Traveling in winter, when the days are so short, definitely limits how much I can do in a day. I left Trinidad shortly before 4:00 and it seemed like the day was pretty much over, but I managed to enjoy one more site, Sugarite Canyon State Park in New Mexico, before calling it a day.
I hiked the coal camp trail, which winds among the ruins of a coal mine company town. All that remains are the foundations from the homes, community buildings, and an old bread oven from the city that existed from 1912 to 1941. I also hiked up to two of the of the mine entrances--long since collapsed--that supplied the town's raisin d'etre. By the time I reached the second mine entrance, it was getting pretty dark & chilly so I made a rapid descent back to the car.
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