We’re moving again, and as always it’s an interesting challenge. Our drive from Colorado Springs southwest to Canon City was sunny and uneventful. We took a four-mile detour off US-50 to go see the Royal Gorge Bridge, but I was disappointed to find that you can’t even walk on the bridge without buying an expensive admission ticket to the “Park” that goes with it.<\/p>\n
We were only there for a quick look, so instead of going in, we parked up in Lot B (overflow area) with a few other RV’ers and had lunch with a gorgeous 360-degree view of the mountains. From our lofty spot I was able to receive Sprint and get online to do a few last-minutes pieces of business during lunch, which was a bonus.<\/p>\n
If you go to the Royal Gorge Bridge area, you will find no end of places to spend money. There’s a Royal Gorge Route train that goes through the canyon below the bridge ($39 adults, more for 1st Class or meal service), a narrow-gauge railway that goes near the bridget ($9), a bunch of “western” towns with shoot-em-up shows, the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park itself, gift shops galore, and numerous other attractions. One could be forgiven for thinking that the bulk of Canon City’s economy is based on the bridge.<\/p>\n
Our plan today was to drive up to Salida to meet with Roger and Brenda Roelfson. We met them last October in Denver and I interviewed them for the magazine. They used to live in Mississippi. You can read their story of fleeing Hurricane Katrina in the Spring 2006 issue of Airstream Life magazine<\/a> (look for the article “Silver Survival Pod”).<\/p>\n![\"Canon](\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Canon%20City%20shootings.jpg\")
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\nAnother place that did not get our tourist dollars today<\/em><\/p>\n