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Here is why I didn't take the bike.
I headed out to Colorado and drove through snow in the panhandle. Right before I hit the snow, I was doing 80mph and was 80 miles out from Amarillo. I thought to myself, "One hour to go." I hit the snow and slowed to 50. Then there was the sign saying 50 miles to go. OK, one hour left. Snow got worse. Now I was at 45mph and was 45 miles out. You know....one hour to go. The next stretch of road had accumulation and I lost the stripes. This took me down to 25mph with 25 miles to go. Sigh. With one hour to go, I was using the rumble strips to keep my car on the road. Oddly, the roads cleared about 20 miles before Amarillo. The next day the drive was beautiful on clear roads with the entire panhandle heavily dusted with snow.
So on to the entertainment in Colorado. The first excursion was to see the annual migration of the Sandhill Cranes outside of Monte Vista. We passed through the tiny town of Villa Grove and found Always Azul, a pottery business.
So many of the pieces reminded me of ones I saw in Terlingua, that I asked the owner if he shipped there. Yup. Even Kokopelli Man pieces. Here is nice site with an explanation of that legend.
http://www.gilamountaindulcimers.com/koko.htm
There were interesting buildings and one sign I liked.
Here are some shots of the Cranes. My camera is so limited and fails to show the massive quantity of these birds and the size of them.
We could see the Great Sand Dunes across this massive valley nestled at the base of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range, so we went there.
The next 8 shots need to be stitched to show the whole thing.
Leaving the Dunes, we had to drop by the UFO Watchtower.
Colorado is such a crazy place.
I headed out to Colorado and drove through snow in the panhandle. Right before I hit the snow, I was doing 80mph and was 80 miles out from Amarillo. I thought to myself, "One hour to go." I hit the snow and slowed to 50. Then there was the sign saying 50 miles to go. OK, one hour left. Snow got worse. Now I was at 45mph and was 45 miles out. You know....one hour to go. The next stretch of road had accumulation and I lost the stripes. This took me down to 25mph with 25 miles to go. Sigh. With one hour to go, I was using the rumble strips to keep my car on the road. Oddly, the roads cleared about 20 miles before Amarillo. The next day the drive was beautiful on clear roads with the entire panhandle heavily dusted with snow.
So on to the entertainment in Colorado. The first excursion was to see the annual migration of the Sandhill Cranes outside of Monte Vista. We passed through the tiny town of Villa Grove and found Always Azul, a pottery business.
So many of the pieces reminded me of ones I saw in Terlingua, that I asked the owner if he shipped there. Yup. Even Kokopelli Man pieces. Here is nice site with an explanation of that legend.
http://www.gilamountaindulcimers.com/koko.htm
There were interesting buildings and one sign I liked.
Here are some shots of the Cranes. My camera is so limited and fails to show the massive quantity of these birds and the size of them.
We could see the Great Sand Dunes across this massive valley nestled at the base of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range, so we went there.
The next 8 shots need to be stitched to show the whole thing.
Leaving the Dunes, we had to drop by the UFO Watchtower.
Colorado is such a crazy place.
: Sad really. 
on the watercolor, too!
And as always, good to have you back.