We packed and hit the road last week. Beautiful day, 75*, nice breeze......in Fort Collins.
By the time we got to the monument it was ~50*, and 25~35 MPH winds. And we were at 8250 feet, with nothing for miles any way you looked. Yes, windchill is a real thing.
The monument was built to honor Oliver and Oakes Ames, and sits at the highest elevation the First Transcontinental Railroad. Built between 1880 and 1882. The Ames Brothers were implicated with the massive fraud that went on during the building of the railroad.
Don't know which one this is, but the birds don't appear to like him.
SLW ducking around a corner to get out of the wind. Yep....not much up there.
Interesting to see the tool marks from when the rocks were quarried and worked.
It was a fun little trip, and the drive North on Rt 287 is enjoyable.
AND Hermosa Road was freshly graded, so we didn't rattle our teeth loose once we got off 287.
I'll have to look up the monument. Had not heard about it before - interesting.
ReplyDeleteWe have had rain the last couple of days - badly needed. The precipitation should clear for the Holiday next week.
And Second spring in Arizona is now over and we're back in our cooler weather warmer garb.
Thanks for the post on the interesting monument.