Thursday, January 14, 2010
Riverside Park, Fort Morgan, CO: Sept 24-25
Previously, when traveling this route, we stayed at the city park in Brush and came to Fort Morgan for shopping. This time we decided to try out the free city park in Fort Morgan. We will not make that mistake again. While the park in Brush is free for only the first night, it is far from the interstate and has nice level parking spaces. It took all the leveling blocks we own to get the trailer almost level at Riverside, and it is right next to I-76 (a popular truck route). It was quite close to Walmart and Safeway if that is important to you. We'd rather drive the 10 miles and have a more pleasant camping experience.
Riverside Park is home to the Rainbow Arch Bridge, which we strolled across & back a couple of times. Built in 1923, this open-spandrel, multi-span arch bridge is an architectural jewel. It is the only one of its kind in Colorado, and at 1,100 feet in length, is one of the longest in the nation. Currently, it spans the South Platte River and serves as an entrance to the Pawnee Pioneer Trails Scenic Byway. Shortly after we arrived a young man, a photographer for the Tucson newspaper, rode in on a bicycle and started setting up a tent. He was on his way to a wedding in Nebraska & was spending the night there. In the morning he told us that some undesirables had parked with their headlights on his tent, so he moved over close to our trailer.# posted by Doug and Willie @ 8:13 AM 
