I Did Say this is an Undefined, Unstructured Tour…

While pondering my next move, I thought I would check to see what the weather was going to be in the next few days…at different locations. Seemed that there was a great chance of rain, storms and such at Taos….since I also wanted to venture to Great Sands Dunes National Park in Colorado…I took a vote from the “Trip Team”….that would be me…though it was a close vote…Mmmm(you can’t fix stupid)..and I’m now headed to The Dunes…it was only 200 plus miles, though a steady climb…I had to navigate two passes…the Raton pass(l-25) at about 7800 feet and the La Veta pass(US-160) at 9400 ft .  All went well..Griff(the Xterra)… did have to drop to 3rd at the La Veta pass. No harm no foul….Arrived sometime past noon..I had forgotten about a time change when entering New Mexico…number of sites available..but the real nice ones where taken…a major problem is how small, narrow they are,and some very uneven…I found one to my liking …direct view of the Dunes and some shade from the pinion trees…no electric or water, but that’s fine, does have bathrooms, great visitors center, and hiking trails…

©2014Horst Kelly photographer

BTW they do not have Wi-Fi here, but my smart phone does between 3 and 4 g’s and I have 4 bars for phone coverage…so I can tether from phone laptop and be somewhat productive.

©2014Horst Kelly photographer

Went on a couple easy hikes, no photo ops thus far may do some this evening, if not start in earnest tomorrow…I did take a couple pics with my phone…so I'll go ahead and post those..

Plan on grilling this evening ..a flat iron steak, something JerryC introduced me to through his blog…still haven’t found any sweet corn to grill ….life is Sooooo rough ….

Until next time…safe travels and thanks for stopping by…Horst sends