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.
Cosmic-Observation 