Feb 16, 2023 9:16 PM
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steveomachismo
Dafauq
fifteeneyes
My first time whitewater rafting was through this canyon!!
itzu2jones31415
Beautiful
martymargmaker101
Royal Gorge, over the Arkansas river. Rode that train and walked that bridge. Both were awesome, but the bridge is a tourist trap.
riderofthepurplesage
Mom bought a trinket there, turned it it over "made in Mexico". We were from El Paso. She walked back across that rickety bridge to return.
trueoakbox
I have stood on that bridge. Good childhood memory.
MonkeyFunkingFunker
Yep. Coz if that was Ohio, the train would derail and blow up.
bekindtoanimals
My folks live outside of Durango- CO is the most beautiful state
DiracsDelta
Durango is also beautiful, but this is actually the royal gorge.
Ahhhh. Thanks for the correction
itsnevertoocoldoutside
Riding on trains blows.
LostCause97
I went rafting under that bridge last summer. Class 4 rapids, was fuckin wild, almost got tossed over.
AccioKittyKitty
I was on that train for the Christmas ride, it was amazing! Great quality vid op.
LordAuditorVorkosigan
My son got the first silver bell of christmas from santa T_T
DairyCakeFarmer
Name of music? Sounds familiar, like I've heard it in a show or movie. Tried looking through philip glass, watchmen, stranger things
motokeith
Cornfield Chase by Hans Zimmer from the movie Interstellar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GlsxNI4LVI
GutstobeGnK
Is that a bridge way up there? Yikes. The bit down here with the train is beautiful
GRZMNKY
That bridge used to be tallest suspension bridge in the world.
idontliketheclonebone
It's only nice like this once a year. Snow year round and frostbite everywhere. Definitely don't move here
MisterKobayashi
nothingtolurkhere
I drove from Vail to Aspen a couple Decembers back and it kinda looked like this.
psmith00
Can I hire someone to drive my car across that bridge up there?
BentwanJameson
No, but you can buy a ticket and walk across. You can even bring your dog.
Ah, it's a walking bridge, then. Probably not going to walk it either if i was originally intending to hire someone to drive it for me =>
While I kept my eyes closed. I'm a bloody coward with some heights.
IHaveSomeLyricsForThat
The Royal Gorge Bridge! It's fuckin wimdy up there.
DarkartistSTY
Bet that place was a sacred are for natives, now it’s full of people and commercialized
DerekHand
While I am not an expert, what info I can find implies that it was used for practical reasons, and make no mention of it being sacred.
But that doesn't mean it wasn't.
Starbolt81
Can't stop look at that bridge. How big is it? How long? WHATS SUPPORTING IT!?
1260' long and almost 1000' above the river. You have to buy a ticket to go across it. White water rafting there is great though.
Akurei00
To add to this, it's not a road. Just a big bridge in the middle of nowhere. Beautiful views, for sure, though. https://royalgorgebridge.com
turbodog
Animas River valley between Durango and Silverton.
pfunk81
Nope. Coordinates are 38.46117234455061, -105.32515718016502
R100GSPD
Royal Gorge
ItsaMeFranman
I was there a few years ago and it didn't recover from the fire yet. I'm not sure how it looks today
bronsonmills9
Royal gorge I used to guide that stretch. It's much gnarlier in the summer
QueefBurglarSixtyNine
I was rafting it once and when I saw the train pop up I thought it was the drugs taking hold.
MadeYouLookAgain
Absolutely not! Why are you telling lies on the internet again?
Maybe he wanted to know the right answer and knew that a bad guess would get more crowdsourcing.
That’s dumb. Stop being so positive.
elBirdnose
No.
You are incorrect. That is the royal gorge near canyon city.
stonecw
Cañon City
Is there an actual convenient way to access special characters on phones? I’d love to know it, but as is I fallback to plaintext.
On iOS just hold the letter down and it will give you all the värįētïš.
Apparently my phone is old/cheap…
You are more technically correct that I am. The best kind of correct.
nopenopebadger
Under Siege 2?
bfiGamer
As a train enthusiast and a nature lover, Colorado has been a dream to me. I love living in Colorado!
lindabelchersfirstcousin
PUNKem733
It's the arkansas river lol
But don’t move here. It’s expensive and you have to ride a train everywhere.
crzyslydog
A train that goes no where. Lived there 18 years and denver turned shit in 2010
So no upvote
Unless you're in Boulder County. We don't get a train.
Applied for a rental in Lakewood, $2k/mo., pos, you gotta make 4x that rent to be considered. Current rental I'm at is $2100/mo. Fucks.
theredacted
I raft this river :) it’s beautiful and I always yell “i can’t swim” at the train as it goes by
You don’t moon it? Mooning is the tradition.
triffidhunter
If your trains are that slow, no wonder they're so expensive…
Bugguts1957
If I remember correctly it is 1053 feet from the bridge to the river
955' according to Wikipedia. I've only rafted under it though, didn't get the view from the top.
slinkiisu
My home state. I miss it sometimes. But not enough to ever come back
Good
Is that good because it's a bad place or good because you don't like my opinions
Good because you’re one less person I have to deal with
Same.
PrncessVespa
We have our problems, but Colorado is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
HubicPairs
Hi, fellow Coloradan, from Denver!
I am 1000% convinced that Coloradans in general and Denver residents in particular are over-represented on the internet.
nero4ty2
I only lived there for 10 years but driving east to IL and seeing the mountains in the rear view for the last time was heart breaking
I can't imagine. I've been here for 22 years and I can't see myself ever leaving.
mybrothersmario
I keep taking the view of Pikes Peak you get from just about anywhere in Colorado Springs... until I go on vacation and come back.
It really is.
Cheers
dpat13
I ageee. I had the good fortune to be able to visit. It is breathtaking
Howdoesonehuman
What are the problems? I'm weighing options on where to move...
RogueEnthusiast
Lauren Boebert is a pretty significant one.
madtadder
A diminishing amount of water, forest fires.
phillini
And wind. Damn the front range gets hit relentlessly.
Yeah pretty much Boebert. The Colorado Springs/El Paso County area is also a highly conservative stain on the state.
Oof, okay those are all fair points! Thanks ?
Denver is expensive and the western slope elected Boebert, for the two biggest issues
That's the Arkansas River in the Royal Gorge just outside Cañon City! My first real job was working concessions there 30+ years ago.
GabbyJayYay
Walked across the bridge this past November, windy as hell so no gondola sadly
memepawn
I remember they used to have these big, colorful billboards saying “Royal Gorgeous!”
I went on this ride over the summer, and it was hella righteous. +1
thatoneguyfrommn
Is it on an Amtrack or national line? Or does it just run locally. It looks amazing!
englishmaninnm
It runs locally. It leaves Cañon City and heads along the river for about 30min. Then you stop and head back. Its beautiful.
It's a dinner train. They ride up the tracks a bit then coast back down to their station. It's beautiful. https://www.royalgorgeroute.com/
SpaceForGold
Note to self. Go on this train
BonafideHomicide
I grew up near Cañon City. The gorge is beautiful, but once you get a bit south of the Sangre de Christos, it's a bunch of nothing.
Is that BoBo's district?
Fortunately no.
Where at? I lived in Florence, Rockvale and Cañon City.
Coal Creek, right next to rockvale and slightly to the left of Williamsburg. I went to Florence high school
No way! What year? I went to Florence Elementary and Cañon High before moving to California; HS Class of 93.
You were a little bit before me, I was class 2004. So, if I've ever met you, hi, how ya doin? And if not, well, it's still nice to meet you
I know Coal Creek well! We lived in Rockvale most of our time in CO.
steveomachismo
Dafauq
fifteeneyes
My first time whitewater rafting was through this canyon!!
itzu2jones31415
Beautiful
martymargmaker101
Royal Gorge, over the Arkansas river. Rode that train and walked that bridge. Both were awesome, but the bridge is a tourist trap.
riderofthepurplesage
Mom bought a trinket there, turned it it over "made in Mexico". We were from El Paso. She walked back across that rickety bridge to return.
trueoakbox
I have stood on that bridge. Good childhood memory.
MonkeyFunkingFunker
Yep. Coz if that was Ohio, the train would derail and blow up.
bekindtoanimals
My folks live outside of Durango- CO is the most beautiful state
DiracsDelta
Durango is also beautiful, but this is actually the royal gorge.
bekindtoanimals
Ahhhh. Thanks for the correction
itsnevertoocoldoutside
Riding on trains blows.
LostCause97
I went rafting under that bridge last summer. Class 4 rapids, was fuckin wild, almost got tossed over.
AccioKittyKitty
I was on that train for the Christmas ride, it was amazing! Great quality vid op.
LordAuditorVorkosigan
My son got the first silver bell of christmas from santa T_T
DairyCakeFarmer
Name of music? Sounds familiar, like I've heard it in a show or movie. Tried looking through philip glass, watchmen, stranger things
motokeith
Cornfield Chase by Hans Zimmer from the movie Interstellar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GlsxNI4LVI
GutstobeGnK
Is that a bridge way up there? Yikes. The bit down here with the train is beautiful
GRZMNKY
That bridge used to be tallest suspension bridge in the world.
idontliketheclonebone
It's only nice like this once a year. Snow year round and frostbite everywhere. Definitely don't move here
MisterKobayashi
GRZMNKY
nothingtolurkhere
I drove from Vail to Aspen a couple Decembers back and it kinda looked like this.
psmith00
Can I hire someone to drive my car across that bridge up there?
BentwanJameson
No, but you can buy a ticket and walk across. You can even bring your dog.
psmith00
Ah, it's a walking bridge, then. Probably not going to walk it either if i was originally intending to hire someone to drive it for me =>
psmith00
While I kept my eyes closed. I'm a bloody coward with some heights.
IHaveSomeLyricsForThat
The Royal Gorge Bridge! It's fuckin wimdy up there.
DarkartistSTY
Bet that place was a sacred are for natives, now it’s full of people and commercialized
DerekHand
While I am not an expert, what info I can find implies that it was used for practical reasons, and make no mention of it being sacred.
DerekHand
But that doesn't mean it wasn't.
Starbolt81
Can't stop look at that bridge. How big is it? How long? WHATS SUPPORTING IT!?
BentwanJameson
1260' long and almost 1000' above the river. You have to buy a ticket to go across it. White water rafting there is great though.
Akurei00
To add to this, it's not a road. Just a big bridge in the middle of nowhere. Beautiful views, for sure, though. https://royalgorgebridge.com
turbodog
Animas River valley between Durango and Silverton.
pfunk81
Nope. Coordinates are 38.46117234455061, -105.32515718016502
R100GSPD
Royal Gorge
ItsaMeFranman
I was there a few years ago and it didn't recover from the fire yet. I'm not sure how it looks today
bronsonmills9
Royal gorge I used to guide that stretch. It's much gnarlier in the summer
QueefBurglarSixtyNine
I was rafting it once and when I saw the train pop up I thought it was the drugs taking hold.
MadeYouLookAgain
Absolutely not! Why are you telling lies on the internet again?
DiracsDelta
Maybe he wanted to know the right answer and knew that a bad guess would get more crowdsourcing.
MadeYouLookAgain
That’s dumb. Stop being so positive.
elBirdnose
No.
DiracsDelta
You are incorrect. That is the royal gorge near canyon city.
stonecw
Cañon City
DiracsDelta
Is there an actual convenient way to access special characters on phones? I’d love to know it, but as is I fallback to plaintext.
MadeYouLookAgain
On iOS just hold the letter down and it will give you all the värįētïš.
DiracsDelta
Apparently my phone is old/cheap…
DiracsDelta
You are more technically correct that I am. The best kind of correct.
nopenopebadger
Under Siege 2?
bfiGamer
As a train enthusiast and a nature lover, Colorado has been a dream to me. I love living in Colorado!
lindabelchersfirstcousin
PUNKem733
It's the arkansas river lol
MadeYouLookAgain
But don’t move here. It’s expensive and you have to ride a train everywhere.
crzyslydog
A train that goes no where. Lived there 18 years and denver turned shit in 2010
crzyslydog
So no upvote
BentwanJameson
Unless you're in Boulder County. We don't get a train.
lindabelchersfirstcousin
Applied for a rental in Lakewood, $2k/mo., pos, you gotta make 4x that rent to be considered. Current rental I'm at is $2100/mo. Fucks.
theredacted
I raft this river :) it’s beautiful and I always yell “i can’t swim” at the train as it goes by
MadeYouLookAgain
You don’t moon it? Mooning is the tradition.
triffidhunter
If your trains are that slow, no wonder they're so expensive…
Bugguts1957
If I remember correctly it is 1053 feet from the bridge to the river
BentwanJameson
955' according to Wikipedia. I've only rafted under it though, didn't get the view from the top.
slinkiisu
My home state. I miss it sometimes. But not enough to ever come back
MadeYouLookAgain
Good
slinkiisu
Is that good because it's a bad place or good because you don't like my opinions
MadeYouLookAgain
Good because you’re one less person I have to deal with
stonecw
Same.
PrncessVespa
We have our problems, but Colorado is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
HubicPairs
Hi, fellow Coloradan, from Denver!
PrncessVespa
I am 1000% convinced that Coloradans in general and Denver residents in particular are over-represented on the internet.
nero4ty2
I only lived there for 10 years but driving east to IL and seeing the mountains in the rear view for the last time was heart breaking
PrncessVespa
I can't imagine. I've been here for 22 years and I can't see myself ever leaving.
mybrothersmario
I keep taking the view of Pikes Peak you get from just about anywhere in Colorado Springs... until I go on vacation and come back.
lindabelchersfirstcousin
It really is.
DiracsDelta
Cheers
dpat13
I ageee. I had the good fortune to be able to visit. It is breathtaking
Howdoesonehuman
What are the problems? I'm weighing options on where to move...
RogueEnthusiast
Lauren Boebert is a pretty significant one.
madtadder
A diminishing amount of water, forest fires.
phillini
And wind. Damn the front range gets hit relentlessly.
DerekHand
Yeah pretty much Boebert. The Colorado Springs/El Paso County area is also a highly conservative stain on the state.
Howdoesonehuman
Oof, okay those are all fair points! Thanks ?
PrncessVespa
Denver is expensive and the western slope elected Boebert, for the two biggest issues
stonecw
That's the Arkansas River in the Royal Gorge just outside Cañon City! My first real job was working concessions there 30+ years ago.
GabbyJayYay
Walked across the bridge this past November, windy as hell so no gondola sadly
memepawn
I remember they used to have these big, colorful billboards saying “Royal Gorgeous!”
lindabelchersfirstcousin
I went on this ride over the summer, and it was hella righteous. +1
thatoneguyfrommn
Is it on an Amtrack or national line? Or does it just run locally. It looks amazing!
englishmaninnm
It runs locally. It leaves Cañon City and heads along the river for about 30min. Then you stop and head back. Its beautiful.
Akurei00
It's a dinner train. They ride up the tracks a bit then coast back down to their station. It's beautiful. https://www.royalgorgeroute.com/
SpaceForGold
Note to self. Go on this train
BonafideHomicide
I grew up near Cañon City. The gorge is beautiful, but once you get a bit south of the Sangre de Christos, it's a bunch of nothing.
GabbyJayYay
Is that BoBo's district?
BonafideHomicide
Fortunately no.
stonecw
Where at? I lived in Florence, Rockvale and Cañon City.
BonafideHomicide
Coal Creek, right next to rockvale and slightly to the left of Williamsburg. I went to Florence high school
stonecw
No way! What year? I went to Florence Elementary and Cañon High before moving to California; HS Class of 93.
BonafideHomicide
You were a little bit before me, I was class 2004. So, if I've ever met you, hi, how ya doin? And if not, well, it's still nice to meet you
stonecw
I know Coal Creek well! We lived in Rockvale most of our time in CO.