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Eventually, you’ll try for Denver, confident that a city with such a vast main street (Colfax Avenue stretches 26 miles) ought to boast a fair number of motels. Sure enough, green cactus shaped A Bar D Motel, the Big Bunny Motel (once called “Bugs Bunny” before some nasty legal intervention), and the Rocky Mtn. Motel with its weather-worn mountainous peaks represent a photographer’s dream. But you’ll want to keep driving through town. On the East end of Colfax, you’ll find the Top Star Motel, at home in an area in which virtually every sign warns against the scourges of prostitution, drug use, and unregistered guests. Indeed, as you contemplate your accommodations along the main Denver thoroughfare, remember this piece of advice: a motel that offers “sleeping rooms” probably doesn’t provide a continental breakfast. Lakewood and Colorado Springs Motel Postcards (click for larger views) Canon City, CO, Motel Postcard (click for larger view) All text copyright Andrew Wood. Photos copyright Jenny Wood and Andy Wood.
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