(Glenn) This is our last day at our hotel in Salida, Colorado. Today we rode about 1 1/2 hours to the Great Sand Dunes National Park. It is in a remote area at the base of the mountains and is the highest sand dunes in North America. This is a very unusual area seeing huge desert sand dunes at the base of some beautiful Colorado mountains. It was quite a hike to the lower dunes and Cathy and I agreed there was no way we were going to climb the 750 foot dunes. It is very hard to climb mountains made of sand but many people were doing it. See the dark specks (people) on the dunes in the background. The motorcycle got 46 MPG today (best I have ever recorded). On our way home we stopped to wash the motorcycle because it was filthy from riding unpaved backroads up the mountain to the Hopemoor Mine yesterday. We enjoyed watching a total lunar eclipse tonight as the large full "supermoon" slowly turned red. Tomorrow we head west to visit another national park. I have mixed feeling about our journey being on its last few weeks. I will have so much to catch up on when I get home- I just hope I don't get a ticket for my tag that will expire at the end of this month (maybe some carefully placed mud will help).
(Cathy)The dunes were awesome. I got a small rock and a little bitty container of sand as a souvenir.
We shared, yes shared lunch. Chicken fried steak, salad and sweet potato fries. Our waitress split everything for us. So sweet. Tried green chili, we just kept seeing it advertised. One bite and I knew what green chili was! Drank half a glass of water. Glenn finished this.