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October 14th 2012
Colorado No photograph could have prepared us for the scale of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. When we arrived just before sunset, the height of the stark, buff-colored, wind-sculpted dunes was emphasized by the flat, scrub open rangeland in the foreground, the deep shadows that sculpted their form, and by the dark blue-green Sangre de Cristo Mountains rising behind them. Storm cl ... read more

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Backpacking by Car

When my husband, Phil, and I decided to schedule a driving trip to Yosemite for a series of day hikes, I thought we should also arrange a visit and hike with a friend who lives north of Santa Fe. Our Yosemite visit would be mid-September, but our friend wasn't available until the end of October. As a result, we stitched together a 6-week, 6,000-mile trip starting in Minneapolis on September 8, 2012 driving in my small EOS VW hardtop convertible. From Yosemite we will swing up into Oregon to visit one of my brothers and his wife, then meander down to Santa Fe, visiting several remote nationa... full info

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28th October 2012

Larry Bieber
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Lovely!
Great pictures!! Our daughter lived for 3 years in Alamosa about 10 years ago, so we visited the area frequently and went several times to the Sand Dunes (actually before they became a national park). What a remarkable area.

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