Southern Colorado/Texas Panhandle Stops
We're not bringing a camper with us this time, but en route to Florida via Houston (to pick up a friend), and looking for a decent place to stop for the night (hotel I suppose) between Pueblo, CO and ...
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byronlj wrote:
I don't know why everybody travels uphill to go over Raton pass when they can bypass it by taking highway 50 through Colorado. I grew up in La Junta, CO, so the reason for the surprise. Highway 50 is a very nice flat highway.
Dave
If you want to believe google maps, it is 15 miles shorter but 40 minutes longer taking 50.
But as for us, we turn west at Walsenburg. And Raton Pass is not much of a climb.
