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Still in Colorado
Transition stage still in Rocky Mountains.
1. Being back from my walk to Crystal Mill at night, I slept at the edge of Lizard Lake, just above the village of Marble.
2. Surprise in the morning: the small Marble air strip host an aviation meeting. Something for you Marc-André! 😉
3. Everyone came for the night with tent and picnic and leaves the next morning.
4. Radio is ensured by a simple walkie-talkie at the edge of the track to which everyone has free access.
5. A little further, the site of Redstone and his row of charcoal kilns. Beautiful!
6. After a short stop in the posh resort of Aspen, VLC crossed the Independence Pass, at about 12,000 feet above sea level.
7. Mountain river.
8. The first of beautiful Twin Lakes.
9. It’s good to walk there for a while…
10. Small town along the road…
11. A track that should lead me to another natural arch…
12. Another nice boondocking spot into the wild…
I will show you Aspen Arch in the next update! 😀
Alpine Loop (2)
I slept in Animas Fork. This is an old mining town founded in 1880 and which was abandoned around 1920 when the fall of the metal rate during the great depression made their extraction unprofitable. The village hosted up to 450 people during the summer of 1887.
1. The village transformed into a Ghost Town but an association keeps the remains in a state close to the original.
2. The “mill” that served to separate ore by block sizes collapsed.
3. Well preserved house that housed two families (one per floor).
4. VivaLaVida heading to another pass over 13,000 feet : Engineer Pass.
5. Small alpine lake…
6. The track rises in the tundra. It doesn’t seem but some sections are quite steep.
7. Reaching the pass.
8. Grandiose panorama…
9. VivaLaVida looks small up there!
10. Tundra and Snowy rocks.
11. Touch of vegetal color…
12. Facing to the North…
13. … there is a “Matterhorn Peak”! Funny Americans! 😉
14. Descent into the aspens I so love and who, on this slope, began to take their fall colors, such intense orange yellow !
15. A small lake made by Mr. Beaver!
16. Dam builder.
17. Capitol City.
18. Indicator of past industrial activity, an arch dam built around 1890 or what is left…
19. Beautiful house in the picturesque small mining town of Lake City.
20. 2nd street…
21. Cinnamon Valley in late afternoon.
22. Aspens.
23. last sunrays on the road.
24. Cheers from my camp along the Lake Fork Gunnison River.
It continues with some other places of Colorado in a few days. Thank you for your loyalty to follow this blog! 😀
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