{"id":6098,"date":"2016-09-22T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=6098"},"modified":"2016-09-21T12:00:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T16:00:32","slug":"western-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/western-colorado\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Western Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nIt’s been awhile that I wanted to explore Colorado mountains and as I have to cross the Rockies to go East, I took the opportunity to make a few detours.
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\n1. Nice valley West of Uncompahgre Plateau.
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\n2. The edge of the plateau is sometimes abrupt.
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\n3. \u00ab\u00a0Western\u00a0\u00bb but actual building…
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\n4. Small church in Gateway.
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\n5. Beautiful mesa over Gateway.
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\n6. The Dolores River has a particularity. To bring water to gold mining, in 1883, a company created a 15 miles canal which was suspended in the cliffs for 5 miles. Some vestiges remain clearly visible…
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\n7. Here in closeup. It’s crazy what the search for gold and silver generated as work in the American West!
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\n8. Typical saloon in a small hick town…
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\n9. Wildlife is still abundant. Here a troop of deer not far from the road.
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\n10. VivaLaVida approachs the mountains and leaves desert with altitude. Here the Lone Cone Mountain which looks like a volcano with this storm cloud.
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\n11. Quiet camping in National Forest…
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\n12. Of course with the campfire to cook the diner! \ud83d\ude42
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\n13. One of the symbols of the American West: artesian wells…
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\n14. Pastures…
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\n15. Highlands…
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\nTo be followed with a small glimpse of Telluride, a small town in the foothills of mountains.
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