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Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes

admin — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:47:30 +0000

One of Colorado’s many great natural wonders located in San Luis Valley region is the Great Sand Dunes. The Great Sand Dunes are the tallest dunes in North America, peaking at over 750 feet. Thousands of visitors each year come to visit the Great Sand Dunes national park.

Check out the Panoramic view of the Great Sand Dunes below, I wish I could show you the full one, but the file size was so huge I had to compress it. Make sure you click the full screen button on the lower right corner (it looks like a box) to enlarge the Pano of the Sand Dunes.

You can hold down your mouse button and drag the panoramic view from side to side to enjoy the Sand Dunes in their full beauty.

The park is located just minutes away from the towns of Blanca, Alamosa, Fort Garland and San Luis to name a few. At the park, you can hike, picnic, bird watch and even go for a wade in the beach like waters of Medano Creek.

The waters in Medano Creek at the base of the dunes has a unique “surge flow” characteristic that mimics waves at a beach. In fact it is one of the few and best places to experience “surge flow” in world. The waters flow during spring and early summer.

The area around the dunes is populated with vegetation and surrounded by Sangre de Cristo Mountains and grasslands which makes for a surreal environment. With the area’s 300+ days a year of sun shine and summer’s with mild temperatures you can enjoy the dune’s in comfort. The sand can get extermely hot so it is advisable to wear shoes when walking across the dunes.

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Counties close to the Dunes are Alamosa, Costilla

Interested in finding out more you can reach the Great Sand Dunes National Park at this phone number: (719) 378-6300 or their website http://www.nps.gov/grsa/index.htm

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Pueblo Zoo Means Family Fun

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:45:44 +0000

When visiting or vacationing in Pueblo Colorado you should take the time to visit the Pueblo Zoo. The Zoo is home to over 400 amazing animals of 130 species. You’ll enjoy walking through attractive landscaped grounds that lead you to North American Grasslands, the Australian Outback, Serengeti Safari, and on an Asian Adventure. You’ll see everything from Buffalo to wild Tigers. It’s a great experience for both young and old so bring the entire family. The Zoo is opened year around, but the hours do vary it can close as early as 4:00pm so you should arrive early and allot at least 3 hours of time to see the entire Zoo. The Zoo is closed for these holidays; Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day

Finding your way around the Zoo shouldn’t be a problem because the Zoo is easy to navigate and provides you multiple paths to take to make your visit unique. If you have children make sure you bring them, because they are sure to have a great time especially at the Pioneer Ranch exhibit where they can interact with animals such as goats, sheep and more.

Make sure to visit the tropical rain forest exhibit and the exclusive underwater viewing of penguins in entire state of Colorado at the Ecocenter. Visiting the Islands of Life building will take you on a shipwreck journey around the globe. if you visit the northern river otter exhibit, you will be treated to the unique opportunity of observing the otters as they play and swim underwater. In fact check out our Pueblo Zoo image show below to see some of the amazing aminals you’ll see at the zoo!

Finding the Zoo is fairly easy, it’s of US 50 West just a few miles off I-25 in Pueblo Colorado. Parking is ample (no parking fees) and the admission fees are very reasonable. So when in Pueblo you should put the Pueblo Zoo on your interinery you won’t be disappointed. The Pueblo Zoo is supervised by the Pueblo Zoological Society and is accredited through the American Zoo and Aquarium Association.

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The Pueblo Zoo from these popular land areas: Colorado City 25 minutes, Walsenburg 40 minutes, Fort Garland 1 hour 45 minutes, Blanca 2 hours, Alamosa 2 hours 30 minutes (all times are approximate)

Pueblo’s Historic Arkansas Riverwalk

admin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:25:14 +0000

When visiting Pueblo Colorado, one must see the beautiful Historic Arkansas Riverwalk. The Riverwalk is huge 32 acre land and water park opened freely to the public. The park provides a serene environment where one can relax, enjoy nature and learn history all at the same time.

You can take a tour on one of boats that cruise the Riverwalk where they share the history and the future of the park. Learn about the founders of the Riverwalk and the reason it was created. You will not be disappointed. HARP (Historic Arkansas Riverwalk Park) has a public website, but unfortunately it is pretty sparse at the moment, you can visit it here.

The Riverwalk has statues, water falls, a walk way that is along side the “river” where you can walk the entire perimeter of the Riverwalk on foot enjoying the amazing architecture and landscaping first hand. There is even an amphitheatre that hosts various events right on the river.

The Riverwalk has light posts that illuminate the park at night, truly a beautiful site to see. Come during the spring and summer months and enjoy a brisk evening on the river. The day I visited was just pefect, nothing but sun shine (a very common day for the area) and a mild breeze.

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For the children there are pedal boats, restaurants, sitting areas and the previously mentioned guided boat tours. You should allot at least 2 hours to fully enjoy the park. The Riverwalk park is located in downtown Pueblo Colorado and free 2 hour parking is available on the street. Unlike most cities Pueblo is easy to navigate, the people are friendly and the city is very clean.

When finished with the Riverwalk and wanting to enjoy more activities without driving then you are in luck. There are many things to do that are in walking distance of the Riverwalk including Buell Children’s Museum, El Pueblo History, Museum and the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center.

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Colorado Ski Trip Preparation

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:18:38 +0000

If you have never been skiing before, you are in for a treat. Besides snow skiing is an excellent reason to scout out some extremely gorgeous destinations, additionally , it is a great deal of excitement. Regardless if you’re undertaking this by yourself, together with your love one, close friends, or even close family, this will be an exilerating experience for everyone — perhaps quite possibly a brand new tradition. Once you choose that you like to take a wintertime ski getaway, although, you could possibly begin to ask yourself what you need to bring along with you. Why don’t we have a look at a few of the ways you possibly can get ready for Colorado skiing vacation packages.

This is simply not just relating to safety — you’ll find it’s concerning comfort and ease also. Most notably, if this will be your very first time on a wintertime skiing vacation, you will definitely require skis as well as gear. You normally may rent all these from what ever ski resort you will be residing at. Thus before you decide to go out and purchase outrageous amounts worth of gear, contact the ski resort and inquire whether they provide equipment rentals. Furthermore, on condition that they do rent equipment however it seems slightly excessive, it’s also possible to hunt within area you will be lodging in. Given that Colorado is probably the largest skiing states in the nation, it will have locations outside the ski resort that may provide reservations for and ski rentals,oftentimes for significantly less expensive prices.

If you have not been snow skiing in the past, you might like to enroll in Colorado skiing training. Nearly all ski resorts around provides some type of skiing instruction, have they be the hour, the day, or the weekend, where you can learn the basics from qualified instructors. These people will teach you about the different parts of your skis, how to accelerate, decelerate, stop, turn, and so forth. They are going to in addition educate you on regarding mountain basic safety as well as how to proceed in the event you become lost or wounded.

Subsequently, it is advisable to understand what to be dressed in on your Colorado skiing trip. Above all else, you really should possess warm overcoat or even a shell that’s going to be water-proof as well as insulated. The majority of vacationers in addition opt to wear a fleece coat or wool jacket underneath, since it becomes extremely frigid way up there located at really high altitudes along with surrounding snowfall. Furthermore, you need to put on insulated, water-proof skiing pants along with a heavy winter hat. Gloves certainly are a requirement along with a good scarf, neck warmer or even entire face mask utilizing insulation. Ensure you take your thermals too! It certainly is better to be safe rather than end up being sorry, particularly if you are hypersensitive towards cold. Finally, you need to purchase ski eye protection or even a mask plus a headwear. You may really feel strange using head gear to ski, however it will almost certainly assure you will be safer. You’ll be able to locate fairly easily just about all of these things from a athletics or even mountain retailer on the internet or even offline prior to your own wintertime skiing getaway.

If you need somesuggestions for ski resorts in Colorado, look no further! Here are the most poplar lodges and resorts… Arapahoe Basin, Arapahoe East Ski Area, Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Beaver Creek, Berthoud Pass, Breckenridge, Buttermilk, Copper Mountain, Crested Butte, Cuchara, Durango Mountain Resort (formerly Purgatory), Echo Mountain Park, Eldora, Geneva Basin, Hesperus Ski Area, Hidden Valley/Ski Estes Park, Howelsen, Kendall Mountain, Keystone, Loveland, Monarch Mountain, Powderhorn Resort, Silverton Mountain, Ski Cooper, Snowmass, SolVista, Steamboat, Sunlight Ski Area, Telluride, Vail, Winter Park/Mary Jane, Wolf Creek

Remember prepare before you go and you will save a lot of money on ski gear.