The Alamosa and Rio Grande counties are where Roger lives and work and reminds me of the desert road area. We are in a large valley that is about 7,000 feet high with huge mountains all around. It seems to be mainly a farming area. They grow lots of potatoes and hay for sale in other areas. They are dairy/beef farms around. The population of each county is about 15,000 and is very much at the lower socio-economic level.
The area is a very Spanish/Mexican/Indian culture as opposed to Washington DC with was very European/African American culture.
We did go for a drive to the Great Sand dunes which are amazing. They are about an hour away from Roger’s.
Have a look at the Wikipedia Link if you want to read more about this natural high desert and dunes.
On the drive we were hoping to see some Buffalo but did not see any. We did see a coyote.
We went over to Cuchara and on the way see some really interesting rock formations. This is a big country with large mountains and distances.
Cuchara is an interesting little town. There was a very “Mountain Man” feel to the town. They also do have wild black bears about but we did not see any, which I think was a good thing.
I also seen my first ghost town; Russell, hopefully we will see more on our travels.
We will be leaving Monte Vista (or Monty as it's known here) early Monday morning and travelling to LA. This is very much the western leg of the trip where western movies will be the theme rather than the Civil War.
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