Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsTruckers at sunrise on I-70 near Watkins.
Traffic and business on a Monday morning usually render Colfax Avenue and Highway 40, its western offspring, clogged with traffic. On the morning after Gov. Jared Polis said he couldn't enforce a stay-at-home order, "but the Grim Reaper" could, a journey east to west on the major thoroughfare was sometimes a lonely experience — although some things felt familiar.
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsPulling out of the Love’s truck stop early Monday, March 23, on I-70 at Watkins.
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsWatkins, Monday, March 23.
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsTony Aguilar at work in the kitchen of the Happy Burrito in Bennett, Monday, March 23, 2020.
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsWith schools closed, buses are parked in Bennett at daybreak, Monday, March 23, 2020.
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsWith school closed because of the coronavirus outbreak, Bennett High School’s parking lot is empty, Monday, March 23.
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsNo breakfast crowd. A Village Inn parking lot is deserted at breakfast time on Colfax in Aurora, Monday, March 23.
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsThe state Capitol, closed curing the coronavirus outbreak, on Monday, March 23.
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsCivic Center Park the morning after Gov. Jared Polis advised people to stay home, Monday, March 23.
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsA non-existent morning rush hour on Colfax, viewed from Federal Boulevard, Monday, March 23.
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsSiobhan Hauff takes an order from Carter McCluskey as Rosie the dog looks on at Dutch Brothers Coffee on West Colfax in Lakewood. Monday, March 23, 2020.
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsDavies Chuck Wagon Diner in Lakewood is closed. The morning after Gov. Jared Polis advised people to stay home, Colfax Avenue from Bennet on up into the mountains where it becomes Hwy 40, was a ghost of its normal self — although some facets of life carried on as usual, Monday, March 23, 2020.
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsA visitor takes pictures at the Buffalo Herd Overlook. In some ways, life in Colorado carried on as usual, Monday, March 23.
Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsSocial distance from humans to bison: 3 feet. The Buffalo Herd Overlook, where life carried on as usual, Monday, March 23.
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