ZR-1 Corvette Road Trip to the Southwest and San Diego

[A26B]

Eads is nowhere but you probably went through Kit Carson, I hope. With your interest in scrap metal art, it's a cool little town with a great cafe for homemade pie!

[Jagdpanzer]

My mother's family farmed some ground near Eads and Kit Carson. Hauled a few loads of wheat to the Eads elevator back in the late 60s.

[QB93Z]

Originally Posted by Jagdpanzer

Jim, Eads is a one horse town in the middle of nowhere, what brought you there?

Originally Posted by Jagdpanzer

My mother's family farmed some ground near Eads and Kit Carson. Hauled a few loads of wheat to the Eads elevator back in the late 60s.

Originally Posted by A26B

Eads is nowhere but you probably went through Kit Carson, I hope. With your interest in scrap metal art, it's a cool little town with a great cafe for homemade pie!

I chose the route south to Eads just to get off the interstate and see some different parts of Colorado and to be closer to Canon City, CO for Friday's track. Phil, I bet a lot of the buildings that were in Eads in the 1960's are gone or empty now. The town was very depressed. Sad!


The remote-ness and emptiness of the Eads area was of interest to us. It sure was a long way between gas stations!


Jim

[QB93Z]

Day 4: Into the Rocky Mountains!!


Phil, just for you, some pics of Eads. The School team:



Is this the grain elevator?



Prosperity has moved on:



We always have to photograph a train, Here is a nice Burlington Northern & Santa Fe coal train:




By about 9:00 AM, we got our first view of the Rocky Mountains:



to be continued.....

[QB93Z]

We arrived at Canon City, CO and the Royal Gorge and Bridge Visitors Center:



The Royal Gorge Bridge was built in 1929 and is the highest suspension in North America:








The bridge is not open to private vehicle traffic anymore but visitors can walk across. There is a modern cable car that takes visitors from the Visitor Center to the south side of the gorge:





A view of the Arkansas River in the Royal Gorge more that 900 feet below:









to be continued......

[Jagdpanzer]

Not far from Eads is the site of the Sand Creek Massacre. A very dark chapter in the history of the American West.


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[HAWAIIZR-1]

Thanks for sharing another awesome travel adventure Jim. Always love to see it. Safe travels my friend.


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[tf95ZR1]

I just LOVE it!
Thank you!

[QB93Z]

Day 5: Saturday was a good day to cross the Rockies. We found frost on the ZR-1 in the 33 degree early morning:



Leadville is a neat town, nestled in the mountains. Here is the view from the hotel parking lot:







We drove north on CO-24 heading for I-70. We crossed the Continental Divide on Tennessee Pass at 10,424 feet:



We got a nice view of the mountain road and near by snow covered peaks from a lookout high in the Rockies:





to be continued.....

[QB93Z]

We got on to I-70 in Vail Colorado. I-70 in the western Rockies passes through Glenwood Canyon, following the Colorado River. In many places, the design and construction of the roadway was specifically designed to have the lowest possible impact on the canyon.






The red cliffs on north side of the road were amazing:



to be continued........