La Junta, CO -- PHOTO TOUR (Colorado Springs, Pueblo: houses, schools, cost of)

[cowboyxjon]

this is so neat! i really do need to make a weekend trip down to La Junta!

[McGowdog]

Few pics of these Ark Valley towns on the way home. The fourth and fifth pics will give me an idea for another pic thread. May or may not be able to take pics inside though... Sure was a nice day;

[la junta econ devel]

McGowdog....sorry I didn't acknowledge the great post. Have not kept up the last few weeks. Nice pictures and thanks for the post. Let me know when you want to come down and we'll make sure you get inside the Kiva.

Koshare performances left this summer will be July 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 25, 30. They are all at 7:30 PM and the cost of the ticket for the show ($8) allows you entrance and tour of the museum. And the museum is awesome....best display (about $8 million dollars worth) of Native American art, etc. except the Smithsonian.

For more activities see www.LaJuntaEvents.com and for more information about Kiva, Otero Museum, Dinosaur Tracks, Bent's Old Fort, etc. go to www.VisitLaJunta.net
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Cowboyxjon.....I'll see if we have a few spare keys to the city when you come down. Just DM me in advance so I can find them.

Got some pix to download...get them up as soon as I can.

[la junta econ devel]

"New" Tiger Field....4.3 million dollar stadium complete with all weather 8-lane track and synthetic turf football surface. This will replace the original Tiger Field, built in 1938. The old one was touted as the best and fastest cinder track in the State and went out in style as teams from Springs (Mitchell, Coronado) and all of the Pueblo Schools came down for Tiger Relays this past spring to the longest running track meet in the State. (According to some National Track Officials...this side of the Mississippi!)


City Council, Chamber officers, Radio announcers, Volunteer Firefighters and Community Members downtown (at the corner of Walk and Don't Walk) collecting the last of $10,000 raised for annual 4th of July Fireworks Show at Kids Rodeo Grounds.



Amtrak station...full service stop on Southwest Chief from Chicago to LA




Industrial Park, Airport, and Golf Course.....Greenhouses at bottom left operated by Bonnie Plants. Anyone in Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Alamosa, Canon, Raton, Lamar, LJ or points in between who bought plants from Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Lowes or Home Depot....they came from these greenhouses in La Junta!



Belleview Avenue in "Tree City" USA...the Smile-Hi City!



More homes on Belleview...right across the street from the one above.



The mileage sign recently restored on the local Elks Lodge...easily visible from Amtrak station and Highway 50....note Coast to Coast mileages for Highway 50.



And last, but not least...if the pictures made you sick....we have a great hospital that is partnering with Parkview Hospital in Pueblo the month of August to Host our monthly community Wake-Up Breakfast!!!!

[la junta econ devel]

Originally Posted by cowboyxjon

this is so neat! i really do need to make a weekend trip down to La Junta!

Hope you make it down...life is good here! Generally, most everyone will smile and say "Hi". Last October, the folks from the RFD Television Show www.bestofamericabyhorseback came to La Junta (unbeknownst to anyone in town), and deemed it so friendly they stopped over here to celebrate their 100,000 mile milestone June 12 through June 15th. They have about 40 riders who are riding from Mexico to Canada. They hit the 100,000 mile mark for all of their rides at the finish line of the old "Tiger Field".

Just a few pictures of them and other things of interest around town. Here they are arriving at Tiger Field



And here they hit 100,000 miles led by Tom Seay...producer



The famous Copper Kitchen Cafe (featured on Alton Brown's Food Network show) and the new Railyard on Colorado Ave.



The Colorado Bi-Centennial Covered Wagon at the Otero Museum.....free admission!



And.......these little plants started out 780 to a tray at Bonnie Plants Greenhouses......




.....and then grew and got shipped to Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Lowe's and Home Depots in Springs, Pueblo, Alamosa, Canon, Lamar, Trinidad, Raton and La Junta...



Just in case you think it is always sunny in La Junta....here is the Elks Annual Kids Fishing Derby at City Park lake the first weekend of May. Even bad weather doesn't keep them from coming.

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la Jun! Cool pics! Always like to see SE Colorado represented on the board!

[McGowdog]

You're too kind LJ! Your pics rock, especially the aerials. Can I trade a dinner offer in for a ride above LJ sometime?

[McGowdog]

Since we've got our photo threads broken up here to save time... thanks to MFBE, thanks again Mike... they've kind of separated a bit.

I want to link the other threads to this one.

Bent's Old Fort 1

Bent's Old Fort 2

Fowler Colorado

Rocky Ford Colorado

[Mike from back east]

You're most welcome. My thanks to you for helping document a corner of this state that is often overlooked without any 14-ers to add sex appeal, but has it's own form of beauty, serenity, and lots of solid good people. As long as I'm the moderator here, I'll form and shape the postings to maximize usefulness and index them for easy location and retrieval by viewers.