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Lake City, Colorado, and the Alpine Loop

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From the parking lot at Wilkerson Pass visitor center
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From the parking lot at Wilkerson Pass visitor center

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  • Wilkerson Pass overlook on US 24
  • Another view from the same visitor center
  • From the parking lot at Wilkerson Pass visitor center
  • This caught my eye as we were heading down Highway 285 on the way to Salida
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  • This is shot from US Highway 50, heading up to Monarch Pass.
  • This hillside looked spectacular, and I shot a lot of pictures.
  • This hillside looked spectacular, and I shot a lot of pictures.
  • I'm only showing a few.
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  • Same mine that was shown on the first write-up of the Silver Thread Byway, only now the aspens have turned.
  • On the other side of the road from the mine.
  • Bear with me, I uploaded a bunch of pictures, and I'm still deciding which to pare down.
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  • Heading down toward Lake City on 149. Every hill had splotches of yellow amid the dark of the evergreens.
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  • Half way to Lake City we drove by a cattle drive in progress.
  • There is a movie of it on YouTube (go to the blog for the link - <a href="http://disperser.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/lake-city-colorado-and-the-alpine-loop-part-i/">http://disperser.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/lake-city-colorado-and-the-alpine-loop-part-i/</a>)
  • Neat to watch, and neater still to think people still do this.
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