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Alamosa Slideshow
Top Hotels in Alamosa
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Clarion Hotel Of The Rio Grand Alamosa
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Holiday Inn Express Suites Alamosa
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Comfort Inn Alamosa
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Best Western Alamosa Inn
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Days Inn Alamosa
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Super 8 Alamosa
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Back in Thyme Alamosa
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Alamosa
Travel Blogs from Alamosa, United States
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Sand Everywhere!
Great Sand Dunes National Park Saturday was the Potato festival in the next town over but it was washed out by a three hour thunderstorm! First lightening and thunder I've seen since I left Princeton, NJ. We enjoyed the storm and loved the smell of ...
Roberto of Arabia
... and we all have sand in every possible crevas of our bodies. The literal sand blasting was so worth it though. We now are in Alamosa, Colorado and are staying at the Inn of the Rio Grande. Again, the KOA was closed by the time we pulled in. Oh well. ...
Great Sand Dunes National Park
The Great Sand Dunes National Park is located in Southern Colorado in the San Luis Valley. This valley is surrounded by ten 14-ers (mountains with an elevation over 14,000 ft.) and stretches as far as the eye can see. A stream that runs down from the ...
Great Sand Dunes
Um die groessten Sandduenen Amerikas zu sehen, mussten wir tief in den Wild Wild West mitten in Colorado reisen. Hier ist der Weg aber definitiv auch das Ziel. Die Strassen fuehrten uns ueber wunderschoene Ebenen und Paesse (11'000 Feet) mit super ...
SAHARA
... Indians had stands set up where we enjoyed all the handmade jewelry, pottery, and tribal art of the Navajo Indians. We arrived in Alamosa, Colorado late that night and Kim's friend from home, Will Floyd, welcomed us to the valley. Will just moved out ...
Chimayo, Sand dunes, and farewell to Santa Fe
6/17/08 Wow. It's hard to believe that 5 months have already gone by since we arrived in Santa Fe, NM. Although we will miss the people, food and amazing views, we look forward to living the ...
From Heat to Wind
After another sleepless night and a lip with blisters from the heat, we started out from Pagosa Springs headed towards Alamosa, Colorado. Just like yesterday we had a head wind as we pedaled towards Wolfs Creek Pass. We started the climb to the Summit ...
One more RR ride checked off the list!
... and Murphy's group, the concert went on for over three hours! After the concert we got back on the train and headed back to Alamosa. We had ordered two box lunches which were huge so we had one for lunch and then had the other for supper which worked out ...
Driving Eastward...but not very quickly!!!
... at 10:00 in the morning to spend the night! Thus we continued onward for another ten miles or so, stopping in at a Walmart in Alamosa for a few items we needed to make our lives complete. While there John said that after thinking about it, maybe we SHOULD ...
En direction des sand dunes d'alamosa
Malheureusement, un orage pis une tempête de vent arrivaient en même temps que nous dans le désert... On s'hors-prendra pour le surf des ...
Find Religion along the Old Spanish Trail
... their folkways and beliefs assiduously. Of special note for tourists are the churches in San Luis, Ft. Garland, Alamosa, as well as some historic churches in Monte Vista, Del Norte, and South Fork. Seek more interesting architecture in ...
Museums Tell the Stories...
... beginnings and displays the Manassa Mauler's memorabilia. Small Visitor centers and outdoor displays at Monte Vista and Alamosa National Wildlife Refuges feature native birds and mammals, plus the habitat work that helps preserve their homes. ...
Massive Sand Pile Hides Visitor Delights
One of this country's most dramatic natural curiosities appears, at first glance, to be just a huge pile of sand. In fact, about 300,000 annual visitors to the Great Sand Dunes--just off the Old Spanish Trail in Southern Colorado's San Luis ...
Travel on Leather, Hoof and Steel Wheels
... are flowing from the San Juans toward the Rio Grande (or Rio Bravo del Norte). The other train carries you eastward from Alamosa to Blanca (where you cross the Old Spanish Trail), past Fort Garland, then up the long twisting loops of La Veta ...
you call that a knife? this is a knife
... few who get up and dance first. In this case it was Malc from Brad social club and Denis from the crown (or their alamosa counterparts!) and some "ladies" who'd obviously taken full advantage of the $1 drinks during 'panic hour'! We saw a poster for a ...
Great Sand Dunes
Part 4: Palo Duro Canyon, Texas > Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado The next morning, after eating breakfast and packing up, we departed Palo Duro Canyon. After ...
Great Sand Dunes NP
... were in the middle of nowhere and very happy we had plenty of water and gas so we wouldn't get stranded. We made it safely to Alamosa and set up our campsite and headed out to explore. Our first stop was Zapata Falls. We knew the hike was 1/2 mile ...
Day 3 of the Journey
... , so the colors on the photos are a bit washed out, but trust me it was beautiful. The drive from Cortez to Alamosa was spectacular (I have a feeling I'm going to run out of superlatives soon). Criss-crossing the San Juan River and then eventually ...
Along the Old Spanish Trail: Sky-High Recreation
The San Luis Valley, the largest alpine valley in Colorado, offers the best in outdoor recreation, without the crowds. From rim to rim (and oh, what rims!) it exceeds Connecticut in area. And it exceeds almost any western Mountain area ...
Along the Old Spanish Trail - Rustic Recreation
Adjacent to the Old Spanish Trail on the west side of the San Luis Valley, a special set of little canyons draws people into intriguing places and pleasant campsites. At Penitente Canyon, outdoors people can enjoy hiking, premium rock climbing. ...
Rough evening/night in the moutains
We drove all day yesterday through the rest of Nebraska and half of Colorado. We started out great making it far and driving constant. We had a few sites in mid to make it to , to camp. Right outside of Denver we found a great dog park to run the dogs, ...
Great Sand Dunes are awesome!
... about how amazing they truly are. We were all ready for a shower, a swim and a soak in the hot tub at our hotel in Alamosa by afternoon, and were even willing to bypass lunch for it. So we checked in, and cooled off and cleaned up. We were ...
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