The internet told me that Matheson, Colorado, has a population on 94. My eyes told me that number seemed sort of exaggerated.

I wouldn’t have been here at all, except that I decided (on a whim that turned into an Absolute Mission) that on our trip to Colorado, we would completely avoid driving on any Interstates. That made for some interesting routes, and included quite a few miles on unpaved roads.

One of those unpaved roads brought us here, to an abandoned church guarded by dead trees.

Matheson, Colorado
photographed 9.4.2016