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US 160, end-to-end?
Max Rockatansky:
--- Quote from: oscar on July 20, 2020, 02:12:17 PM ---Alamosa CO has an abundance of lodging (at least in the Hampton Inn etc. range) and shopping. That and Salida CO (on US 50) are the places I usually overnight and reprovision, before spending a few days at a hot springs resort about halfway between the two off US 285. Alamosa is near Great Sand Dunes National Park, worth a look even if you don't try to surf down one of the dunes.
Pagosa Springs CO is pretty skimpy on the usual lodging chains. Cortez CO has a few. I'm not familiar with your options in Walsenburg CO and Trinidad CO, at opposite ends of the overlap with I-25.
The west end of US 160 is within the Navajo Nation. Right now, it has COVID 19-related restrictions to navigate around (most notably night and sometimes weekend curfews, and closure of Navajo-operated parks like the Four Corners tourist trap), though they didn't stop me from traveling part of US 160 within the reservation last month.
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That Econolodge in Alamosa in particular is huge. It kind of gave me a 1970s vibe with the interior restaurant and sliding doors in the rooms the two times I stayed there.
1995hoo:
Might not be the type of place you'd stay if you're travelling with your brother, but Ms1995hoo and I really liked the Valley of the Gods Bed and Breakfast, which is located right near the foot of the Moki Dugway (you can see headlights up on the cliffs if anyone's driving that way at night). Great dark sky area if you like to look at the night sky, too, as it's the only building within about a 14-mile radius. I think there are one or two places to stay about 15 miles away in Mexican Hat and some other places further east in Bluff. We had dinner at Comb Ridge Food and Drink in Bluff and it was excellent (we drove back to Bluff after checking in at the B&B, then drove back again; unfortunately, we didn't get the chance to do the 17-mile unpaved road through the Valley of the Gods). I would have liked to have tried the Cottonwood Steakhouse across the street from Comb Ridge, but we got there too early and it wasn't open yet, plus the B&B's owner recommended Comb Ridge so we figured we'd give it a try.
At the top of the Moki Dugway, there's a dirt road that goes off to the left that lets you drive over to Muley Point for a really good scenic view out to Monument Valley in the distance. Well worth the short side trip for the view. We didn't go any further north from there, instead turning around and heading back down the Dugway, because we were on our way to the Grand Canyon.
corco:
--- Quote from: oscar on July 20, 2020, 02:12:17 PM ---Alamosa CO has an abundance of lodging (at least in the Hampton Inn etc. range) and shopping. That and Salida CO (on US 50) are the places I usually overnight and reprovision, before spending a few days at a hot springs resort about halfway between the two off US 285. Alamosa is near Great Sand Dunes National Park, worth a look even if you don't try to surf down one of the dunes.
Pagosa Springs CO is pretty skimpy on the usual lodging chains. Cortez CO has a few. I'm not familiar with your options in Walsenburg CO and Trinidad CO, at opposite ends of the overlap with I-25.
The west end of US 160 is within the Navajo Nation. Right now, it has COVID 19-related restrictions to navigate around (most notably night and sometimes weekend curfews, and closure of Navajo-operated parks like the Four Corners tourist trap), though they didn't stop me from traveling part of US 160 within the reservation last month.
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Trinidad is an excellent spot to overnight - they have a great Super 8 and good food options. Downtown Trinidad is unique and cool, too - but not in the trendy hipster way. Can't say much about Walsenburg.
hbelkins:
What's closed at Four Corners? The entire monument, or just the souvenir stands? I was there back in the early 90s, but that was before they rebuilt the facilities. Not sure that we'd go by there even if the marker was still open but the vendors were closed.
Our accommodations would be "clean but cheap." Motel 6, Super 8, Days Inn, Rodeway, EconoLodge, etc.
kphoger:
--- Quote from: corco on July 20, 2020, 03:12:17 PM ---
--- Quote from: oscar on July 20, 2020, 02:12:17 PM ---Alamosa CO has an abundance of lodging (at least in the Hampton Inn etc. range) and shopping. That and Salida CO (on US 50) are the places I usually overnight and reprovision, before spending a few days at a hot springs resort about halfway between the two off US 285. Alamosa is near Great Sand Dunes National Park, worth a look even if you don't try to surf down one of the dunes.
Pagosa Springs CO is pretty skimpy on the usual lodging chains. Cortez CO has a few. I'm not familiar with your options in Walsenburg CO and Trinidad CO, at opposite ends of the overlap with I-25.
The west end of US 160 is within the Navajo Nation. Right now, it has COVID 19-related restrictions to navigate around (most notably night and sometimes weekend curfews, and closure of Navajo-operated parks like the Four Corners tourist trap), though they didn't stop me from traveling part of US 160 within the reservation last month.
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Trinidad is an excellent spot to overnight - they have a great Super 8 and good food options. Downtown Trinidad is unique and cool, too - but not in the trendy hipster way. Can't say much about Walsenburg.
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Neither Trinidad nor Walsenburg has any chain hotel/motel under $90 that gets more than 3.5 stars on Google. Alamosa, OTOH, has three of them. I'd pick the Days Inn, personally.
Durango, likewise the Days Inn.
Cortez has several options under $80.
There's not really anything between Winfield, KS (two options under $70), and I-25.
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