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An ominous sky on the way to
Alamosa, CO (6/4) |
Part of the Rockies- we couldn't
capture the full panoramic view, but it was beautiful |
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Along the side of the road |
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Updating and emailing at Milagros
Coffee Shop |
Good 'til the last drop |
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Josephine, store manager at
ReThreads |
Taking some time for origami |
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First attempt at an origami crane |
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Wall hanging at ReThreads - Sand
Hill Cranes migrate to Alamosa annually |
Design on a shirt hanging on the
wall at ReThreads |
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Sorting through bags and bags of
clothes |
Here are some pants |
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Mostly, Jonathan sorts and Elena
hangs |
The good stuff! |
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The children's area at ReThreads |
Donated clothes that aren't quite
up to snuff to give away are compressed into 500 pound bales to be recycled |
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In case you're in need, now you
know where to go
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We met a guy at Milagros who was
wearing these sneakers that caught our eye. He said he's been wearing
them for about a year and a half and they've really helped his bad back.
The company who makes them is call Z-Coil. |
Trying to get the perfect shot of
the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, CO (6/7) |
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The Sangre De Cristo Mountains...
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and again... |
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Along the path to Zapata Falls |
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The Zapata Falls stream... and us |
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Building a rock statue for good
luck |
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Elena spotted these antlers on
the side of the road while we were driving on the Zapata Falls road |
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The Great Sand Dunes in front of
the Sangre De Cristo Mountains |
While we were at the Great Sand
Dunes Visitor Center, Elena took a picture of this piece of art that she
really liked (6/7) |
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You talkin' to me?! |
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Bear claw? Elena seems to
think so, and there are definitely bears in this area, so it is entirely
likely. |
Too chilly to stay, so we'll come
back tomorrow! |
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Rachel (middle) and her trio
called LuLu, performing at the San Luis Valley Brewing Company for a benefit
for Habitat For Humanity (6/7) |
Rachel performing one of her many
solo songs |
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Back at the Great Sand Dunes
National Park the next day, this boy picks up grains of black magnetite from
the sand with a small magnet (6/8) |
Starting our ascent to the top of
the dunes
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Yeah baby! |
Sandy, sunny, and windy, just the
way we like it! |
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This young boy was apparently
waiting for the perfect sand wave
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Looks like just another day at
the beach for some folks |
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Specs of people making their way
to the top |
This young girl was trying to
roll down one of the dune faces (she's the one on the bottom left of the
picture above) |
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Getting windier and sandier as we
climb higher |
That's Elena with hands held high |
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The dunes on the other side of
the tallest dune, Star Dune, which stands at 750 feet. We both commented that they looked
surreal, like a painting |
Yet more dunes from the top... |
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The shot from the top of Star
Dune |
Back at the base of the dunes, at
Medano Creek, more magnetite (in black) in the wet sand |
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Cooling our feet in Medano Creek
after our long journey up and down the Great Sand Dune |
Without my hat, you can now
notice my extended forehead, compliments of my clippers and Elena's magic
clipping abilities! |
