Archive for July 2021
Our Favorite Pet-Friendly Roadside Motels
Once upon a time, city streets were lined with the bright and flashy neon of motel signs. The bigger and more elaborate the sign, the more likely the chance of catching the attention of the passing traveler. Sadly, many of these roadside motels and their neon signs have been left to deteriorate, met with the…
Read MoreTwo-Lane Tidbit: Steve Canyon Statue, Idaho Springs, CO
Back in the days of comic strip heroes, adventurer and Air Force Captain, Steve Canyon, was a popular guy. Post World War II, the residents living in Squirrel Gulch in Idaho Springs, CO were feeling particularly patriotic and agreed to rename their region Steve Canyon, after the comic book character. Despite having nothing to do…
Read MoreSign Seeker: Ute Trail Motel, Hot Sulphur Springs, CO
The Ute Trail Motel in Hot Sulphur Springs, CO was built in 1957 and the sign is from around that era. Still open, the motel is just down the street from the town’s hot spring pools which were once used as a winter campsite for local Ute Indians. In 1864, the founder of the Rocky…
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