As mentioned Friday, I'm doing a retrospective all this week. All shots are from last year, however I am freshly processing them from the original files.
Breland at the
Great Sand Dunes National Park.
Breland and Gayle were with us for only three days so I rode with them. Day 2 consisted of a major stop at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, and then a drive across the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the San Dunes National Park. We were beset with clouds and rain all day.
There was a touch of keystone cops that day. I had given poor instructions at the GOG and we all got separated. It took a couple of hours to reconnect after chasing all over trying to find each other! Then while Di and Wynn drove to the Sand Dunes via the Interstate, I dragged Gayle and Bre across an unnamed mountain pass south of Westcliffe on a dirt road crossing the Sangres in a rainstorm. After some anxiety we finally got to the San Dunes to rejoin Di and Bandito.
We all survived, and I was able to dry out my new cell phone that Di had accidentally dropped in a river, and we were able to safely spend our first night on the road in Alamosa.
This is my slideshow of the day.
Below (l) Bandito’s shot of the crowd, (r) Garden of the Gods
