Category Archives: Colorado

It’s 29.6 miles from Florence to Victor on Phantom Canyon Road. It took me four-and-a-half hours to make the trip. It wasn’t a road I wanted to speed on, but that’s not the reason it took me so long. I … Continue reading →

I’d been hoping for six lifers on Tuesday, and I’d only seen two. My main objective on this day was Phantom Canyon Road, but I decided to take a couple hours and hit a spot that was supposed to be … Continue reading →

I had four hours from the time I left Bent’s Fort until it got dark. I decided my best chance to see new birds was to find a road that headed off into the short-grass prairie of eastern Colorado and … Continue reading →

The fort is about a quarter mile from the parking lot. I saw two signs as soon as I got out of my car. The first said that the gate closes at 4:00 and any cars in the lot at … Continue reading →

I drove south to Pueblo and ate lunch at the Pass Key restaurant, which I’d found out about on Roadfood. As I was heading into town, I pulled into a parking lot to load the address into my rental GPS. … Continue reading →