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       Texas Creek Colorado
       By: Colorado Rider Date: October 11, 2014, 11:23 pm
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       I took a trip to Texas Creek Colorado.
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       It was a long ride, 38 miles in five hours.  Some of it easy,
       and some of it quite difficult.  There is nothing really near
       Texas Creek, it is between Canon City and Salida on highway 50.
       Once you get to the site, it is an OHV area and has parking and
       restrooms.
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       It is a large trail system, but with the mountains for reference
       you can keep your bearings.
       It starts off up and over a mountain on 4X4 roads which are
       easy.
       I then took a turn-off that went to an abandoned mine.  There
       was not an open mine, but I could tell it was a mine by the
       tailings.
       Later I found out it was called the “Devil’s Hole Quarry” (among
       other names), and operated from 1922-1950.
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       There was also a lot of quartz in the tailings, I brought back a
       nice sized chunk of pink quartz
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       Next I tried to go straight north from there, but the trail was
       really rocky and tight.  I went back down south and then up and
       up over Table Top Mountain.
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       I know this looks easy; it wasn’t.  Hit a rock wrong and you’re
       done.  Elevation 9,000 feet (2,743 meters), so you get tired
       fast.
       Once on top, it was easy.
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       The view was fantastic!
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       Those are the 14,000 foot (4267 M) Sangre de Cristo Mountains
       with the snow on top behind me.
       The cool part is that I commuted to work on the same bike the
       next day!
       #Post#: 1951--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Texas Creek Colorado
       By: Rockitboy Date: October 12, 2014, 2:39 am
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       Dam thats some pretty country to ride in.  I'm really really
       jealous! Nice pics!
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       Re: Texas Creek Colorado
       By: Rusty Shovel Date: October 15, 2014, 7:13 am
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       That truely is God's country out there!  It's cool to search out
       mines, ghost towns, and such; it turns a 'ride' into a 'quest'!
       I'm jealous.   I have to drive 9 hours to reach anything
       awesome.  The only mountainous thing in Houston are the
       overpasses.
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