colorado photography

Shutterbug Saturday: Manitou Springs

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More shots from wandering around in Colorado. Companion shots to Fort Sumner, Walsenburg & New Mexico. ~Vic

Nolan House Image One
Nolon House
2008
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Nolan House Image Two
Christmas wreaths in the window.
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Nolan House Information Image Three
Information Station
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Sun Prism Image Four
Beautiful sun prism. Sun dog?
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Distant Mountains Image Five
Out driving.
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Distant Mountains Image Six
Beautiful landscape.
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Manitou Springs Historic District Buildings (List)

Snapshots Sunday: Walsenburg

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Walsenburg Sign Image One
Photo Credit: Acts & Tracks (Radio Ronin WordPress Site)

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

New Mexico Mountains Image Two
Driving north on I-25 through New Mexico.
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Mileage Sign Image Three
Las Vegas, New Mexico, by the way…
Driving Into Snow Image Four
The snow showed up.
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Snowy Road Image Five
Continuing north.
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Empty Diner Image Six
This is from December 2008 but,
the diner looks like it’s from 1974.
Alpine Rose Cafe
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Deserted Diner Image Seven
It was open but, deserted.
We had a decent meal.
It’s still there as of 2018.
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Radio Station Image Eight
KSPK
It appears to still be there.
It is the only home of Colorado Rockies Baseball
in Southern Colorado.
Huerfano Courthouse Image Nine
County courthouse and jail all lit up.
The lights in the windows are odd.
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Snowing Image Ten
It started to snow, again,
while I was attempting another picture.

Additional Reading:
Returning to the Place I’d Never Been (Acts & Tracks/radioronin.wordpress.com)
City of Walsenburg (colorado.gov)
Walsenburg (colorado.com)
Walsenburg (Uncover Colorado)