Kansas-Colorado 2013
Abandoned grain storage building in the midst of a field of sorghum
Bringing power to rural western Kansas
Family outing!
Welcome to the wild west.
We can't leave Kansas without enjoying more sunflowers.
Another field
Smiling on you.
We were welcomed to southern Colorado with this beautiful rainbow.
Storm crossing the plains of eastern Colorado
Wind power
Another view
Main street of Creede, CO, a fun little tourist town
At the end of Main Street in Creede, CO
Just strolling down the tracks
Love these fences made of natural materials
A little early for the leaves to be turning, but not a bad view
Another fence design
San Luis Peak, 14,014 ft located between Creede and Lake City
Waterfall between Creede and Lake City on HWY 149
Closer view
And another perspective
Rushing water
Cascading down the mountainside
Early morning traveling to the Great Sand Dunes National Park
Same morning, spectacular sky
We're here
Approaching the dunes
The dunes nestled against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Hiking the dunes is popular
North America's tallest dunes make for a challenging, and sometimes lonely hike
The dunes were created by erosion from the mountains, then shattered by freezing and thawing, and tumbled by streams and wind.
Early morning shadows on the dunes
The Medano stream which runs between the dunes and the mountains
The stream recycles the sand as it waters this arid valley
This picture was taken in September. Can you imagine what it looks like in the spring when the water from the melting snow comes roaring through here.
The park hosts many deer.
We came early to capture the texture of the sand undisturbed by human footprints.
Life emerges
Another view
