Thursday: I think I heard more rain during the night but one thing is for sure, the temperature dropped and I was scrambling for the comforter. The weather here today is just about perfect...sunny, warm, no humidity and a light breeze. I took off around 10:30 to explore. My first adventure was to Happy Nails for a much needed pedicure. I spied this nail salon last night on our way home from Central Park. My pedicurist recommended a lunch of fried rice from the Chinese place down the street, which she also owned. Couldn't get fried rice out of my head so I obliged.
Next was a drive around town and a stop at the
Village Mall where I discovered two new stores that I've never heard of before,
Maurice's and
Buckle. Both were boutique-style stores and the clothes had a modern-day western flare.
Of course I bought something...(a shirt, a purse and cute pair of socks)!
Back at the ranch by early afternoon and hoping we would be able to play golf at the local course but George worked until after 4:00 so we just stayed home, early to bed and will be off to Colorado tomorrow.
Friday: We are gettin' outta Dodge today, driving about 6 hours to Canon (pronounced Canyon) City, CO. We took Route 50 here, aka the Santa Fe' Trail, which is the route that the pioneers took when travelling out West. We passed through
Garden City, home of the Leiker's, our friends and next door neighbors. Along the way, we stopped at
Rocky Ford Cantalope, a local farmer's market (recommended by our neighbor Mike), and got some sweet corn, onions and canary cantalope...must be unique to the area as we've never heard of it, but it's very juicy and tastes kinda like a honey dew melon.
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| Rocky Ford Cantaloupe |
FUN FACTS:
Canon City, CO - Elevation 5,332 ft above sea level (slightly higher than Denver)
Summerfield, FL - Elevation 75 ft above sea level
This area is known as the
"Climate Capital of Colorado" and is tucked into the folds and bluffs of the Arkansas Valley. It is also about 7 miles from the
Royal Gorge, (aka the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River) a dramatic 1,053 foot slash in the earth and geological wonder. It also boasts the worlds highest suspension bridge and is used just for foot traffic; a 2,200 foot long gondola and the steepest incline rail line in the world. The question is, to zip line or not to zip line over the gorge? I'll let you know the answer later this weekend.
We are staying at the
Mountain View RV Resort about 5 miles West of Canon City. The park is full for the weekend so we had to take a standard site, which is small for our big rig, but they are moving us to a premium site Sunday. Once we got unpacked, we were anxious to check out the town so, first thing off the bat, we drove our Jeep along
Skyline Drive, a 2.5 mile one-way road built along a very narrow ridge top in the 1930's. There's a hair-pin turn at the end of the ridge top which takes you down the back-side and into town. It was a very thrilling ride and we plan to go back with the go-pro and take a video. After that, we parked in town and stopped at
Pizza Madness, a local pizza shop. The place was packed and people continue to flock in when we were leaving. Needless to say, the pizza was fantastic.
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| Entrance to Skyline Drive, Canon City, CO |
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| Skyline Drive |
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| Skyline Drive |
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Skyline Drive
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