Articles with Alamosa

Beautiful Scenery and Unique Towns on Colorado’s Hwy. 160

After spending a day at Great Sand Dunes National Park, it was time to head to our next destination, Mesa Verde National Park. From our stay in Alamosa we would travel across the southwestern part of Colorado along Hwy. 160. It would take most of the day as we stopped from time to time to see the sights. We spent two nights in Alamosa. The town itself is really the nearest town for those planning to visit the Great Sand…

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Great Sand Dunes National Park in the Spring

Our purpose in visiting Colorado was to check a few more national parks off our bucket list. I don’t think we will ever be able to visit all of the 64 parks, but I am hoping we can at least make it half way. This trip will add three more to the list with Great Sand Dunes National Park our first one. I have to admit I had not heard of Great Sand Dunes until I started researching our national…

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From Colorado’s Pikes Peak to the Snowcapped Sawatch Range

On Sunday we spent a lot of time walking, especially through the Garden of the Gods. By contrast Monday we spent a lot of time driving. It started with a drive up Pikes Peak and ended nearly 200 hundred miles south in Alamosa, Colorado We started with Pikes Peak. Colorado refers to it as America’s mountain. Ever since I was a kid, I have heard of Pikes Peak. Therefore when we planned this trip, and I realized we would be…

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