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Keith's travels in the Colorado Rockies - September-October 2008
Durango to Gunnison via Creede
Travelling East along US160 and then up CO149 through Creede and Lake City to Gunnison| This photo-diary covers a driving trip around the Colorado Rockies in September/October 2008.
Although my third visit to the state, it's actually the first time I've been in Colorado at this time of the year. There are also photo-journals on this site covering a 2006 trip to Colorado and two to the Pacific coast.. There are lots of excellent photo books by people who've had a bit more time to look round than I have, such as this one by John Fielder... (lots of places I didn't get to) |
Since I'm not on my own, it's a bit more of a driving tour and not quite so heavily phototgraphy oriented as before ;-) That said, I'm getting some excellent shots and look forward to creating some great new prints over the next few months. I'll also be using quite a lot of the images for some of the many new reviews I'm writing later this year.
Colorado is a great place for a vacation, or just a road trip round the state to photograph some of the scenery. If you've any questions about the hotels/inns/motels where I stayed, then please do feel free to drop me a line.
Clear blue skies are not usually my favourite photographic conditions, but they made for a a nice journey today.
Heading east out of Durango along US160 is a nice journey. The picture below is along Wolf Creek, heading towards the pass.
The rocks are volcanic in this area, giving this distinctive weathering style.
The map shows the area we covered today.
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In fact, the lump of rock to the right of the picture above is right in the middle of the one below.
Still many aspens holding on to their leaves
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There is no shortage of helpful road signs in the US - we were wondering why the road vanished into the dark hole in the rocks.
We stopped off in Creede for lunch.
I can certainly recommend the Cafe Ole - best BLT sandwich I've had for a long while :-|)
Afterwards we headed off towards Gunnison
Whilst I like the colours, I'd prefer to see lots of interesting cloud for black and white shots
This was a similar view last time I was going along this road
The Gunnison Sonic is being rebuilt
This is what it looked like last time I was here (note more interesting clouds too!)
Anyway, I just fancied a good cup of tea, and was able to get one at a local coffee shop.
And in a bit of experimentation, it seems that the GX200 really does focus down to 1cm (top is from Karen's fizzy drink :-)
We're staying in Gunnison for a couple of days
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