There are three roads that lead west from Boulder: the southernmost is Flagstaff Mountain Road, which as the name suggests, takes you up and over Flagstaff Mountain, then southwest to Walker Ranch Park. In the middle is Boulder Canyon Drive, which heads west to Nederland. The northernmost of the three is Sunshine Canyon Drive, which leads northwest to the town of Gold Hill and, via a couple connecting roads, to the town of Ward. I decided to drive out Sunshine Canyon Drive on a whim. It was an enjoyable drive through the mountains, but I didn’t find anything so overwhelmingly […]