Show Say Colorado Trip Is Well Worth Anyone's Time Hilmer Kilmer and Ida Peterson ar arrived arrived arrived ar- ar rived back In Ephraim Monday June 9 from a trip to Colorado o which Increased the mileage o otheir on n their car by 1999 miles They saw places and people which hold interest for most Ephraim folks and sq so q here Is the account in ir Idas Ida's own words We left home Thursday May 29 and our first stop was Craig Colo where we visited with the former Ruby Lucille Anderson Canons Canon's sister for ten minutes and then were on our way We stopped at Steamboat Springs rested and looked around Its It's a very nice place We the then traveled for miles and miles mlles over beautiful green mountain roads roads and got in on the ribbon ceremonies of the opening of the Trail Ridge Road Hundreds of cars from this side traveled bumper to bumper on good oiled roads They had cut through snow ban banks which In places were as high hig higas h as our house In order to ge get t the road open When we arrived arrive d at the summit which is feet above sea level the carall cars car s all stopped for the ribbon to b be e cut where the continental divide between east and west is lo lo- lo The Chamber of Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce served free coffee to any anyone anyone sone one who wanted it We were the second car to go through and there were as many cars coming from the east side It I Iwas t was all very Interesting We then went on to Estes Park an outstanding resort situated situated sit sit sit- in the Rocky Mountain National Park From there we went to Greeley where Jim and VaLene live This is a very beautiful city with lots and lotsof lots lotsof lotsof of trees very clean and green On Sunday June 1 Jim took us to Fort Collins and 0 other the r points of interest We called on Jim and Mary Williams and had hada a nice visit with them They send their then hello and good wishes to Ephraim friends The Colorado Colorado Colorado Col Col- orado cities have so many beautiful beautiful beau beau- colleges and schools with shrubs trees swimming pools fishing etc wherever you go On Wednesday and Thursday we visited Robert and Virginia Sparks McCune at Englewood Colo just 7 miles from Denver They took us all u about at Denver and we like the city very muc much h a well worth trip for anyone The Airport should not be missed missed miss miss- ed n nor nor r th the re homes bome and the large estates estates like that of f Ethel Mermen the singer W We traveled all all all' through it On Thursday afternoon June Jun e 5 we left Greeley for our homeward homeward homeward home home- ward Journey We visited th the e Royal Gorge and crossed th the e highest bridge rIdge in the world wen went tw t to the Seven Lakes Resort sa saw w Inspiration Point named fo for r Helen Hunt the writer We stopped at Colorado o Springs arid went wept through on one e largest hotels Broadmoor or we have ever seen It Is outstanding out out- outstanding outstanding standing In Its beauty both outside outside outside out out- side and in We went to seethe seethe see seethe the zoo and the Will Rogers shrine but It rained so hard we couldn't get out of the car sowe so sowe we missed that The Air Force Academy that thatIs Is under construction started In InJune InJune June 1954 has already cost million and Congress has increased its authorization bringing bringing bring bring- ing the total cost to 1335 mil mul- lion It covers an n area of acres and workers of all k kinds are now on the job there It ft has four million square feet o of enclosed floor area and cubic yards of concrete By ByJ 1962 they plan to enroll 2500 cadets but initially there are 1130 enrolled BacK Bach on mo mountain roads again on the Pikes Peak auto highway following the river most all the way On the summit was a l large sign with arrows pointing each way one saying Colorado River runs into Pacific Ocean and the other Colorado runs into Atlantic Ocean The elevation elevation elevation eleva eleva- tion was feet The next stop was at Grand Junction and then things began to look dry until we got to Price There we visited with Frank and LaRue Allred Breinholt Breinholt Breinholt Brein- Brein holt for two hours We then came on home and wish everyone everyone everyone every every- one could enjoy the same trip we did |