Corral gate opens on Indian Peaks
Phil called because the weather was too much to take and he had a plan for the morning. We got another reprieve from the weatherman and the temps are again up into the 60s. The temperatures today kicked in so summer must be coming on. I had to shed my heavy shirt; the sun was hard upon us. So we bailed out to Sandstone and parked on top of the bluff. Watch your step there at the edges of the sandstone cliffs. Great views from here though the sky was blank blue. We dropped down around the cliffs and puzzled over the old quarry.
This old farm and barn with its stock pens with loading chute are off the banks of the St.Vrain River, left and on the plains draining from the Rockies. The corral gate seems to still open onto a frontiersman's trek to the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area on the skyline in the distance. The river valley falls off from the sandstone cliffs behind on our right. This modest barn must have been under some flood waters infrequently in the past. The original home was in a higher location off to the right and was cut of stone directly from the sandstone quarry we passed. Some farm implements found a permanent home over to the right of the barn. Longmont greenspace had preservation plans in place so as not to lose yet more of our heritage in the Valley. This is a great testament.
Corral gate opens on Indian Peaks
Phil called because the weather was too much to take and he had a plan for the morning. We got another reprieve from the weatherman and the temps are again up into the 60s. The temperatures today kicked in so summer must be coming on. I had to shed my heavy shirt; the sun was hard upon us. So we bailed out to Sandstone and parked on top of the bluff. Watch your step there at the edges of the sandstone cliffs. Great views from here though the sky was blank blue. We dropped down around the cliffs and puzzled over the old quarry.
This old farm and barn with its stock pens with loading chute are off the banks of the St.Vrain River, left and on the plains draining from the Rockies. The corral gate seems to still open onto a frontiersman's trek to the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area on the skyline in the distance. The river valley falls off from the sandstone cliffs behind on our right. This modest barn must have been under some flood waters infrequently in the past. The original home was in a higher location off to the right and was cut of stone directly from the sandstone quarry we passed. Some farm implements found a permanent home over to the right of the barn. Longmont greenspace had preservation plans in place so as not to lose yet more of our heritage in the Valley. This is a great testament.