Last Entry?

When we left Albuquerque we decided to skip by Santa Fe and go straight to Taos. We wanted to see the town and the ski mountain. We got to see both. The town of Taos was filled with stores and very pricey galleries. We both really wanted to buy a southwestern picture but they were out of our price range and very few prints to choose from. Disappointing. The mountains leading to the ski mountain were beautiful. Check out the next photo - we saw little of the trails - leave it to your imagination!




We did discover the Rio Grande Gorge park and took 2 good hikes there. I quit early on the second one and headed back to the car since we were hiking an open trail with no escape from the blistering sun. But Ken persevered on, my hero! We also met up with another tarantula, not as big as the ones we saw in Zion but still fuzzy and ugly and scary!

Great plants still flowering.


Can you see part of the trail behind me that we took up?



The mighty Rio Grande Gorge




Today we are in Salida, CO, a pretty town. Tomorrow we'll head to Golden.

So our final note will be about our drive up to Monarch Pass. We left in the sun, then it started to rain and by the time we got to the pass it was snowing, temperature at 32 and we're at an elevation of over 13,000' seeing nothing of the Continental Divide.

Ken's parting shot - (yes, he is still in shorts!)



it's been a great trip. We fly back next Tuesday. Looking forward to catching up with everyone in person.

j/k

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