Tuesday, July 14, 2015

US 350 Santa Fe Trail 7-14-15

US 350 from La Junta to Trinidad has very faint traces of the Santa Fe Trail and lots of ghost towns.  I found this short page that talks about all the ghost towns we saw and a few more:  http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gtusa/usa/co/us350.htm


It's looking at the camera.




Timpas

Timpas

Timpas School

Timpas School

"What are you doing here?"

Santa Fe trail is right here, but really hard to see.

You can just make it out near the middle between the two posts.

Near the middle

Bloom - no standing structures left, this was the closest.


The Delhi store

Technically you could still use this outhouse.

They seem to have left everything behind - maybe late 80's?

Guessing this was the store part.

Barn Swallow babies

Why would you just leave all your belongings?

I wonder if it was the Christmas season when they left?

Thatcher

Thatcher School

Spanish Peaks

Tyrone

Tyrone

Tyrone - old bar?  Cool ceilings

Tyrone - can't read it anymore

Tyrone

US 350 is very quiet unless you're very close to La Junta or Trinidad

To the West

Cassin's Kingbird

Semi-random roadside point of interest - had one plaque about the Santa Fe Trail, one about this, one about Bent's Ranch.  Near the Pinyon Canyon Military Reservation.  More info on the crash:  http://www.santafetrailscenicandhistoricbyway.org/b24.html

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Double rainbow on the way home

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