Tuesday, September 06, 2011

SW Colorado Roadtrip

Matt and I both had a busy summer full of reading, writing and showing up to class. I admit that Matt's terms and books were much bigger than mine. But we finally got to have a break at the end of the summer and we wanted to head for Southwest Colorado and to be outside as much as possible. Within the first day we: floated down a river, had a picnic in a park, picked up a hitch hiker and summited the highest sand dune. It was perfect. Here are some photos:






backpacking Crater Lake Trail in San Juan Mountains


camp site near Lake City

same camp site

soaking in the last bit of sun at Crater Lake


driving along the Alpine Loop between Silverton and Lake City

fresh, organic strawberries!

along the Alpine Loop


reading Grapes of Wrath in the sunlight



reflection in Crater Lake


we backpacked 13 miles in two days.
it was so GREEN!

1 comment:

kate said...

looks like an awesome hike and a great camping spot! wish i was there!