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Day 20: August 2nd, 2014 Great Sand Dunes, CO to Clark State Lake, KS

August 5, 2014 / April / 0 Comments

This was our last morning among the mountains at 8,000 feet. Sand Dunes National Park was such a unique landscape with mountains, forests, wetlands, and desert sand dunes. It is so unique they even have a beetle that lives no where else in the world except here. I’m not much of a beetle fan, …

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Day 19: August 1st, 2014: Curecanti National Park, CO to Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO

August 5, 2014 / April / 0 Comments

“The sun will come out tomorrow!” Or maybe the next day after that… Monsoon season!!! It rained most of the night with wild winds and lightning. It might also be interesting to note that I disagreed with Scott on where he wanted me to set up the tent last night because I found a spot …

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Day 18: July 31st, 2014: Black Canyon of the Gunnison to Curecanti National Recreation Area

August 4, 2014 / April / 0 Comments

Scott went for a seventeen mile bike ride along the park road up to Warner Point around seven am. The kids were so adorable sleeping I did my best to try not to wake them. Brooke was so determined to complete her Junior Ranger book as much as possible that she actually begged to go …

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Day 17: July 30th, 2014 Durango, CO to Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado

August 4, 2014 / April / 0 Comments

We started the day with the free Durango Train Museum. The Denver and Rio Grande Railway was founded in 1870. In 1881 construction began on the forty-five mile stretch from Durango to Silverton. The narrow gauge line was completed in under nine months. An interesting fact and odd fact, in 1987 a truck loaded with …

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Day 14: July 27th, 2014 Canyonlands National Park Needles District, Utah to Mesa Verde, Colorado

July 29, 2014 / April / 3 Comments

Scott woke up at six am to get in a nineteen mile bike ride along the Canyonlands Needles District main road. The views were spectacular. The two pictures straight above are of Wood Shoe Arch. After Scott arrived back at camp he cooked up pancakes and prepared a sun shower for the kids. The kids …

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Tag: Colorado

Day 20: August 2nd, 2014 Great Sand Dunes, CO to Clark State Lake, KS

Day 19: August 1st, 2014: Curecanti National Park, CO to Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO

Day 18: July 31st, 2014: Black Canyon of the Gunnison to Curecanti National Recreation Area

Day 17: July 30th, 2014 Durango, CO to Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado

Day 14: July 27th, 2014 Canyonlands National Park Needles District, Utah to Mesa Verde, Colorado

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