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I drive by that place frequently. I figured it would be full of squatters. When it was open, on average it didn’t appear to have much more than 25% occupancy. There’s another abandoned hotel right down the road from that one. Knights Inn??? Although it’s half burned down so you probably couldn’t get in. Good ol’ Walsenburg. So reliable for interesting stories.
@VanngoTravelers when I stayed at the motel there were about 4 or 5 other cars there. The guy that ran the place was a dude dressed in all black and was really strange! He would get you food or drinks . He said if I needed anything he would get it for me. I was there from mid-afternoon until the next day. Never seen anyone else nor did those cars move. One of the strangest places I've ever stayed
to correct a fact in this video.. the lady at the coffee shop said that it was 1992 that the town flooded. I grew up in Copperhill, and i have moved away. I was 16 at the time of the flood it was in 1990, the flood waters reached upwards to the rail road tracks behind the BB&T bank building.
When you live in the Rockies you're not going to get a perfect Hotel. °~•.☆.•~° Not all the money in the world can bring you the amenities that you get from living next to the ocean. °~•.☆.•~°
6:27 Cisco's my adopted home town, though I've not been there since 1983 (if I can ever get back, I'll never leave again). When I lived there the Mobley Hotel was abandoned and slowly going to ruin. 13:35 When I lived in Cisco the town was dry - in fact, IIRC Eastland County was dry. *THANK YOU* for making this video. Various circumstances have kept me away from the South since 1997, away from Texas since 1989, and away from Cisco since 1983, and I miss the town dreadfully. My nationality is Cisco Texan, and while a lot of what you showed was totally new to me, some of it was achingly familiar. You showed me home.
Glad you got to see what it looks like now. Not too many people go to these places. I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to take the ride out and visit. I enjoyed Cisco. Definitely brings you back to days gone by. You can feel it there. Thanks for commenting and watching the video.
It was never open for long as an Inn. At one point the top floor burnt off some of the units. The cafe, lounge and pool area has a long history of failure. At two different times I was a member of the health club situated there. I went to a lot of dances in the lounge area but you could always count on some fools from Walsenburg coming and causing trouble.
I grew up in Cisco in the 70s and early 80s and it was doing well until Walmart opened in nearby Eastland and claimed almost every small business downtown. I bought my first suit for the 6th grade prom at the Man's Store and spent my quarters at the Mott's 5 and 10 store - when you could purchase a full bag of candy for that (now Red Gap Brewery). It looks like there has been a bit of a resurgence with oil revenues perhaps. The low-income housing was the Laguna - a major hotel in the 1930s but was closed for many decades (it did have a Dinner Theater at the very top in the late 70s however). Cisco was an oil boom town in the 20's that had a population of 20.000 at one point and was home to the largest swimming pool in the country until it too closed in the 1970's because of safety concerns. My great-grandfather was a dentist there, my grandmother a florist, and my mother an educator at the junior college - I, however, ran as fast as I could to the big city and never looked back.
Wow I do these videos for comments like this. Someone who has lived there and knows the town. That’s awesome! I wish I can go back in time when it all started in these towns. Thanks for the info. I really enjoyed walking around there. That apt complex that you said was a hotel was very cool.
@@VanngoTravelers Nice - if you're interested, there was a bank robbery there in the 20's called the 'Santa Claus Bank Robbery.' It was quite the news story at the time. There was a shootout in the alley that still has bullet holes (nearer the Men's Store). Here is a link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_Bank_Robbery
Just to kind of give you a clue, the money in these tiny west Texas towns almost never reside inside the city. Go outside the city though, point at any pasture and look up the owner and you will probably find a family worth more than Tom Brady’s estate.
This my hometown. I used to work in the 10 south lofts place. the other day some druggie was staring in my car asking for zaza in the parking garage down there
Empanadas from Playeros supermarket in Sosua are the best ones ! Vendors are just doing their job trying to make a living they are super polite !I spend winters in Cabarete super nice safe town with lovely people
Just FYI. The building in the square is the old courthouse. You passed the new one on the way into town. My family retired there 50 years ago. Much has changed.
Looks like there’s a lot of history there. Wow 50 years. That awesome. Nowadays days people are always moving. It’s a nice little town. You don’t see that sense of community these days.
You’ll enjoy it. Breathtaking views all around. Stop at the Mountain Mermaid Brewery there. Their pizza is pretty damn good for not being a pizza place. I use my GoPro 10 as well as my iPhone 14 max pro. Enjoy your visit.
I live here. Since this video was made there's a few new shops and restaurants that have opened. Also, if you really wanted to go to Cumberland Island there are pet sitter/ boarding options in the area.
Lucky girl! Love it there. Yes will have to do that sometime when we go back. I know the island accepts pets but the boat won’t take you. It’s on the bucket list. ❤️ Thanks!
@@VanngoTravelers Honestly, when I clicked the video I kind of assumed you were going there to visit someone in the State Prison. 😂 The only place I've ever stopped in Limon is the TA Truck Stop before heading south to Rocky Ford.
