As a companion piece to the Fort Sumner post, my ex-Marine and I headed north, still on our way to Liar’s Lodge. We headed into snow and landed in Walsenburg, Colorado, in Huerfano County, a town smaller than the one I am living in and, as of 2019, continues to hemorrhage people from a peak of 5,855 in 1940. We arrived after dark and stopped to eat. There’s not much there, back then or now. ~Vic
Driving north on I-25 through New Mexico.
Click for a larger view.Las Vegas, New Mexico, by the way…The snow showed up.
Click for a larger view.Continuing north.
Click for a larger view.This is from December 2008 but,
the diner looks like it’s from 1974. Alpine Rose Cafe
Click for a larger view.It was open but, deserted.
We had a decent meal. It’s still there as of 2018.
Click for a larger view.KSPK
It appears to still be there.
It is the only home of Colorado Rockies Baseball
in Southern Colorado.County courthouse and jail all lit up.
The lights in the windows are odd.
Click for a larger view.It started to snow, again,
while I was attempting another picture.
Dan loved Colorado, as did I and he wanted us to eventually move there. We would have and we’d have still been married if he hadn’t lost his mind after he retired from the Marine Corps.
Cosmic-Observation 
August 23, 2020 at 11:04 AM
Way down there in the state from us. But a nice trip to go on with you in this posting. 🙂
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August 23, 2020 at 2:54 PM
Dan loved Colorado, as did I and he wanted us to eventually move there. We would have and we’d have still been married if he hadn’t lost his mind after he retired from the Marine Corps.
I have other photos coming up. Glad you like.
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August 24, 2020 at 10:58 AM
Oh, fun. Wee little blasts from your past! 🙂
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August 24, 2020 at 4:29 PM
😁
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August 23, 2020 at 9:35 PM
Love these pictures Vic. The mountains are awesome…the courthouse is really cool
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August 24, 2020 at 2:10 AM
Tank you, tank you! It just recently occurred to me to post them
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August 24, 2020 at 9:19 AM
I like older pictures…these are not too old but still
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August 24, 2020 at 3:48 PM
I have tons of those. They need to be scanned. Massive undertaking…
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August 24, 2020 at 3:51 PM
Scanning old pictures is a drag…great reward but a long process.
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August 24, 2020 at 4:20 PM
Yeah. Tell me about it. I have BOXES. I had a Kodak Instamatic that I wore out as a kid. SO many pix… 😳
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August 24, 2020 at 5:03 PM
It’s a pain scanning…then you crop them etc.
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August 25, 2020 at 12:58 AM
Ed Zachary.
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August 24, 2020 at 3:37 PM
Great photos can’t imagine snow at this time of year (or don’t want to lol) I guess you must be at a very high altitude😀
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August 24, 2020 at 4:16 PM
These were from December 2008 in Colorado. I was living in Texas at the time and traveling with the ex-Marine. I live in my home state of NC, now.
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January 22, 2023 at 8:32 PM
[…] is somewhat of a companion piece to Walsenburg and Fort Sumner. These were shots taken after we left Fort Sumner and were on our way to […]
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January 22, 2023 at 8:35 PM
My old stomping grounds. Includes your Raton, Walsenburg and Capuline photos. Makes me homesick …
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January 22, 2023 at 11:05 PM
You from New Mexico or Colorado?
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January 23, 2023 at 7:08 PM
Both. Mostly up and down the San Luis Valley and Taos … Spent a lot of time in Walsenburg and Las Vegas and Raton …
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January 24, 2023 at 12:21 AM
We didn’t make it to Las Vegas. We turned north. We had come from Fort Sumner.
I loved Walsenburg. Cute town.
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