Start your day Saturday with a stack of flapjacks in Buena Vista’s McPhelemy Park, wind it up with a gourmet supper and music in the same spot, and fill in the time in between with one of 20 outdoor adventures on the TrailFest 2007 agenda.
The lineup of day trips – ranging from a next-to-no-exertion pontoon boat ride across Twin Lakes to the Interlaken historical site, to the heart-stopping 30-mile mountain bike ride along the Monarch Crest Trail – is designed to show people what the Continental Divide Trail has to offer as it snakes along Colorado’s backbone.
And, according to the Pine-based Continental Divide Trail Alliance, that would be a little bit of something for everyone – hikes with llamas and goats, walks easy enough for little kids and hikes tough enough to challenge veteran trekkers.
The TrailFest centers on the CDTA Base Camp in the park, which will be filled with booths and activities for the kids.
The hikes, bikes and rides are free; there is a fee for the meals. You’ll need to sign up for all of it in advance. Get the details at or by calling 303-838-3760.
Ever see a 450-tonsteam locomotive go rushing by at 60 mph? Want to?
The Denver Post Cheyenne Frontier Days Train, with the historic Union Pacific’s locomotive 844 at the front, makes its annual trek north on Saturday, and hundreds are expected to turn out to see it as it speeds past.
The best place to watch it, say railroad officials, is along U.S. 85 between Brighton and Greeley. A more leisurely view is available from the platform of the depot in Greeley.
The 17-car special train, first run in 1908, leaves Denver at 7 a.m. and should hit the first stretch of track alongside U.S. 85 about 8:30 a.m.
The train departs Cheyenne at 5:30 p.m. and rolls back into Denver’s Union Station about 9 p.m. – Dick Kreck, special to The Denver Post
