Along The Way

Doesn’t it look like a scene from Little House on the Prairie?

I snapped this photo from an open train window as I traveled the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad last year. It’s somewhere in the beautiful San Juan National Forest but I couldn’t begin to tell you where or what went on here once upon a time.

This happens a lot when you’re a backroads adventurer. You commonly roll up on a barn, a house or some random thing along the road and have no way of knowing for sure the story behind the place.

While I prefer answers, there’s something about using your imagination to make up your own story. That’s just part of the journey!

What do you think about this pretty little spot in the woods?

Palos Covered Bridge

Found time on Friday afternoon allowed for an unplanned drive and some productive errands. The sky was a gorgeous blue with puffy white clouds that made for a perfect backdrop for some rural pictures and an all around nice afternoon to be out running around.

So I took a leisurely drive on some side roads, found a few quilt barns and stopped to photograph a covered bridge near Glouster.

Palos Covered Bridge is visible from Route 13, north of Glouster. You can still drive through this one and there’s a railroad that cuts right by.

Not to mention these cool windows on one side. I couldn’t find much about this bridge other than that it served a coal company during the early twentieth century, a reasonable explanation given the mining history of this Little Cities of Black Diamonds region.

Burr Oak State Park is nearby and a terrific place to stop for hiking, water fun and a good meal at the lodge.