(Glenn) Today we rode to our final destination of Salida, Colorado by way of Wetmore, CO to see Bishop Castle. It is such a unique structure created by one person who started the project in 1969. There are antigovernment signage everywhere. The structure is interesting but appears to be unsafe. There is no charge to explore this place and it draws alot of visitors (donations encouraged). We heard he now is fighting cancer and was conned into signing the property over to another person recently. We are unsure of these details but we're glad we visited here. We will be spending the next three nights in Salida, CO (Jim Garrard's favorite city) to visit a few places in the area. The ride here on highway 50 followed the path of the Arkansas River through some mountain canyons (unbelievable scenic route!).
(Cathy) Glenn told me if Mr Bishop was at the castle I was not to engage him in anything political.lol
I went part way up but was not comfortable going all the way up to the touret. Some of the steps looked like they were were just hanging there. No Hoover building inspectors for sure . But still interesting.