It certainly has the look of one. Is it too big for osprey, and are they in the area?

Lumber mills are a necessity, but they sure aren't very attractive looking.

Yup. Model trains put me to sleep.

From that vantage point I bet it looked almost like a model. It's hypnotic to watch model trains run on a large, closed-loop layout, don't you think?

Mum's the word.

Thanks, Kirsten. I forgot about this. I kept meaning to research what all the alternate route and closure signs for this road were.

I remember when the Westside Legacy bike trail was put in a few years back and people complaining about the hills as most expected it to be much more 'family friendly'.

The pass East out of Golden is one HUGE construction site at the moment. It closes at 10pm and opens again at 7am these days.
If you are at all interested in what they are doing here is a link:
https://bit.ly/3NOTZ5q

I am happy that she saw at least one!!

A wee bit of shedding going on here. Great photo. I'm jealous of you seeing them so close.

this is one of the many advantages of riding a bike. You see these details.

Always one of my favourites!

And I’ll bet the traffic wasn’t as bad 33 years ago either. From what I saw today, I’d wait for the shoulder to open up. Traffic was pretty much nonstop driving west of Golden.

It wasn't that bad, as I recall, just the nasty hill coming out of Golden, and then there was a good shoulder once we hit the first National Park. Of course, at that point I hadn't been spoiled by the quiet roads in Europe. That section, from Golden to the west boundary of Yoho National Park, is now in the fourth and final phase of a massive (20 years and counting) reconstruction project, which includes widening the road and adding "wider shoulders to accommodate cyclists."

Not the Pyrenees of course, but still nice.