Thursday, August 17, 2006
Sand, sulphur and soot!
(From this morning)
For the past couple of days I have either had no connection to post via, or no brain energy to write one when I was hooked up. Today I decided to at least do a LITTLE, however much I can before Mike drags me off to another day of adventure.
Tuesday morning we started the day by driving up Highway 12, which is called The Highway of Legends. It circles from Trinidad up to La Veta, and features really gorgeous scenery, plus lots of interesting little old towns, some still thriving, some not so much. It helped Mike wear a little of the edge off his nervousness about mountain driving, which would turn out to be a very good thing!
After all that riding of the brake, I wanted to stretch my legs, so we stopped at Fort Garland. This was one of the forts from which troops were sent to fight the Battle of Glorietta Pass, which was the westernmost battle of the Civil War. Lots of neat stuff to see, including a room dedicated to the "Buffalo Soldiers", the African-American troops of the Western Expansion that so few people know about.
But I must go now, Mr. Mike calls! (To Be Continued!)
For the past couple of days I have either had no connection to post via, or no brain energy to write one when I was hooked up. Today I decided to at least do a LITTLE, however much I can before Mike drags me off to another day of adventure.
Tuesday morning we started the day by driving up Highway 12, which is called The Highway of Legends. It circles from Trinidad up to La Veta, and features really gorgeous scenery, plus lots of interesting little old towns, some still thriving, some not so much. It helped Mike wear a little of the edge off his nervousness about mountain driving, which would turn out to be a very good thing!
After all that riding of the brake, I wanted to stretch my legs, so we stopped at Fort Garland. This was one of the forts from which troops were sent to fight the Battle of Glorietta Pass, which was the westernmost battle of the Civil War. Lots of neat stuff to see, including a room dedicated to the "Buffalo Soldiers", the African-American troops of the Western Expansion that so few people know about.
But I must go now, Mr. Mike calls! (To Be Continued!)
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