Charming Redstone
Yesterday my family and I were invited to our friends’ new home on the main drag in Redstone, south of Carbondale, along Highway 133. It had been a while since I’d spent some time in this tiny town along the Crystal River, and it was a treat to walk along the .75-mile-long Redstone Boulevard in the early evening. Here, tourists browse in the antique shops, families buy ice cream at the General Store, and kids frolic on the play structure in Redstone Park.
Weekends in the summertime bring community events at the park. The Summer Concert Series fuses “music, art and nature.” 
My seven-year-old daughter and her same-aged friend were delighted to see a “real Indian” sharing her tribe’s sign language and storytelling with the audience gathered on the grassy lawn next to the river. Artisans showed and sold their wood carvings and jewelry. The final community event held at the park this summer is a concert this Sunday, September 2, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., with country and bluegrass music. Daily throughout Labor Day Weekend also find the annual art show at the Redstone Inn.
When the aspens start turning colors (soon in the high country!) a particularly pretty drive is south of Redstone up to McClure Pass. We drove this route in the third week of September last year, just as the autumn foliage peaked. Gorgeous golden orange hues!
(Thanks to Steve at ColoradoGuy.com for the images of Redstone above: the historic town’s welcome sign and the red cliffs above the boulevard.)
August 30th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Redstone is definitely quite an interesting and quaint little town. I really need to visit McClure Pass when the fall colors begin happening!
September 12th, 2007 at 11:36 am
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