16th July 2010, 08:49
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16th July 2010, 09:12
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| More dunes pics...    Some wildlife   Returning to Alamosa town from Dunes    End of Day 3....stay tuned for Day 4  |
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16th July 2010, 09:57
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| Day 4: Destination: Black Canyon of Gunnison We headed towards Montrose from Alamosa, which is the nearest community for Black Canyon of Gunnison. This canyon is some what similar to Grand Canyon in Arizona (I haven't visited yet Grand Canyon, but based on pics and description ) This is two rims, north & south. South rim is most popular with visitor center, nicely paved roads & other facilities where as north rim is mostly unpaved, gravel/dust road. South rim length is approximately 7 miles and it contains 12 overlooks where visitors can pull over the cars and enjoy the beauty of canyon. Its dead-end after 7 miles and must return on the same road. Some random pics while driving from Alamosa to Montrose:           |
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16th July 2010, 10:06
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I currently live some 3 hrs south of Atlanta in a Village in Alabama. the positive side is that, I live close to Panama City Beach  come aug and I'll be in Peachtree City,GA. 30 miles south of ATL. Quote:
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16th July 2010, 10:15
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| We visited only south rim so the viewing direction in all the pics is from south towards north. The north is just opposite one in the pics. The canyon walls are approximately 2000 ft dropping almost vertically to Gunnison river which is flowing at canyon bed.           |
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16th July 2010, 10:22
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You are close to Panama city beach  are you getting your dose of BP oil? j/k. I live 30 miles north of Atlanta. Probably we can have a ATL meet once you move to Peachtree city in Aug. | |
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16th July 2010, 10:26
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a T BHP meet in the offing. i like I like. @akroy, you set for it? | |
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16th July 2010, 10:33
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16th July 2010, 12:49
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| Senior - BHPian  | Is the water level like that or its because of the summers? The water looks scanty in the canyon. or may be because of the distance it looks like that. Great pics.  |
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16th July 2010, 17:16
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16th July 2010, 17:59
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16th July 2010, 20:11
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16th July 2010, 20:34
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