10-25-2011, 03:29 PM
My wife and I drove the Phantom Canyon Sunday - the grade of the old Florence and Cripple Creek RR - to see the fall colors. It was magnificent! Reds, Yellows, Aspen Golds, Rusts and Greens in profusion! It's the very best time of year in the High Country! Not a soul around and for a brief period, we were transported back in time, imagining that the wail of the wind whistling around the rocks and crags was the forlorn sound of a train whistle echoing through the canyon once more.
