Last week we took a short, impromptu camping trip up to Colorado to see the fall leaves. We drove the three and a half hours or so to Durango and then up through the San Juan Mountain range. We knew the leaves were likely past their peak already, but we decided to go anyway. Despite the lateness of the season, we saw some spectacular aspens and cottonwoods throughout our travels on the San Juan Skyway…
One might think that the tallest sand dunes on the continent would be in some exotic beach location that few people visit such as the Bering Strait of Alaska, or along the hurricane-ravaged southeastern coasts of the United States. I was surprised to learn that they are located hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean in, of all places, southern Colorado. President Herbert Hoover declared the Great Sand Dunes a National Monument in 1932…
We took an impromptu camping trip last weekend to southern Colorado. We drove up through Taos and further north rather than take the interstate. Of the two main ways to get to Taos from Santa Fe, we typically take the Low Road, which is more direct. The scenery is gorgeous, especially along the Rio Grande Gorge. But we had not taken the High Road since we visited New…