Kate’s Place (Ridgeway, Colorado)
Kate’s Place* 615 W Clinton St * Ridgeway, CO 81432 * (970) 626-9800 We drove around in circles while passing through Ridgeway trying to find the right place for a road stop / pit stop / late brunch for these weary travellers. After hitting several places that were too expensive, too crowded, or not open, [...]
Alta Ghost Town, Colorado
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Alta Ghost Town Alta (near Telluride), ColoradoElevation: ca. 11,800 ft. The remnants of this ghost town still remain, some as little as heaps of wood, others as frames, and some as full structures. Alta was a small mining town between Telluride and Rico housing a population of a few hundred. Gold was discovered here first [...]
Bridal Veil Falls (Telluride, Colorado)
Bridal Veil FallsTelluride, Colorado One of the spectacular beauties of Telluride are the stunning Bridal Veil Falls. A towering water fall dropping 365 feet at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride. Hiking and off road trails pass by the falls and there resides a power plant at its top. During the winter the [...]
Telluride, Colorado
Telluride, Colorado Telluride is a great little mountainous ski-resort village that was once a mining town. Population of 2,221 in 2000. Telluride was a former silver mining camp on the san Miguel River in the San Juan Mountains nestled in a box canyon of the Four Corners region of Colorado with steep forested mountains and [...]
Baked in Telluride (Telluride, Colorado)
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Baked in Telluride Bakery127 South Fir * Telluride, CO 81435 * 970 728-4775 * http://www.bakedintelluride.com A very charming little bakery in the heart of Telluride with a full fledge selection of baked goods with a deli and a cafe. Just 1/2 blocks south of Telluride’s mainstreet, this venue welcomes all folks with homemade baked breads, [...]
Coyote Coffee Den (Penrose, Colorado)
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Coyote Den Cafe Coyote Den Cafecoyotescoffeeden.com * 675 State Highway 115, Penrose, CO – (719) 372-3012 * A nice little coffee and pastry stop on Highway 50 in the small town of Penrose, Colorado. Old West flavor and style, this little den will suit your highway awakening needs and sensiate your palates with tasty goodies. [...]
Crystal Park, Colorado
View of Colorado Springs from Crystal Park Crystal Park, Colorado “Where the Mountains meet the sky” or a.k.a. “the gem of the Rockies”. Is a area and settlement nestled Pike’s Peak, Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, and Broadmoor Hotel. It is a settlement of over 2,000 privately owned acres of forest / mountain land. [...]