Canon City

When I think of all the hundreds of trips I have made to Westcliffe, Colorado - it never occurred to me to fly into anywhere other than Denver!  On a wild hare, I checked out Colorado Springs as an alternative destination - $10 more expensive but about an hour closer to my destination.  However, car rental was $250 cheaper!  Of course there is only one flight a day from Seattle to there, but that is fine with me for that kind of savings.

Easy drive to Canon City, where I had rented a room for the night.
Then I was to find out that all food, everywhere in town, was Tex-Mex ..... ALL OF IT!  And I hate chilies.

There is lots to do there if you can not dine in comfort.

I caught the train through the Royal Gorge.  It was very peaceful and was made fun due to a contingent of British astronomers wasting time until the eclipse.

There were many museums but no time to check them out.

Can not recommend any places to eat as all of them had me vomiting due to the over use of chili!
You try brushing it off, but you can't get it all ...
Even Subway was not swallowable!
sigh

Nice town, friendly people, beautiful scenery.
K-Bobs, a steakhouse has a good salad bar.  All steaks are marinated in chilies though!
Chilis, the chain, has the same food as everywhere - urp!
Lots of Tes-Mex places.

Parkview Inn was commendable. Decent fees, breakfast of bagels, right by the historic prison, easy walk to many eateries.  Like the idea of Tex-Mex Chinese or Italien?  This is for you!