A Winter Playground in the San Luis Valley Wolf Creek Pass resides on the west side of the San Luis Valley and sits in a winter storm track that in big snow years, because of geography, and being on a ridge at 12,000 feet in the San Juan Mountains, storms…
ART, SCIENCE, HISTORY AND HARMONY AT THE GREAT SAND DUNES December 4th, 2015, at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve… A fellow writer once said – “Strive for excellence in writing, not perfection, because you will never achieve it.” Correct he is! However, when I visit the Sand…
‘Changes’ is a good song by the Band YES, and changes are something that happen regularly in our lives. The same is true for ranch and farm owners in the San Luis Valley. Decisions must be made on occasion about how to best use the family ground to adapt to…
Penitente Canyon. Okay – now, you’ve heard of it. There are no excuses for not making this a future destination. Websites discuss the wonders of the canyon and the pictures should lure you this direction.The San Luis Valley Heptathalon is my unofficial name for the following sports. If these are…
The San Luis Valley in Southern Colorado is a very cool place to road-trip. Compared to the packed tourist hot-spots on I-70, The Valley is relatively quiet and undiscovered. (Don’t wait too long to visit though; word about this awesome part of Colorado is spreading!) You CAN go for a…
Travel Quiz – What can this strange sight be? A photo shopped alligator in Colorado? Fake snow at a gator pond in Florida? A Colorado gator in his natural environment? A real photo? Had I labeled these A – D the answer is….D! On Highway 17, 15 miles north of…
Climbing the Great Sand Dunes What a magnificent sandpile! Forever shifting and changing in the wind but always staying in the same place. Hiking the dunes is unique as there is no trail. Everyone blazes their own. Rising almost 800 feet above the valley floor the dunes are easily accessed…
Hot springs in winter … wherefore art thou? Travelers have numerous reactions to hot springs in a region. Some seek them out. Others happen upon them any time of year and are happy to spontaneously try them out. Others, like me, enjoy them seasonally. I like contrasts. Cold winter days…
With a goal of having a science learning experience (SLE) in the San Luis Valley (SLV) and in a quest to answer, ‘What am I going to do for fun today?’ I drive south on 285 over Poncha Pass and into the SLV. My interview with camels was in two…
Potatoes. Mashed, hash-browned, French-fried, boiled, foiled (as in baked), souped, roasted, saladed, totted, Augratined or chipped. How do you like potatoes? Perhaps your taste leans more toward European styles like latkes (potato pancakes) or gnocchi (Italian potato pasta). Ah, how the world loves potatoes. But, do most people know how…