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ROF= Ring of Fire Odyssey
MEF-H = Marine Expeditionary Force- Hargus
ITW = Into The West journey
December 8, 2019
ITW 18
Tuesday May 25
San Luis st pk, Colorado
San Luis valley
Southern Colorado Hwy 12 west is a Scenic Byway through the foothills of the Rockies. Beautiful country. Snowcap peaks.
Through Stonewall county some "Flatiron" rock formations. /amazing to see.
Cuchara pass 9,941' elev
Laveta pass ... break out into Plains / arid plain / desert.
Hwy 160 west straight roads down to Plains. sagebrush forever.
Ft Garland. Onto Alamosa. North on hwy 17. pass by a Solar collector plant / project; interesting.
East to San Luis st park. another sign : Great Sand Dunes Nat Park.
Drive through desert. See several "Dirt Devils" ... Cyclone / Twister/ Funnels from sand. Late afternoon now.
San Luis Lake has a canal leading away to irrigate local ranches.
Snowcap Mtns on other side of Lake are Sangre de Cristo range. Stunningly beautiful in the arid high plains desert. Tranquil
Great Sand Dunes are at the bottom of range across Lakes.
San Luis Lake is not from Snowpack runoff down the mountain ridges... Snowpack Melt Sinks INTO mountain , then perocolates down through Sangre de Cristo Mountain range /// through earth, then rises in bowl lake at the bottom of the range. Amazing.
Desert air is thin, cool. Wind 10 -12+. Clear.
You never drink twice from the same stream.
Just because you wander doesn't mean you're lost.
Uncle Hargus: Last of the Independents
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