Another 4 wheeling adventure on the back roads around La Veta took us through Ideal canyon. There was a mining town here called Ideal and I took a picture of the tailing pile from the old coal mine. There was a lot of coal mining in this area back in the day. Just small mines with small towns now abandoned. We've pretty much explored the whole county around La Veta going on the gravel county back roads with our 4 wheeler. We have met some nice ranchers and some very paranoid ones. They don't like it when you stop along the road because they think you are up to no good and we just need to get out and stretch. We never go through closed gates and always stay on public roads but I'm sure others do not.
For a little town there are lots of activities always going on that make it difficult to find parking when you need a few groceries. I guess thats good for the town that they are able to draw tourists to it since it is not a destination by itself. We really like it here and going out in the countryside exploring we find it is unbelievably quiet and beautiful.
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