Day Two:
After the WORST night of ever not sleeping inside a tent.... we woke up to this...
Let me explain this, we set up camp with 10mph winds, I naturally sought a place to pitch the tent that was protected from the wind. I chose the only remaining site that had the most protection. The following picture shows the campsite. BUT, during the night the winds became progressively stronger, and the gusts, on more than one occasion collapsed the tent on top of us. At one point during the night I got out of the tent in only my underwear to tie off the tent, the wind kept pulling stakes up and even the 15lb rocks in each corner were of no use. So, I piled up about 10-15 rocks in such a way to use the dog's 15' wire tie out to wrap around the rocks and tied off with no slack. Anyways. No sleep. Early pack up and in the truck before sunlight struck a wind burned skin. Next stop Alamosa.
Getting gas in Alamosa. We visited the local tourist bureau to gather brochures. Remember this was last minute. If there was something to see and we didnt know about it, we wanted to find out!
The reason we headed to Alamosa is because a Toyota companero, Eduardo, has some property in the San Luis valley south of Alamosa. I was just curious and interested to see what it was all about.
Heading to Eduardo's property.
On the property. Its 40 acres of this!
I like it! Why?
Well, the view! To the north east is Mount Blanca.... in the background of the above picture. And to the west the San Juans(I think?). It was interestingly beautiful, that piece of flat land, sitting on one of the largest aquifers in the world.
How about those ants?
ANDDDD the driveway.
I like!:sombrero:
An interesting house in the area...
On our way to the Great Sand Dunes, we make a pit stop at Wal-Mart and KOA for food and fire wood.... and heading towards Blanca Peak, a Colorado 14er with a super tough trail that I intend to attempt one day.
After the WORST night of ever not sleeping inside a tent.... we woke up to this...
Let me explain this, we set up camp with 10mph winds, I naturally sought a place to pitch the tent that was protected from the wind. I chose the only remaining site that had the most protection. The following picture shows the campsite. BUT, during the night the winds became progressively stronger, and the gusts, on more than one occasion collapsed the tent on top of us. At one point during the night I got out of the tent in only my underwear to tie off the tent, the wind kept pulling stakes up and even the 15lb rocks in each corner were of no use. So, I piled up about 10-15 rocks in such a way to use the dog's 15' wire tie out to wrap around the rocks and tied off with no slack. Anyways. No sleep. Early pack up and in the truck before sunlight struck a wind burned skin. Next stop Alamosa.
Getting gas in Alamosa. We visited the local tourist bureau to gather brochures. Remember this was last minute. If there was something to see and we didnt know about it, we wanted to find out!
The reason we headed to Alamosa is because a Toyota companero, Eduardo, has some property in the San Luis valley south of Alamosa. I was just curious and interested to see what it was all about.
Heading to Eduardo's property.
On the property. Its 40 acres of this!
I like it! Why?
Well, the view! To the north east is Mount Blanca.... in the background of the above picture. And to the west the San Juans(I think?). It was interestingly beautiful, that piece of flat land, sitting on one of the largest aquifers in the world.
How about those ants?
ANDDDD the driveway.
I like!:sombrero:
An interesting house in the area...
On our way to the Great Sand Dunes, we make a pit stop at Wal-Mart and KOA for food and fire wood.... and heading towards Blanca Peak, a Colorado 14er with a super tough trail that I intend to attempt one day.
