 The
town of Buena Vista (47 miles away) held a hot air balloon festival called
Balloona Vista. After dark the balloons were inflated
and the light from the gas jets made the balloons
glow. |
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|
 We
followed dirt roads that took us to arches, canyons,
lakes, waterfalls,
rapids, historic mining districts,
and even some petrified tree stumps. |
 We
didn't do as much hiking here as we would have expected. We were too busy
playing tourist. One foray took us through the aspens
to a formation called Lizard Rock. Another started in the high country at
12,500' and went up (and down) from there. We were joined on this hike by
some of our new friends. |
The
town of Buena Vista (47 miles away) held a hot air balloon festival called
Balloona Vista. After dark the balloons were inflated
and the light from the gas jets made the balloons
glow.
The heyday for Colorado's small towns was in the 1870's and 1880's. Everywhere
we looked there were rotting ranch houses,
abandoned towns, and reoccupied
towns; all probably dating from that era. Could this also have been
the era of the coal powered cars?
We
followed dirt roads that took us to arches, canyons,
lakes, waterfalls,
rapids, historic mining districts,
and even some petrified tree stumps.
We
didn't do as much hiking here as we would have expected. We were too busy
playing tourist. One foray took us through the aspens
to a formation called Lizard Rock. Another started in the high country at
12,500' and went up (and down) from there. We were joined on this hike by
some of our new friends.
