Colorado is such a beautiful state. I'm glad you had time to poke around and enjoy it in between packing closing your place down.
I had an opportunity to visit Canyon City many years ago and quite enjoyed seeing the state. Canyon City itself was rather small (or so it seemed) and not a place I'd choose to settle in, but my god, the mountains are spectacular. The place I stayed was 5000+ feet up the side of a mountain and had visibility to Pikes Peak. It took a day to adjust, but was well worth the headache.
On one trip, we drove to Ouray, drove the well-named Million Dollar Highway with views that nearly brought me to tears, then crossed the plains back to the cabin. That drive was almost indescribable. I was this tiny speck caught between massive mountains and no matter how many hours I drove, they never seemed to get any closer.
Colorado left a big impression on me, and I'll never forget it. I wouldn't like to live in the cold, but sometimes I still long for the beauty of it.
Oh, but it's a *dry* cold... just as summer is a *dry* heat (if you are low enough to have hot days). I hope you heard people say that enough to be laughing now. You may also have seen people wearing tee shirts that say "Anything under 14,000 feet is a hill."
The dryness does make a difference. A freezing temperature there doesn't feel as penetrating as it does on the damp Gulf Coast where I grew up. But it does get seriously cold, below zero Fahrenheit just on the Front Range (let alone up into the mountains).
My brother and his partner talked about Canyon City. Going there didn't fit in my limited time. They talked about how pretty it is. I'm glad you got to go. I know what you mean when you say it's almost indescribable. Words and photos don't do the Colorado mountains justice.
The dryness definitely does make a difference, but I hate being cold at all. I was there in winter during one trip and I did notice the difference, though. I recall going out on the deck one clear night, laying down on the boards, and staring at the sky in wonder. That was the only time I ever saw the Milky Way, or so many visible stars. It was so awesome and beautiful, and left me breathless with wonder.
Words pale next to the sensation of seeing them, but I think you understand.
Cañon City (I misspelled it) was a nice town, but I don't remember anything special about it beyond the Royal Gorge and Skyline Drive. I was more entranced with Guffey, the town that had a cat as its mayor. 😅
Colorado is such a beautiful state. I'm glad you had time to poke around and enjoy it in between packing closing your place down.
I had an opportunity to visit Canyon City many years ago and quite enjoyed seeing the state. Canyon City itself was rather small (or so it seemed) and not a place I'd choose to settle in, but my god, the mountains are spectacular. The place I stayed was 5000+ feet up the side of a mountain and had visibility to Pikes Peak. It took a day to adjust, but was well worth the headache.
On one trip, we drove to Ouray, drove the well-named Million Dollar Highway with views that nearly brought me to tears, then crossed the plains back to the cabin. That drive was almost indescribable. I was this tiny speck caught between massive mountains and no matter how many hours I drove, they never seemed to get any closer.
Colorado left a big impression on me, and I'll never forget it. I wouldn't like to live in the cold, but sometimes I still long for the beauty of it.
Oh, but it's a *dry* cold... just as summer is a *dry* heat (if you are low enough to have hot days). I hope you heard people say that enough to be laughing now. You may also have seen people wearing tee shirts that say "Anything under 14,000 feet is a hill."
The dryness does make a difference. A freezing temperature there doesn't feel as penetrating as it does on the damp Gulf Coast where I grew up. But it does get seriously cold, below zero Fahrenheit just on the Front Range (let alone up into the mountains).
My brother and his partner talked about Canyon City. Going there didn't fit in my limited time. They talked about how pretty it is. I'm glad you got to go. I know what you mean when you say it's almost indescribable. Words and photos don't do the Colorado mountains justice.
The dryness definitely does make a difference, but I hate being cold at all. I was there in winter during one trip and I did notice the difference, though. I recall going out on the deck one clear night, laying down on the boards, and staring at the sky in wonder. That was the only time I ever saw the Milky Way, or so many visible stars. It was so awesome and beautiful, and left me breathless with wonder.
Words pale next to the sensation of seeing them, but I think you understand.
Cañon City (I misspelled it) was a nice town, but I don't remember anything special about it beyond the Royal Gorge and Skyline Drive. I was more entranced with Guffey, the town that had a cat as its mayor. 😅
Oh, I missed that--Guffey having a cat as mayor!
I know what you mean about how the stars look. Such a dark sky in many places, such a thin atmosphere...