Days Inn Alamosa

Travel Blogs from Alamosa

Rocky Mountain High

A travel blog entry by lizandgazwalker

... Aussies in the audience, we felt like celebrities ha ha. Xavier is so authentic, we felt proud to be Australian. Left Boulder yesterday morning and travelled through, over and around the Colorado rockies, using Gary's favourite word: SPECTACULAR!! We are staying in the small town of Alamosa, another university town. The further south we are going the more the Mexican influence ...

Overnight in Alamosa

A travel blog entry by larry_shirley

Not much to say. We stopped in Alamosa to break up the trip to Durango from Colorado Springs. Learned from the campground hosts, that the San Luis Valley Car Show has over 400 cars for their 32nd. Sure has grown since we were there for their 18th. ...

I did it!

A travel blog entry by bethh1902

They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. And I think I more or less lived that one today. We left our wonderful apartment in Colorado Springs this morning and made the three hour drive to Great Sand Dunes National Park. I had debated whether or not to visit this park, because it is quite a bit off the main highway (an hour and a half) but in the end we changed our reservations so that we could spend ...

WHAT A DAY!!

A travel blog entry by friesendm

... Mountains. We knew there was a price to pay, both in demands of the sand climb on our bodies, and in the delayed departure for our next hotel. It turned out to be worth it, and more.

It’s hard to quantify the feelings one gets at times like these. They are rare!! The senses are heightened on the one hand, and saturated with stimuli on the other. The heart sings, in tune with an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime connection with creation. This was such a time! ...

Chasing the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway

A travel blog entry by friesendm

... 8220;all I have is a $1.” “That’ll be fine”, says he, without making any move to open the till or record the sale. I laughed, a little embarrassed, and pulled out a bit of loose change to add to my offering of a dollar.

We exchanged pleasantries about what a beautiful valley this was, how he’d lived here all his life. I offered that this was the kind of place I was looking for, meaning longer term, but that I was also looking for a ...