It rained briefly on my way north from Santa Fe.
Great Sand Dunes National Park. I actually didn’t enter as they were asking $15, I think, and I felt like I didn’t have the money, but the views from just before the gate were beautiful. It’s certainly an extraordinary area, and definitely worth the money charged.
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park
It was crazy windy because I was on an enormous plateau, and still had not reached the heart of the Rocky Mountains at this point. The dust storm is a result of poor farming practices. All the dry fields without crops were nothing but sand pits. This is the result. An utter mess.
Long, straight roads in south-eastern Colorado
This is a view of Interstate 70 from the top of Mount Royal. This was a favorite run/hike of mine, despite it’s incredible steepness. Pretty much the rest of the images are taken from a forty or fifty foot radius of this one.
