I-70 Denver to Loveland Ski Area -- PHOTO TOUR (Frisco: house, school)

[vegaspilgrim]

I-70 Denver to Loveland photo tour:

Beginning the climb up to the foothills:





















Anybody here know anything about this "spaceship" house?









This is the only place I know of where you can see Ralphie:















Now the road slopes back downhill:







































Downieville:



























Destination!



Photo tour continued here: http://www.city-data.com/forum/color...ea-photos.html

[BarryK123]

All I know about the spaceship house is it was used in Woody Allen's movie "sleeper."

When did you take those pics?

[sundance67]

vegaspilgrim those pics are amazing...from what I've heard & seen Colorado sounds more & more appealing everyday.

[ottodog]

Hmm, high wind warning. Must've been taken in the last couple days. Winds been brutal up here. Hard to complain though, it was close to 60 when I got home yesterday. Nice pics!!!

[vegaspilgrim]

All these pictures were taken yesterday (Thursday). It was a beautiful day, totally sunny, abnormally warm for this time of year. Despite the wind advisory signs, at Loveland it wasn't windy at all. It felt more like spring skiing than the stereotypical dead of winter.

[ottodog]

Yeah the wind had pretty much died down yesterday. I drove over to Frisco and it was probably in the 50's over there too. What a gorgeous day for January!! Gotta love Colorado!

[wanneroo]

The house is called the "Deaton House". You can google it. Charles Deaton was a known architect in Denver in the 1940's to 1970's. The house was restored in the late 1990's and furnished.

In Idaho Springs I still miss Beaujo's Pizza.

I also noticed the ever popular Downieville.

Floyd Hill I could tell you some stories about that.

I drove that road about 1500 times round trip so it's amazing looking at the photos how I can feel all the corners, bends and elevation changes in the road from each picture.

[Luke9686]

I love Colorado!!!

[ottodog]

You forgot Georgetown??

[vegaspilgrim]

Originally Posted by ottodog

You forgot Georgetown??

I love Georgetown, don't get me wrong. Been through there many times on the way to Guanella Pass. I like that one gift shop that sells the Russian stuff in the back. And I like their old school grocery/general store that looks like it hasn't changed a day in 100 years. But Georgetown is pretty much completely invisible from I-70 westbound and is pretty much hidden from I-70 eastbound too other than for a few split seconds. All these photos here were shot by me sitting in the passenger seat of the moving car, with no stops between Denver & Loveland. Another one of my favorite little east slope towns not pictured at all is Empire. There's a place there called "Dairy King," haven't eaten there since I was a little kid, but remember it as awesome. Next summer when I'm back home in Denver (hopefully permanently this time) there will be some more photo tours.