Home on the Range - La Junta

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We stayed another week in La Junta following Santa Fe. We were able to visit Bent's Fort, which is just down the road from Cody's house. We also spent time with the animals on the farm, saw "Mame" at Picketwire, the local theater, and got to hang out with his cousins from New York. Here are some of the La Junta highlights.

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Photos

Bent's Fort, La Junta
It looks as though Cody has discovered something. What could it be? Is it possibly the only trading post between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean along the Santa Fe Trail. I believe it might be!

Bent's Fort, La Junta
Apparently, all that discovering and exploration takes it out of you (we haven't even made it to the fort yet).

Bent's Fort, La Junta
Ah, we finally made it!

Bent's Fort, La Junta
This is the "general store" where all the trading took place between Indians, Mexicans and Americans who were traveling along the Santa Fe Trail. I really liked all the colors of the beads hanging from the ceiling.

Bent's Fort, La Junta
Here is where the blacksmith worked. You would bring your broken wagons, tools, etc. to him, in order to be fixed, while visiting the fort. Check out how big the bellows is.

Bent's Fort, La Junta
Cody, working the bellows.

Bent's Fort, La Junta
This is where I would sleep if I were a servant at the fort.

Bent's Fort, La Junta
Toothache? Headache? Sick to your stomach? This man (on the left) knows the cure (typically consisting of induced bleeding, vomiting, or excretion).

Bent's Fort, La Junta
This is the interior of the fort. The big press in the center of the courtyard is to press the furs and skins that are being traded and packaged for easier transport.

Bent's Fort, La Junta
Nickey is trying to shoot the approaching army. Good thing she paid close attention when Grandpa Linscott explained how to shoot a cannon!

Bent's Fort, La Junta
Cody is taking his shot.

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Here I am, jogging with cantaloupes. Does that make them "runnin' 'lopes", Leo?

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The baby horse, who is now almost three months old, and her mama.

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More baby horse.

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Turkeys and chickens abound!

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Delicious Rocky Ford cantaloupe. Just for you, Grandma L!

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One of the kittens being hand-raised, for reasons we won't get into. This is "Lunesta," like the sleep aid, because he sleeps all the time, everywhere.

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The other two kittens, Tigman (grey striped) and Merlin (black).

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Cody's crazy brother, Kiowa.

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A beautiful rainbow after a rainstorm (and a hawk, too).

Comments

[Grandpa Linscott]

The picture of Cody on the log at Bent's Fort s/b titled: PAUSED AND PONDERED OUT!

[Cranson]

Ha ha!! Just like at the Dudley Farm near Gainesville!