Rural suburbs

Falcon is situated a few miles east of Colorado Springs, out past Peterson Air Force Base. It's where you live if you want to be away from the city. I rarely go there as I never have the occasion, but yesterday I decided to find something picture-worthy out east, or perhaps a great sunset. Falcon's farther removed from the mountains than Colorado Springs is, so they get some really great sunsets over the Peak.

The little town of Falcon has really grown and changed -- a large area of it is now developed. What used to be open land is now thousands and thousands of beige tract homes marching across the prairie. It's really weird. I remember not all that long ago when it was all ranchland! It still retains its rural charm, though. When people think of Colorado, they think of Western things like cowboys boots, horses and trucks. Well, if that's your style you'll dig Falcon. Despite the fact that a lot of former prairie is now developed, it's still quite rural. Falcon is unincorporated and many of its residents really do live the Western lifestyle, down to raising horses and livestock. If you want to live in the Springs area and still have a horse or two and some acreage, Falcon is one of your options. Not a lot of night life maybe, but the sunsets and the antelope make up for it.

I took this picture along Highway 24. This is just one of the places in Falcon where you can buy feed and tack for your horse. I love the bucking bronco!