Category Archives: Scenery

Seven Falls

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Roger

Seven Falls is the name of a tall waterfall in Cheyenne Canyon in southwest Colorado Springs. The creek that runs down the canyon isn’t large. There are some terraces along the way, but it’s a stretch to figure out how … Continue reading →

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Lory State Park

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Roger

We were in Fort Collins and we wanted to hike. Our afternoon plans were in Greeley, which was about 30 miles southeast, so it didn’t make sense to go too far west. We headed to Lory, the nearest state park. … Continue reading →

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Four Days

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Roger

It’s hard to plan ahead in Colorado. Mid-November weekends can be 70° and sunny or 20° with snow. We planned on hiking somewhere on Saturday, but when it snowed Friday night, we decided to stick to flatter locations. We went … Continue reading →

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Close to Home

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Roger

After our excursion to the San Luis Valley last weekend, we decided to stick closer to home this Saturday. Our first stop was lunch, at Bingo Burger in downtown Colorado City. A Bingo Burger, by definition, had Pueblo peppers ground … Continue reading →

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Great Sand Dunes National Park

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Roger

Almost everywhere we went in the San Luis Valley, we could see the huge sand dunes piled up against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. From a distance, they were dwarfed by the mountains. They got impressively larger as we drove … Continue reading →

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