Business today took me to Sterling, CO, a favorite place. Early 2000’s we held several successful offsite car sales in Sterling. The local car dealers were so arrogant we were welcomed by the City Manager, the newspaper editor (after a 30 minute interview conducted while sitting on a pickup tailgate) and many area residents who appreciated being treated with courtesy and respect.
Stopped for awhile to watch. Mainly Stearmans and one sailplane.
There are two ways to get there from Greeley. Both are about equal in distance and within 20 minutes drive time. This morning went to Briggsdale then east on Hwy 14. The traffic jam at New Raymer wasn’t hard to negotiate.
These events all over the West are almost always 98% local citizen volunteer organizers.
Feeling lonely and that nobody cares about you? Go rattle the gate at one of these missile sites and, in about fifteen to twenty minutes, you will be making new “friends”.
Just past this site the terrain becomes a series of valleys that are part of the South Platte River system.
Stopped for awhile to watch. Mainly Stearmans and one sailplane.
The RTB route was on the old US 6 to Brush then I-76 and Hwy 34. US 6 has little traffic and more interesting scenery. Fueled in Sterling and carefully cleaned the windshield for the drive west into the afternoon sun. Then, five minutes into the trip.
Sterling is a fairly stable small city. Agriculture is the dominant economic driver along with the petro extraction industry (currently under attack by Emperor Polis, et al). There is a well regarded Jr. College and a nearby State Prison with associated employee and faculty payrolls to smooth out the ups and downs.
Just off I-76, Exit 125, is the Overland Trails Museum. This is well worth a visit. Of particular interest to me is a wing devoted to rural electrification. The tremendous uplift in the lives of rural residents with the arrival of electricity is a neglected part of our national history, IMO.
Passing by Ft Morgan, saw vehicles entering the I-76 Speedway grounds. I need to get out there at least once this year. Just a ½ mile dirt oval with locals racing home made cars but savage driving and lots of action.
Finally, a political comment using a meme lifted off Falsebook.
And one swiped from OldNFO.
As always, YMMV.
