Well I finally managed to get all the pictures from this past weekend gathered together, sorted, and uploaded to Flickr. It took a small miracle. Now, about that trip.
We left Denver after work on Thursday and took a long drive to Alimosa, where we stayed the night.
The next morning, after a nice breakfast at our Best Western, we drove out to the Great Sand Dunes National Park. I hadn't been there since I was a kid, but it was absolutely incredible to me. It's so wild to think that in the middle of mountainous state, there's these HUGE piles of sand. The people look like ants on an anthill. We walked around on the dunes, found a bug, played in the mud and the sand and just generally enjoyed ourselves.
After a lovely lunch at the Sand Dunes Oasis, including wonderful PIE, we went back down the road a bit and headed for Zapata Falls. It's a nice short hike with interesting terrain along the way. That leads to a wonderful river that you hike along (and in!) … until you come to a cave … inside there is the waterfall. And it's incredible. So refreshing after a day in the hot hot sun.
After that, we headed further south towards Durango. We got to drive through the gorgeous Rio Grande National Forest, and among other things: see goats, eat icees, have a blow-out (Tabbs, you'll kill me for posting this when you're 16 – but remember – it was daddy who took the picture!!), and admire the scenery. We made it into Mesa Verde late Friday night. More on that later …
Hi there
I am danish, live on Bornholm which is an island in the Baltic Ocean. Beautiful nature!
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Have a nice day, and take care of yourselves.
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Oooh I have to rmemeber tha tplace.
Beautiful pics! Looked like you had a great trip!