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July 09, 2006
Pagosa Springs to Lake City CO
| I have about a 100 pictures from the drive back from Colorado to Indiana. I'm going to break them up into each day's drive so I don't swamp slower connections. The first day I drove from Pagosa Springs CO to Lake City CO. Day two was from Lake City CO to Pueblo CO. On day three I left the mountains behind and spent the night in Wichita KS. Day four took me to Pinebluffs MO and the next day brought me home. I said it was a fairly circuitous route. | |
| The route from South Fork to Lake City is listed as one of the prettiest scenic drives in Colorado, and I agree. I had wanted to do this drive because Lake County, of which Lake City is the only population center, is the least populated county in the United States...now that appeals to me. LOL I started taking pictures after I cleared South Folk and was heading north. This route had very little traffic...me a few motorcycles and an occasional passenger vehicle. Sweet... |  |
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| I stopped to grab this pic on a causeway that lead between the highway and a camp ground. Great view. |  |
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| I pulled into the campground to use the facilities and take a walk around to stretch my legs. I was a nice place but totally uninhabited at that time. After a nice walk I pulled back on the highway which wound down the mountains and around the campground, below the campground I came around the curve to find a large Black Bear lumbering across the road heading up to where I had just been. I saw it and it saw me...it did an evaluation and decide that my Blue Insight was a threat. Once that decision was made it hit high speed and ran up the mountain. Of course it flashed across my brain that I should turn around and go back to the camp ground for pictures...of course I realized that would be completely insane and kept going. |  |
| Further down the mountain I stopped at an overlook for more pictures. |  |
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| This marker is located on Slumgullion Pass at 11,000. Two thousand feet below is Lake City...named for Lake San Cristobal. |  |
| I stopped at Windy Pass Overlook and took more pictures. |  |
| There is a trail that heads up into the mountains for a better "overlook" view. At this point I was getting very tired so I passed on even a short hick. As I headed down into town I started rethinking my plan to press on to Pueblo for the night. |  |
| Lake San Cristobal was created about 700 years ago when an earthflow blocked the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River. The earthflow is still moving but apparently no longer leads to the lake. |  |
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| Another scenic overlook at a lower elevation. |  |
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| This historical marker is located where in February 1874, Alfred Packer killed five men as he lead them from Salt Lake City to Los Pinos Indiana Agency, South of Gunnison CO. Welcome to the WILD West. |  |
| This is the official marker with the names of the victims. |  |
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| Lake City is a small town with fewer than 400 residents. I was told that the town mostly empties out in the winter since temps routinely hit -20. Not surprising at this elevation, 8000+. |  |
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| I stopped at the Tic Toc Diner for lunch. The food was very good and the decor was interesting. |  |
| I took this shot of the Tic Toc's menu with their story on the front. |  |
| My next leg of the drive was around Lake San Cristobal itself. This is a highly photogenic lake and estuary. |  |
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| I loved the harmony of this shot...the curves of moss against the curves of the rock. |  |
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| I was really tired by this point so I decided to stay over in Lake City. It took a couple of stops but I found a cabin at the Wagon Wheel Resort. |  |
| A shot from the front door of the cabin looking at the mountains. |  |
| The Cottonwood seeds were falling so thick they were like snow on the ground. I was really cool to watch. |  |
| A couple of shots inside the two bedroom cabin. Now for a good nights sleep in a beautiful locale with cool nights. |  |
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Posted by prolurkr at July 9, 2006 07:23 PM
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