Blogs from Canon City, Colorado, United States, North America

Eastbound from Salida, Colorado there is a very nice drive down the Arkansas River. There are a bounch of good pulloffs (on the North side of the highway) that are good free day use areas. East of Coaldale there are some one lane construction sites for adding guardrails, widening the road, and for adding fresh asphalt. Somewhere around the Town of Texas Creek there are many river rafter vendors that have services open to the public. That would be an enjoyable experience riding down the lazy Arkansas River, in a dramatic canyon. There were independant river rafters doing their own rafting also. The BLM (Bureau of Land Management) has a number of good pay day use areas suitable for launching rafts. The BLM has a number of very good pay river camping areas...with a paid entry ... read more

Hi, My first attempt at a travel blog. I have tons of stories and bore so many people I know with them, that i have been told to write them down. I am addicted to travel and have been since 1987. I have a bucket list and am trying to target travel to those items, while relishing the sites along the way. The top of my list is Petra, and has been up there for awhile. Several years back, I decided to so something about that. I booked a tour of Egypt, the Sinai, and Jordan, including Petra. I booked the trip and within a couple of weeks of the trip it was canceled. The Arab Spring came about and poof went my trip. I have gone else where in the world since then, but Petra ... read more

We had a pleasant trip along Interstate 40 with stops in Lebanon, TN, Forrest City, AR, Checotah, OK (2 nights), and Amarillo,TX . It was sunny and hot, in the mid 90’s, so hot in fact that we didn’t even make use of the nice outdoor pool in Oklahoma. We left Amarillo yesterday and had a beautiful ride on Routes 325, 87, and Interstate 25 up through Texas, New Mexico and into Colorado. Our first picture is where we stopped for lunch on the NM-Colorado border. The landscape was dramatic as we climbed into the high desert with mountains in the distance. We arrived at Mountain View RV Resort in Canon City, CO yesterday, to be greeted by a cold front and clouds. I waited for a colorful sunset picture and then for a sunrise picture, ... read more

From Colorado Springs we headed to Canon City to see the Royal Gorge. We walked the bridge, took the incline railway to the bottom, and took the aerial tram across. At the bottom of the gorge we watched whitewater rafters go past and we also got to see the scenic train come through. The guys decided to try the new ride - a zipline that goes parallel to the gorge. They could see to the bottom. Great weather and day at the gorge. Unfortunately the rest of the day didn't turn out so well. We were about 2 hours outside of Durango at night when a deer t-boned our minivan rental car. Luckily Sean and Mary Ann weren't paying attention and never saw it hit. Car didn't make out so well with the mirror ripped off, ... read more

After 5 days in Alamosa, we headed northeast today to Canon City (about a 3 hour drive) to see Royal Gorge. The views are spectacular here as you look down into the gorge over 1000 feet below. And for 2 civil engineers this is the site of at least 3 engineering feats. The first is the 2000 ft span wood decked bridge that is the highest suspension bridge in the world, the second is the Otis elevator which takes you down a 45 degree incline to the bottom of the gorge, and the third is the cantilevered railroad bridge at the bottom of the gorge which carried freight and now passenger trains. We took a walk across the bridge (you can look down through the wood slats to the gorge) and then took the aerial tramway ... read more