Paint Mines and Deckers 2020
My First get out and Explore!
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Day 1 Itinerary
Places visited: Paint Mines Interpretive Park - Paint Mine Open Space - Paint Mines Interpretive Park - Paint Mines Shoot Site - Paint Mines Shoot Site - Paint Mines Shoot Site - Paint Mines Shoot Site - Pike National Forest - South Platte River - Pine Lake Ranch
Paint Mines Interpretive Park
Well Hell!!! Just took off, and seen Jamie Burke getting gas. Chatted it up a bit. Cruising down 25 to kick of at Palmer Lake road. On my drive I had seen 16 antelope.
Paint Mine Open Space
Plains Pricklypear
Broom Snakeweed
Paint Mines Interpretive Park
First views
Coulter‘s Lupine
Woolly Indian Paintbrush
White Sagebrush
Prairie Sunflower
That’s the trail I followed
Paint Mines Shoot Site
More of the baby trail I followed, walked through
Surrounded by Narrowleaf Willow
Scarlet Gilia
2 little Rabits
Dollarjoint Pricklypear
Prairie Rose
Paint Mines Shoot Site
Paint Mines Shoot Site
Those Chanel’s though are tall and deep
nice look at the color
the gold, red, white though
moving up high...and the whole picture comes in
Paint Mines Shoot Site
That’s the trail I took out
Dribble Castle
Pike National Forest
Really took my time if I could kick off on a road I did...Really explored off road with my Jeep
South Platte River
Got an ice cream and directions from the tiny country store. The drive was amazing along the South Platte River
Pine Lake Ranch
Pine Valley Ranch Park, located in Pine, Colorado, less than an hour away from Denver on Highway 285, offers a wide variety of beautiful, accessible recreation year-round for visitors. Bought by Jefferson County Open Space in 1987, the park includes the historic Baehrden Lodge, which was built by a Chicago business tycoon as a summer house in 1927 and now offers free tours to the public.
Baehrden Lodge William A. Baehr, president of Chicago’s North Continent Utilities Company, vacationed in Colorado in 1925. He fell in love with the Pine Valley area and had a summer home built there. Baehrden Lodge was built by a crew of 60, working around the clock for 90 days. Construction finished in 1927, at a cost of $1.5 million. After Baehr's death, the ranch was sold in 1956. It was used as a private vacation and fishing retreat until 1975, when it was sold and became as a conference center and family resort for about 11 years. Jefferson County Open Space purchased Pine Valley Ranch in February 1986.
Baehrden Lodge
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Baehrden Lodge