Road Trip Out West; Exploring, Wandering and Photography; Part III; Across Colorado

Georgetown, Colorado.  I thought this house was visually interesting.  Not only for the colors and
color combination but look at the unusual proportions of the windows!  Different.   Also,
for the lack of any windows on the right side of the 2nd floor.  (click any image to enlarge)
Except as noted, all images made with my Fujifilm X100VI from JPEG files.

Across Colorado we go!  Unfortunately, we were kind of forced to stay on I-70.  The highway wasn't busy at all (but it was boring) until we arrived in the Denver area.  I timed our departure from Limon so we would not get into the Denver metropolitan area during morning rush hour.  It didn't matter.  We drove through around 9:30-10:00 a.m. and traffic was horrible.  I decided the $5.25 Express Lane charge was well worth being able to zip through and so that is where I drove.  In retrospect, it was more than well worth the small cost as traffic was stopped and backed up several times for at least a mile each.  I’ve come to really dislike crowded roads and heavy traffic.  But, once in a while I just have to deal with it.

After Denver we drove up into the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, continuing on I-70.  This is really a very spectacular drive, scenery-wise.  The problem was that it seemed like the number of miles of highway under construction outnumbered the number that weren't!  I'm sure there wasn't but it seemed like it.  As with most interstate highways, there were too many trucks always seemingly trying to pass each other uphill!  That really slows you down as passing takes forever!  But, it comes with the territory.

Georgetown, CO. A unique color combination and rendering of a building's entrance.

We decided to stop in the small, quaint town of Georgetown, Colorado to take a break from driving, stretch our legs and look around.  I have been there before, spent the night, specifically to photograph the Georgetown Loop tourist railroad.  On the day we visited, I don't think the railroad was operating.  It may have been, but it didn't appear so.  We drove around a bit and I photographed a few things that looked interesting.  Georgetown has a really architecturally photogenic historic main street as well as houses and buildings painted in unique colors.  I'm posting a few images here.  I would recommend Georgetown as a nice stop along the scenic I-70 through Colorado.

I think this is a house.  It was located in the middle of a neighborhood.  Its architecture reminds
me of something one would find in Northern Europe.

Next stop was the small city of Glenwood Springs.  Situated along the Colorado River on the western edge of Glenwood Canyon, it seemed very hip with trendy shops, many interesting restaurants, a lot of pedestrians, etc.  I had not stopped there on a road trip in the past but my wife and I once took an Amtrak trip from SE Virginia to Sacramento, California—the California Zephyr—and it made a 30 minute stop in Glenwood Springs.  It is a really nice place.  We walked around quite a bit, ate lunch, ate some gourmet ice cream at a place called Sundae (you can watch them make the ice cream on site!), then walked over to the railroad depot where I made a couple of exposure inside as well as outside.  A very nice interlude from driving the highway.

I saw this little scene at Sundae, the gourmet ice cream shop in
Glenwood Springs, Colorado and thought it worthy of a exposure.  This 
was made with my iPhone. (I don't know why?)

Inside the old railroad depot which serves Amtrak's California Zephyr as well as the luxury train
called the Rocky Mountaineer which runs between Denver and Moab and, I'm told, is a very
posh experience!  Its sister train operates between Vancouver, BC and Banff/Lake Louise/Calgary. 
I love these old style train stations with their abundance of wood, extravagant architecture,
chandeliers, arches, etc.  What character! 

The two ticket windows.  In the background, that is the part of the
depot that servers the Rocky Mountaineer.

After leaving Glenwood Springs, we drove on to Grand Junction, Colorado to spend the night.  We stayed in the Doubletree Hotel and it was a very nice stay!  We were tired and chose to eat in the hotel’s full service restaurant and were quite satisfied with our meals.  I would stay there again.

Again, as had become my habit, I picked up the X100VI for almost all of my photography.  Did I happen to mention how much I'm enjoying using that camera?  Okay.  Okay.  I know you are tired of hearing that.  Lol.

Coming Monday.  The ‘good stuff.’  We drive to Moab, Utah to visit Dead Horse Point State Park, Arches National Park and the infamous Potash Road which snakes along side the Colorado River under vertical cliffs rising, I would guess, at least 1000 feet straight up!  Spectacular!

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Thanks for looking. Enjoy!  

Dennis A. Mook  

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