Attack on Bent's Fort

     
Captain: Jerry & Linda Hatfield Phone: 303-989-3450
     
Date: August 23 & 24 Saturday & Sunday
 

 

 
Meet: 7:45 a.m. @ the northeast corner of I-25 & 58th Ave. (Merchandise Mart parking lot)
 

 

 

Highlights of this trip include touring Bent's Fort and Kit Carson Museum. The hotel information will be in the newsletter closer to the trip date.

   
     

Saturday, August 23 
Ride leaves @ 8:00 a.m., eat & fuel before meeting

 

 
North on I-25 to I-76 2 mi.  
East on I-76 to I-270 1 mi.  
East on I-270 to I-70 5 mi.  
East on I-70 to Limon 83 mi.  
South on Hwy 71 to Rocky Ford 87 mi.  
East on Hwy 50 to La Junta 11 mi.  
East on Hwy 194 to Las Animas 19 mi.  
Day Total 208 mi.  
     

Tour Bent's Fort & Kit Carson Museum between La Junta & Las Animas, spend the night in Las Animas

   
     

Sunday, August 24
Ride leaves @ 8:30 a.m., eat & fuel before meeting

   
West on Hwy 50 to Pueblo 82 mi.  
North on I-25 to Denver 112 mi.  
Day Total 194 mi.  
Total Ride Miles 402 mi.  
     
     

We have the hotel reservations made
for this ride and the information follows:

10 rooms at Bent's Fort Inn (3 smoking & 7 non-smoking)
Phone #s (800) 508-1234 or 719-456-0011
2 people $57.00 for 1 bed, $67.00 for 2 beds
Free hot breakfast!
AARP & AAA discounts = $51.30 + tax
Reservation cutoff August 1, 2003
Small charges for Bent's Fort, Kit Carson Museum and Boggsville