Not the usual Colorado habitat; almost tropical.
Gypsum
The Glenwood week is done. The Glenwood job is done. Now we’re east of the canyon between Gypsum and Dotsero at Riverdance RV Park. A little fishing on the Eagle River.
Along the way
Sage and wildflowers at Camp Hale, the 10th Mountain Division World War II training facility for mountain warfare.
Good High country stuff.
Good High country stuff.
Santa fe
Meanwhile, back at Santa Fe Skies, there is a lot to see.
Buena vista
We took the scenic route. The direct route from here to Glenwood Springs would have been to go straight north right back through Leadville to Interstate 70, then west. We didn’t do that. We left Santa Fe on Interstate 25 northbound and drove for a few hours, as far as Walsenburg, Colorado. From there we took a back way we never get to go on, a colorado highway through Westcliffe to eventually meet up with Highway 50 and follow the Arkansas River upstream through Salida. We were expecting great scenery and got it. So here we are again at the KOA in Buena Vista for the night. In Santa Fe, the hummingbirds were all black-chinned. Here, they are all broad-tailed and Rufous. Swarms of hummingbirds and a bonus; a roving pack of about a hundred pinon jays, complaining their way across the scrub forest.