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Road Trip to Denver - Part 3

The final leg of the trip followed a scenic route, mostly Colorado state routes 285 and 17 to Taos, NM. I came home via Albequerque and I-40 thru Painted Desert National Monument.
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Mountainside in Pike National Forest
Mountainside in Pike National Forest		 Landscape around Pike National Forest
Landscape around Pike National Forest		 Meadow in Pike National Forest
Meadow in Pike National Forest		 Landscape near Poncha Springs, CO
Landscape near Poncha Springs, CO
Hay bales near Villa Grove, CO
Hay bales near Villa Grove, CO		 Meadow near Village Grove, CO
Meadow near Village Grove, CO		 Great Sand Dunes NM flanked by the Sangre De Cristo Mountains 1
Great Sand Dunes NM flanked by the Sangre De Cristo Mountains 1		 Great Sand Dunes NM flanked by the Sangre De Cristo Mountains 2
Great Sand Dunes NM flanked by the Sangre De Cristo Mountains 2
Southwest flank of sand dunes
Southwest flank of sand dunes		 Within Great Sand Dune NM
Within Great Sand Dune NM		 Small cloudburst brings raindrops to the dunes
Small cloudburst brings raindrops to the dunes		 Cloudburst moves towards the Sangre De Cristo range
Cloudburst moves towards the Sangre De Cristo range
View from midway up the dunes
View from midway up the dunes		 Nearing the top
Nearing the top		 Inner vally
Inner vally		 View from top
View from top
I'm a mess - a tough climb
I'm a mess - a tough climb		 Mountaintop sprouts a rainbow
Mountaintop sprouts a rainbow		 Mountaintop sprouts a rainbow 2
Mountaintop sprouts a rainbow 2		 Rio Grande Gorge south of Taos
Rio Grande Gorge south of Taos
Wild sunflower
Wild sunflower		 Painted Desert overlook 1
Painted Desert overlook 1		 Painted Desert overlook 2
Painted Desert overlook 2		 Painted Desert overlook 3
Painted Desert overlook 3
Blocking some of the Painted Desert overlook view
Blocking some of the Painted Desert overlook view		 Painted Desert overlook 4
Painted Desert overlook 4		 Painted Desert overlook 5
Painted Desert overlook 5		 Painted Desert overlook 6
Painted Desert overlook 6
Painted Desert overlook 7
Painted Desert overlook 7		 Painted Desert overlook 8
Painted Desert overlook 8		 Teepees in the Chinle formation
Teepees in the Chinle formation		 Mudcracks in the desert pavement
Mudcracks in the desert pavement
Teepee and wash in the Chinle formation
Teepee and wash in the Chinle formation		 Really old log...really really old
Really old log...really really old		 Blue Mesa overlook 1
Blue Mesa overlook 1		 Blue Mesa overlook 2
Blue Mesa overlook 2
Blue Mesa overlook 3
Blue Mesa overlook 3		 Blue Mesa overlook 4
Blue Mesa overlook 4		 Blue Mesa turned Black & White
Blue Mesa turned Black & White		 Late afternoon shadows
Late afternoon shadows
Escarpment vista
Escarpment vista		 Blue Mesa trail winds through these badlands
Blue Mesa trail winds through these badlands		 Descent into the badlands
Descent into the badlands		 Bentonite clay up close
Bentonite clay up close
Blue Mesa view from near top of trail
Blue Mesa view from near top of trail		 View from trail in the heart of the badlands
View from trail in the heart of the badlands		 Badlands view 1
Badlands view 1		 Badlands view 2
Badlands view 2
Gullies cut by rain reveal petrified logs
Gullies cut by rain reveal petrified logs		 Site of an ancient rainforest
Site of an ancient rainforest		 Stoned log in it's natural habitat
Stoned log in it's natural habitat		 Badland clay striping
Badland clay striping
Log splinters
Log splinters		 Log splinter in situ
Log splinter in situ		 Blue Mesa Lake
Blue Mesa Lake		 Late afternoon sun lights the badland hilltops
Late afternoon sun lights the badland hilltops
Rubble in the badlands
Rubble in the badlands		 Blue Mesa near sunset
Blue Mesa near sunset		 Blue Mesa sunset
Blue Mesa sunset		 Blue Mesa sunset 2
Blue Mesa sunset 2
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