Welcome to ColoradoTrue, a blog featuring all things Colorado, but mostly the western slope
(and occasionally eastern Utah).
July was a busy month for me. The highlight was a 5 day excursion into Idaho. I
saw a lot of interesting stuff, including people parachuting off a bridge in Twin Falls - a sport called BASE jumping.
Also did a little camping in the Gunnison National Forest and fly fishing in Big Blue Creek. My birthday is this month,
and I'm going to spend it in Cortez. I used to get to Cortez fairly often when I lived near Hesperus, and I always took
in the Four States Ag Expo at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds. Miss those days. Anyway, I'm going to feature Cortez as
a Colorado Place in the near future. Speaking of which, I stumbled across the White River Museum on a recent road
trip to Rangely and Meeker. It's this month's Colorado Place. Check it out.
Posted August 1, 2020
COLORADO PLACES
This month's Colorado Place is the White River Museum, located in Meeker, CO. It has a fantastic collection of historical objects from Rio Blanco County.
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"....get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space..."
Edward Abbey
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COLORADO PHOTOS
This section contains favorite photos from around Colorado. If you have any awesome Colorado photos
you're just dying to share, e-mail them to me and I will put them in the queue (personal snapshots are discouraged).
Send a brief description of the photo and also indicate if I can use your first name and town.
I passed through the Canyon Pintado National Historic District on my way to Rangely last month. There were 3 easy-to-get-to
sites with Fremont pictographs. Some of the photos I took are shown below.
Waving Hands Site
Waving Hands
Kokopelli Site
Kokopelli
White Birds Site
White Birds and more
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE
Hikes, camping trips, road trips, off-roading, and other outdoor adventures. I will be post a new article periodically.
Morrow Point Boat Tour
Welcome aboard the Morrow Point Boat Tour. This is a fun half day adventure that the whole family can enjoy.
So buckle up your life vest, sit back, and enjoy all the ambience the Gunnison has to offer.
The Morrow Point Boat Tour is a 1½ hour round trip excursion on the Morrow Point Reservoir in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. The boat tour is provided by the National Park Service for a nominal fee ($24 for adults) and reservations are required. They make 2 trips a day, one at 10:00 AM and another at 12:30 PM. The boat tour is accessed from the Pine Creek trailhead at mile marker 130 on US Hwy 50. After a couple of short switchbacks you will arrive at the parking lot.
Sign on Brick Outhouse
Stairs down to the river
After parking, descend 230+ stairs into the canyon and take a leisurely 3/4 mile stroll along the Gunnison to reach the Morrow Point boat dock.
End of stairs
Start of trail
Gunnison River below Blue Mesa Dam
Trail to the boat dock
The trail to the boat dock is all that is left of the rail bed of the Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge railroad. The tracks were removed in 1949, and most of the rail bed has been submerged by the reservoirs in the Black Canyon.
Tour Boat
Morrow Point Boat Dock
There were two park rangers on the tour. Ranger Ed drove the boat and Ranger Curt did all the talking, giving an excellent presentation. I learned a lot of geologic and human history about the Black Canyon and surrounding areas.
Our tour guide and narrator
Ranger Curt
Under way
Chipeta Falls
Curecanti Needle and Blue Creek
There is one waterfall on the tour, Chipeta Falls, named after the scond wife of Chief Ouray of the Uncompahgre Utes. Aside from the sheer canyon walls, the most significant geological feature on the tour is the 700 ft granite spire called the Curecanti Needle.
The return trip presents the opportunity for lots of photos, questions, and taking in any sites that may have been missed on the outbound part of the trip. It's a good time to eat the lunch you may or may not have brought.
Curecanti Needle
Return trip
Last remaining telegraph pole along the railroad
Debris floating downriver
Chipeta Falls
Return trip
End of the Tour
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