Alamosa, United States

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 ...

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 ...

... 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. ...

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 ...