Traveled around the state last weekend visiting or passing by the Collegiate Peaks near Salida, the Great Sand Dunes National Park, Comanche National Grasslands, Two Buttes, and the Camp Amache National Landmark site, to name just a few!
The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it.
When you’re in the desert, you look into infinity…. It makes you feel terribly small, and also in a strange way, quite big.
Grand Canyon
Palatki Heritage Site
Near Chapel of the Holy Cross
Near Chapel of the Holy Cross
Tlaquepaque Village in Sedona
Tlaquepaque Village in Sedona
Tlaquepaque Village in Sedona
Tlaquepaque Village in Sedona
Tlaquepaque Village in Sedona
Tlaquepaque Village in Sedona
Sunset on Sedona
Sedona Vortex
Yukka
The sea! the sea! the open sea!
The blue, the fresh, the ever free!
— Bryan W. Procter excerpt from “The Sea” ca. 1837
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Today was a beautiful day for the Longs Peak Scottish Irish Highlander Festival in Estes Park, Colorado.
A recent Sunday drive south on Parker Road out of Denver ended at Castlewood Canyon State Park. This is a lovely state park with hiking trails, sightseeing, and picnic areas. Cherry Creek runs along the bottom of the canyon. Ruins of the Castlewood Canyon Dam that broke in 1933 flooding Denver and an abandoned homestead reveal bits and pieces of local history. This park should be on your list of places to visit this year.
I know I’ll be going back.
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