On The Road: To and From Mesa Verde National Park
May 20, 2013
Drink on the plane
Heading south on I-25. Next exit: Walsenburg
10 miles north of Walsenburg, you pass Huerfano Butte, a volcanic plug it is believed. Huerfano is spanish for “orphan”.
Walsenburg on a Saturday
Crossing the Continental Divide at Wolf Creek Pass.
Elevation: 10,857 ft (3,309 m).
A truck passing the Wolf Creek Pass summit.
On the way down towards Pagosa Springs, a 5,000 ft drop in elevation
Pinon Lake Reservoir near Pagosa Springs, CO
Durango at Night
Cars of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Durango
The land of pickup trucks
Just across the street
Somewhere near Pagosa Springs
Pinon Lake Reservoir at dusk
Somewhere in the Rio Grande National Forest
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