Exploring

Yesterday was Sunday.  I suggested to Les that we go for a ride in the car.  So, global warming not withstanding, we hopped into the Jeep and headed east to see what we could see.

Colorado is about 2/3 mountains.  And when it's not mountains, it's the plains.  Trinidad sits at about 6,000 feet elevation right at the foot of the mountains.  If you leave town heading east, you're on pretty much flat ground.  If you leave heading west, you're in the mountains.  That makes for some interesting views on our part because we can see the mountains and the plains.  We have the best of both worlds.

So we drove east about 70 miles across the flat prairie and wound up in a little town called La Junta.  It was a cute little town.   We didn't spend much time as we were just enjoying the drive so we headed back west taking a different route. 

I remember as a kid hearing the song, "Home on the Range."  You know the part that says, "Where the deer and the antelope play?"  For a long time I wondered why they were singing about such African creatures as antelope.  There are lots of antelope around here and let me tell you, they really look like they're on the wrong continent. 

We decided to continue our drive by taking a beautiful ride on the Highway of Legends.  I'm not sure what legends there are on that road, but it's so beautiful that I don't think you need any more drama.  While we started on that part of the drive we drove into a storm.  Talk about beautiful! 

I just love this place. 

More later...