Saturday, July 14, 2007
Wonders!
I'm getting close to finishing up all the reportage from our exciting road trip over the Fourth. Not sure yet what we'll be doing for an encore....
As you may recall, the original plan was to drive from Lamar to Brush to pick up one kitten. A simple, effective plan, all too soon embroidered into an intricate, confusing tapestry of wizard rock concerts, book sales, and tourism gone wild.
What happened was, the clone suggested that while we were already out on the road, we should come home the slightly longer way via Burlington, so we could go see the historical vintage carousel. I thought this sounded good, but I wasn't sure whether they would be open on the Fourth of July. So I went to Google to check.
What I found was a webpage called Our Journey, where a number of towns on the Eastern Central Plains of Colorado have joined together to promote what THEY have to offer by way of tourism. We were able to get nifty little passports that entitled us to free admission, and a prize down the road if we got them stamped at more than six of the 11 sites!
We decided to do as much as we could in our day's travel home. So about an hour and a half after leaving Brush, we were pulling in at the World’s Wonder View Tower in Genoa.
I had wanted to see this place for a long time, and the reality did not disappoint. It started life as a "one stop" for travelers back in 1926 and the owner kept adding to it throughout his whole life. Sadly, construction of I-70 meant people quit stopping, since the bigger town of Limon was only 10 miles further up the road. The original owner died in 1942 and the place sat abandoned for a long time. But it's open now, and it really IS a site of wonder! There are 22 rooms jam-packed full of STUFF:
AND you can still climb up the tower where Ripley's once verified you can indeed:
I've made a photo essay page where you can take a little virtual tour, to hold you until you get a chance to go see the real thing for yourself! Trust me, it's about a million times cooler than my quick description makes it sound!
Check it out!
Oh, and I did get the photo essay page done of the concert by The Remus Lupins, for you Wizard Rock fans
For that one click here.
More still coming....
As you may recall, the original plan was to drive from Lamar to Brush to pick up one kitten. A simple, effective plan, all too soon embroidered into an intricate, confusing tapestry of wizard rock concerts, book sales, and tourism gone wild.
What happened was, the clone suggested that while we were already out on the road, we should come home the slightly longer way via Burlington, so we could go see the historical vintage carousel. I thought this sounded good, but I wasn't sure whether they would be open on the Fourth of July. So I went to Google to check.
What I found was a webpage called Our Journey, where a number of towns on the Eastern Central Plains of Colorado have joined together to promote what THEY have to offer by way of tourism. We were able to get nifty little passports that entitled us to free admission, and a prize down the road if we got them stamped at more than six of the 11 sites!
We decided to do as much as we could in our day's travel home. So about an hour and a half after leaving Brush, we were pulling in at the World’s Wonder View Tower in Genoa.
I had wanted to see this place for a long time, and the reality did not disappoint. It started life as a "one stop" for travelers back in 1926 and the owner kept adding to it throughout his whole life. Sadly, construction of I-70 meant people quit stopping, since the bigger town of Limon was only 10 miles further up the road. The original owner died in 1942 and the place sat abandoned for a long time. But it's open now, and it really IS a site of wonder! There are 22 rooms jam-packed full of STUFF:
AND you can still climb up the tower where Ripley's once verified you can indeed:
I've made a photo essay page where you can take a little virtual tour, to hold you until you get a chance to go see the real thing for yourself! Trust me, it's about a million times cooler than my quick description makes it sound!
Check it out!
Oh, and I did get the photo essay page done of the concert by The Remus Lupins, for you Wizard Rock fans
For that one click here.
More still coming....
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