I like the pastel shades of this picture; it was about 1/2 hour before sunset.
Crestone is just a tiny little place, and there are a couple of other towns that strike me as being similar in Colorado: Eldorado Springs near Boulder, and La Plata near Durango. And perhaps Eldora. They are all small communities right at the edge of tall mountains, seemingly with lots of hippies and/or artists-in-residence. I actually had a grad student teacher in college who summered in Crestone. Lucky guy.
Great pic. I've gazed at a similar view from the window of a lodge on The Nature Conservancy's Medano-Zapata Ranch there in the San Luis Valley.
ReplyDeleteThanks. The ranch looks pretty nice. I still have not been to the dunes and I really need to. Maybe early in the year for the melt/flowers.
ReplyDeleteNice photo. You should also try to make a trip to the Westcliffe area and take a gander at the Sangres from there. I think they look even more dramatic from that direction.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I've not been to Westcliffe, but was farther south on the east side when I visited Mt. Lindsey. The day I was there was slightly overcast so the mountains were kind of flat-looking, but the valley was amazingly green. It didn't seem like typical Colorado in the summer.
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