Freshwater: Skyline Drive, Cañon City, CO

Freshwater

Located in the wilds of Wyoming, the name Freshwater was chosen as a Western analogy to Christ. Just as He is the Living Water, and we must have Him to have eternal life, any desert dweller knows the importance of fresh water to life, both for self, and the nourishment of crops or livestock. By taking nourishment in God and His word, we strengthen our own relationship with Him, our faith, and the quality and abundance of our fruitfulness.

Our keystone verse is from Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verse 8: "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see whenSave heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

The fruit that we speak of is mentioned in Galatians 5:22
"²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

And the heat could be anything we experience that might test our faith in God; trials and tribulations, relationships, anything that focuses our love and attention anywhere but on Him...

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Skyline Drive, Cañon City, CO - June 2020

I forgot to take a photo of the entrance, which is pretty cool, so I did an internet search and used one from another blog. The photo does link to the original posting, because I didn't want to take credit for someone else's work. The rest of the photos and videos are mine, except for one older photo which links to an article discussing the history of Skyline Drive.

This photo is from a blog titled Eas-On Down the Road.

Skyline Drive is listed on Colorado's Historic Scenic Byways. I've linked to that site in case you're interested in any more scenic Colorado drives. That site didn't really give any information about Skyline Drive itself, so I dug a little deeper. I found more information at a website called Legends of America.

The entire article is fascinating and definitely informative. It was built in the early 1900's by inmates at the Territorial Prison and a newspaper contest was held to name it. They have fascinating photos of the early Skyline Drive, and I'm going to post one with a link to the originating site so you can read the whole story and see the photos for yourself.

Tally Ho Tour Company on Skyline Drive, Canon City, Colorado.

We enjoyed our tour of Skyline Drive, though the drive itself is a little hair-raising! It's almost 3 miles of single lane, one way traffic that goes up over the ridge and right down into a Cañon City Neighborhood. One of our daughters elected to skip the trip, riding back with my folks, who were not going over Skyline. We took photos and video along the route, stopping at the top to take panoramic photos and group photos with our youngest daughter and niece.