggest penny anti poker player who lost all his pennies to me every time.... She felt sorry for him. I did not, as he paid for my only vice back then, my monthly purchase of VSOP brandy which allowed me my 1/2 oz. after dinner drink which I nursed for an hour.....
Dec 19, 2017 18:18:24 #
peter11937 wrote:
Well, the Phantom Canyon Rd. was worse then, one l... (show quote)
I saw the Broadmoor from a distance, never went in. In the sixties it was a five star hotel, dude ranch, tennis camp, golf courses, spa, and health club all rolled into one with multiple five star restaurants. It had several Olympic sized pools as well. The list of activities it supported was seemingly endless. The story at that time was that it was the only five star resort in the nation. I have no idea if that was true.
I loved the mountain views and Pike's Peak seemed to loom over every Aspen covered hill and valley. The only thing wrong with the area was the lack of water. They were already imposing domestic water usage regulations back then. Looking at the snow covered peaks made you wonder how that could be true.
Dec 19, 2017 18:33:50 #
pafret wrote:
I took that road on one of my historical explorati... (show quote)
Back in the day, when I was wild and crazy, I got carried out of Ort's Bar in Victor. Literally. I was caretaking a house at Goldfield. Easiest money I ever made. Feed the guy's horses and don't tear up the place.
Dec 19, 2017 20:19:28 #
pafret wrote:
I made numerous trips to Cheyenne Mountain and tou... (show quote)
People are not aware of how difficult it can be to control an vehicle down a steep mountain. When I worked for Dept of Energy, repairing mountaintop microwave sites we were given V10 Dodges or five hundred horsepower silverados. People thought the power was to get up the mountain. Nope. The power was to be able to use engine braking while descending mountains. Nothing scarier that a runaway truck coming down a mountain. Last time I was up Pikes Peak they had a brake inspection station halfway down. The Ranger would check to see if your brakes were too hot.
Semper Fi
Dec 19, 2017 21:38:43 #
peter11937
Loc: NYS
GmanTerry wrote:
People are not aware of how difficult it can be to... (show quote)
On the interstate west thru the r\Rockies the State Troopers , when there was snow, turn back any vehicle without snow tires or automatic sand dispensers. NO salt was ever used on the roads as at night salt melted snow would turn to black ice, which can k**l you very quickly.
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