Gunnison Colorado - Enchanting Highway 50 Road Trip

foreign [Music] TV welcome check it out we're leaving this KOA Campground spent the night here in Montrose Colorado decent low Park plenty of shade trees it is hot this summer I had to plug in use the air conditioner wasn't at an epic trip coming over the million dollar Highway oh [Music] that is definitely one for the memory books okay we're it's Sunday morning early we're going to run downtown do a little exploring around Montrose and we're heading over to Gunnison Colorado [Music] I've seen some pretty cool statues right down here in the main drag this is Highway 50 as well actually we're going to be going back the other direction we'll be heading East on 50 out of Montrose gunnison's only about less than 70 miles there's a Blue Lake Mesa all kinds of cool stuff along the way so sit back enjoy the ride cool old time downtown historic downtown yeah when I drove through yesterday I mean it was packed full of cars going good time to get down here it's like an early early morning any morning probably but this is Sunday before you can be better they had like a little Park up here we're gonna check they're there those statues over across the street kind of look for Western theme [Music] Isn't that cool look at it that thing is huge cowboy with his rope looks like a deer huh that is very impressive one thing about Colorado it's all western themed bad decision you think well what else I got down here cool little part I mean this is right on the intersection of 50 and the other Highway that goes up towards Grand Junction [Music] and like most towns a little map of all the historic buildings supposed to be a cool Courthouse we'll catch that on the way out yeah that caught my eye when I when I get down yesterday I was tired after driving that Million Dollar Highway it's like a few blacks people that help keep this thing going a big mural there a nice Hardware huh we're still up in elevation it's probably about 6 000 feet here murals just amazed me just the size of the painting The amount of detail look at that they painted inside the windows all brick in here looks like they got a couple vendors that set up well pretty darn cool I had to check these before we hit the road one last look at this guy what detail in that huh all right to the van we go [Music] around the block here I had to get turned around anyway we're gonna head out Highway 50. check these old buildings over here and then we'll hit the road let the sun come up a little bit more hope everyone's staying cool in their world it is sure one hot summer pretty much cross country okay this looks like a good place to get parked take a little another little walk big Old Courthouse all brick quite a bit of detail look at the size of that tree all right hundreds of years that is still going to that is huge big grand staircase going up into it standing the test of time isn't it this looks like all other County buildings City buildings probably pretty good sized town I've never been through this way I've never taken 50 this far down about four years ago I drove 50 on the other end of Colorado around Pueblo and Salida and those places here's our Visitor Center but it's not open on Sundays so if you get this direction you know that KOA I stayed in was pretty darn nice really cheap wasn't pricey at all so if you're actually doing the route 50 trip like a lot of RVs do Montrose would be definitely a good stop you know I think this is the Elks building too it sure is I'm an oak member I'll be darn got all the colorful flowers going heck yeah so look at that guy statues everywhere Montrose Colorado well let's do a few miles head on down the road you know I was reading online Highway 50 closes during the week at night oh cool there's a movie theater here I haven't been to a movie in years I don't know why I just can't sit that long the world's change everything's on YouTube including us RV or TV thank you I think we're going into the sun got a few miles to do we're going to go find that uh Blue Lake Mesa supposed to have a damn Reservoir there Campground then all the way into Gunnison gutterson has a huge Museum and they are open on Sundays yay thank you foreign ride through here kind of wide open we're climbing up a little mountain here now this is called zero Summit it's supposed to be camping up here some trails probably four wheeling all that but look at that view isn't that gorgeous there's looking back down towards Montrose [Music] there's some of the trails you can Boondock here as far as you can see all green definitely Snow Country you can get a lot of snow here [Music] there's Highway 50. oh check this out look at the size of this uh Lake guaranteed catch uh breakfast lunch and dinner and that thing huh look at that [Music] pretty fast paced Road speed limit 65. not too much traffic yet we're going to hit some major road construction where they close it under weekdays [Music] up that direction is the Black Canyon the gunnison's National Park stretches uh quite a ways big old Canyon up there but even right here along Highway 50 we got our own Canyon we're driving through very pretty very scenic little hazy there's fire smoke in the air from fires from all over around the country look how green no it is and there's looking at back at where we just drove through pretty foreign river flows through here which creates all this well I think we're getting closer to where all that construction is back in Montrose you see billboards with all this how they close Highway 50 with major Construction during the week weekday nights and on the weekends is totally open so I kind of timed it out to where we'd cut through here on a Sunday still a pretty Drive Good Old Highway 50 you know Coast to Coast from Sacramento clear to Baltimore Baltimore Maryland I've never been on this stretch of it though ooh look at this this must be it wow this is narrow through here huh I wonder if it's just general repair they had a landslide or something maybe uh some rocks oh yeah they they're widening it I'd say they're Shoring up The Rock you know this last winter it was epic belt Spring Mount runoffs I'd say they're trying to widen the road knowing you wow that's a lot of work well I see why they close it start working out here how did you ever get your equipment around with traffic speaking of traffic there's a ton of it I got a bunch behind me looks like we're going to lose our pavement wow wow well hopefully they get it done quick yay back to Pavement everything inside the van was rattling oh no I spoke too soon well can't be too much farther here we go according to phone we're almost up to that uh Big Lake where the dam is we're gonna stop take a break check it out there's the Blue Mesa Lake part of Gunnison River to this is where we turn it's supposed to be a campground stuff down here I thought about staying here but I want to go all the way into Gunnison this is called Lake Fork Campground got a boat launch huge Lake when you look at it on the maps this thing goes a long ways you could reserve sites online when I was looking at it I looked at this yesterday when I was at that KOA but I want to do the museum and Gunnison so for timing I figured we'll stay spend a night in Gunnison pretty well laid out but you're camping on pavement looks like you got a little picnic table there's a dam over there we'll drive over why not huh boating fishing plus there's a road you can take it takes you back towards Gunnison it's like 40 miles long I think it's dirt road I forget the trail maybe we'll see it when we're at the dam and there's a bridge down that way we'll have to cross when we're heading out of here pretty place looks like private cabins up there what a view huh that is a world-class view up there this whole lake pretty well what do you say let's keep on trucking at least we got blue sky it's heating up though you can feel the heat coming on this wouldn't be bad at all for overnight restrooms maybe two nights that'd be it though Parking On Pavement bear like your neighbor huh yeah joke teasing all right let's go find that damn like right here yeah that road construction driving through that stuff oh look at this van he's got him his own private spot right there boondocking but driving through all that construction try to do it during the week when the close erode at night very goofed up camping near I bet all right here's the Blue Mesa Dam I think they call it drive across oh wow there's a big canyon off to the left that is way down there foreign nice parking area got a little restroom here so you got a little day use area see a storyboard or two perfect [Applause] Blue Mesa damn that water looks clean doesn't it probably perfect fishing that's deep here though that's quite a drop let's go check it out huge Earthen dam look at that rock wow wonder when they constructed this thing they're generating power down there out of this too cool there's a dirt road down there with a road grader there's your Gunnison River very pretty place there's that road I was reading about I cut you back up into the Hills so this wouldn't be bad at all you could camp or the campground or just come here for a day use pretty oh cool here it is West Elk Loop Scenic byway that's what I was reading about so you can really go a long ways up in the hills here won't do it this trip that might be for another day van doesn't do too good on dirt roads but something to consider if you get down this way this must be their Spillway over here they must have piped it under the road wondered if they opened it up this year with all the snow melts probably huh this lake is full look at it pretty good access though Crest length 800 feet power plant 98 megawatt look at that Spillway tonal diameter 21 feet 341 feet tall wow you live here you never run out of water would you cool [Applause] well that shows you just how long it is too oh there's three dams look at that I didn't even know huh okay so there's three dams that create all this interesting well what do you say let's head on into Gunnison I'm glad I stopped here is trying to figure a decent place as a stop kind of check out a long route US Highway 50. we're not that much farther into Gunnison the whole trip today is less than 70 miles quite a few fishing boats out there looks like they got some alcoves from the main Lake one thing about Colorado there is plenty to do and see especially for outdoor activity here's the main Bridge a little boat scooting right along gonna go right underneath us he's in a hurry to go catch that next big fish very pretty Scenic Drive even with the construction I mean oh well that was even pretty in that area This Tall Road was all beat up and there are all kinds of recreation areas and camping through here when you look at it on the maps you can spot them so you could Camp fish boat whether to your heart's content here for more information on my travels go to my website rvertv.tv be sure to sign up for the free newsletter I put one out twice a month on the fifth and the 20th there you'll get current information on upcoming travels all kinds of cool stuff plus I have free screen saver downloads on the website you can sign up for those everything is free then also I have merch hats t-shirts cookbooks coloring books all that cool stuff and it helps support Future travel and the channel and I greatly appreciate it once again it's rveretv dot TV well I'd say we're getting near the end of the lake here and we should be in town shortly welcome to Gunnison Colorado once again another historic Old Town mining history all of it right in here is supposed to have really cool downtown area I thought we'd walk it before we hit the museum made it and look at this right to the right perfect parking some of the best days to get down here uh when these towns is on Sunday [Applause] well take a little stroll through downtown Gunnison on a Sunday morning that traffic really picked up as soon as I got through that road construction we left Blue Mesa Lake oh man floodgates open with traffic cool architecture the old style brick buildings big glass windows isn't that neat [Music] well we'll stroll down a block or two see what it's like to walk the streets of Gunnison restaurants we're waiting to get in [Music] a small town USA with the flower pots hanging aren't those gorgeous colorful it's like a art gallery antique shop maybe huh very well done welcome okay thank you more flowers ah they smell so good looks like a lot of this been kind of restored need a guitar music shop here huh [Music] [Laughter] okay well looks like a weight lined you didn't get something to eat Black Country Cafe probably really good food another restaurant there huh pretty cool oh wow look at that mural we gotta go check that out must be their little town park small town USA right here Gunnison that's pretty fancy mural tables are sit at perfect pieces very impressive detail quite an artist did this one well what do you say we'll head back to the van go find that museum very nice downtown area very historic plenty of shops that food sure smell good people going in those restaurants nice Fountain going there museums right up here in the right got a airport back there huge Park all right we say let's go check out a museum place is huge well let's go on in you're not gonna believe this 29 buildings my goodness it's getting hot too well you ready to go for a walk let's do it it's like a whole village set up out here she said nice volunteers plus they're adding more buildings they're still adding on to this thing so you just stroll through check out each building let's represent a little town tons of railroad history in Colorado isn't there like the Durango silver Silverton uh train wasn't that museum cool check out that video if you get a chance hey we can go up in here what they got oh movie playing [Music] give you some of the history about Gunnison all about Gunnison even got their own water tower tank goodness huge effort goes into these uh small town museums but for a small town they got a big one it must be their train depot look at all the rail cars and a water tank well come on in good ticket [Applause] old pictures probably uh from this area I'm sure there's your train schedule look at the old phones huh Sergeant elevation 84-78 cool what we got in here all the old luggage they got a lot of old antiques in here questions but it's hot let's go outside foreign what do we got in here oh radios phonographs quite a collection there's the Jukebox never see that stuff anymore huh think about everything you can think of there's even old China and dishes probably a lot of this stuff was donated by the locals I bet supposed to have a bunch of cars up here too next building there's a lot of them oh wow model trains hey who's that guy that is something I mean for a small town this town isn't that big to have a museum of this size what was it to get in here twelve dollars I think well worth it helps support it wow just anything and everything you can think of quilts what's this black mat oh post office check your mail here's old George Washington hand written notes ledgers there's an old time crane and more buildings all right old doylesville schoolhouse so they moved a lot of this stuff on this property classrooms wood desk teacher up there old one-room schoolhouse foreign wow look at the dolls that's quite the collection check these guys online Gunnison Museum that is quite a collection in the shade it isn't bad in the sun it's pretty warm still better in Arizona Arizona is cooking right now they're what Phoenix broke records of so many days in a row of 110 or more okay here we go antique cars oh wow that lady uh the volunteer when I checked in she was really bragging on their car collection she's right they've been adding to the she said make sure you go there's a firewall back here you got to go through the door there's more make sure you don't miss any very well done my goodness colorful these guys have been restored hey even got a bulldozer in here old Jeep absolutely perfect wow they must have a car show I bet maybe or something here too this would definitely a track car shows a lot of these small towns they got their little summer festivals and goodness pretty darn cool it's not hot in here like the other buildings one after another it's just endless a cars kind of reminds me that Murdo uh South Dakota one oh here's our door let's go on in yay oh she wasn't kidding there is more cars so if you're a car buff just this alone is worth coming in here check this Museum just for cars a little bit of everything in there but they're saving history this is all history they're saving it hopefully people will appreciate it there it is there's their end in July end of July they got a car show it well what do you say let's go outside and we'll keep exploring around here a little bit oh no the horse-drawn hearse yikes and this one's supposed to be the brewery Coors beer Colorado Zone Coors beer all about beer they got all their signs neon signs different bottles we got beer mugs and steins so if you're into beer here you go too bad they don't have a cold beer and a hot day huh quite a collection of belt buckles and of course how about all the tap handles wow foreign [Applause] well what do you say We'll wander our way back to where we started the perfect house huh oh washboards washing machines I don't think they've missed anything putting in this Museum oh goodness dining room remember when people you sit around and actually eat dinner together even an old phone telephone operator listening in on your call what do we got here like a cool room huh a lot of this wood looks kind of new Dave they've done it well I know I keep saying that but pretty impressive here's the sewing machine building foreign looks like every brand and antique machine you can think of need an iron do people even iron their clothes anymore pretty cool posters wow old time spinning wheel that's quite a can collection there thank you for being a replica City I mean or town I guess what am I thinking people can live here old time tractors look at that slay yeah you get snow here wagon wheels that'd be one cold ride in the snow huh old-time snowmobile huh oh we got stairs let's go up this building is pretty well constructed lanterns bottles foreign there's an old sled I had a sled one as a kid looks like a some kind of grinder oop here's our view shows you the size of this place look at that my goodness here's a few acres here I would consider this a museum and a park you can hear planes taking off the airports right behind here a lot of commuter flakes how about some rocks huh just like quartzite go for a buggy ride back in the day that was it hey bicycles those are the ones you actually have to Pedal I'm spoiled anymore with all the e-bikes wide pedal and you can hit the throttle huh wow big old photographs just back in the day huh everyone wore a hat all the people on horseback different times huh here's a Runway to the airport it's huge keep hearing a lot of planes taking off foreign [Music] well here's a general store get your groceries thank you get all your supplies now there's a chunk of quartz I'd like to find a golden nugget that big right next to it where there's ports there's usually gold what we got in here Tractor Room and more old equipment looks like what generators compressors very old farm truck some of these buildings are huge I mean it just keeps going how about a printing room old time printing presses what a eye for there's gotta be more of a story to this Museum to have this much of a collection and a 10 the size of gunness and it is endless my goodness I mean that's everything you could think of those that's quite a collection right there just beer steins pillow operator that was the real deal back in the day no cell tower there huh need a piano my goodness old portrait photos back in the day little harps huh oh yeah Gotta Have Mickey Mouse collection Disney stuff telephones not just a couple of them I mean walls of it dial up phone kids nowaday wouldn't even know what to do you could literally spend days here in a museum like this this really reminds me of that museum I visited couple years ago in Murdo South Dakota where they just had absolutely building after building of everything in it not one or two buggies how about a dozen well we've covered quite a bit of this place I looked in most of the buildings but like I said earlier it's like a park and Museum wherever you look something to see well there's uh some more inside the building that we came in head on in there nothing happened here in 1897. foreign cameras look at all those I might even had one or two those through the years just incredible everything in this place [Music] oh man this is upstairs okay man oh man well I'm sure glad I came here and they were open kind of got the place of myself very very well done definitely come here to Gunnison Museum oh wait there's more didn't hit this room oh here's the Gun Room [Music] and more guns [Music] some of them things look brand new as old as they are [Music] well definitely one for the memory books this one Pioneer Museum Gunnison it is so well worth the money if you like looking at old stuff spending the day most of buildings they're nice and cool I mean a couple of them are a little warm but it's a hot hot time of year with those big buildings uh good ventilation [Music] [Music] well here's the Gunnison River look at that they've got rafters do a wrap right here right along the river water's really flowing it's clean cold water come out of the mountains [Music] quite a cool trip today leaving Montrose coming over here once again it was only 70 miles U.S 50 kind of busy road but it was okay we got to see a Blue Mesa Lake what's this some kind of statue that's a wood carving [Music] tomorrow we keep heading East on us-15 and we're gonna truck North way up in the mountains way up Journey continues talk soon

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Published: Thu Aug 03 2023