Cuchara, CO

Pagosa, Alamosa, Cuchara, . . . Salida, Delta, Fuita. This was the grand tour of southern Colorado. We drove over Boulder Mountain, through Capitol Reef, into Hanksville, and across the river at Hite. We stopped for gas in Monticello, eyed Dove Creek, felt the rain in Pleasant View, and spent the night in Dolores. We passed Mancos, Durango, Bayfield, Pagosa Springs, South Fork, Del Norte, Monte Vista, Alamosa, Fort Garland, and La Veta. We spent three nights at a dude ranch in Cuchara. We slept in a cottage, rode the horses and hiked. Then we returned. Down to Walsenburg, up the freeway to Pueblo, west to Canon City, and along the Arkansas to Salida. Over Monarch Pass, through Gunnison, a two hour drive-through of the Black Canyon, and the night in Montrose. The next day we passed Delta and Grand Junction, stopped in Green River, and turned south to Hanksville, completing the loop. Then, back through Capitol Reef and over Boulder Mountain. Twelve hundred miles in six days.

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