Jul 2011                                           Page 3

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July 27 - onward west to Cottonwood Lake SP

West on 24 to Buena Vista, then west again to Cottonwood Lake.

Gorgeous lake at higher elevation.

July 28 - Cottonwood pass and Crested Butte

You see here we took west from Cottoonwood lake, over Cotonwood pass to Almont, then north on 135 to Crested Butte, hoping for a place to spend the night.

At the pass:

Stopped at this roadside park near Almont.

    Some bull!

Flowers in Crested Butte where we stopped for lunch at this interesting cafe with a license plate-studded wall.

We couldn't find a lace in Crested Butte, so we drove back south to a small county park in Almont.

July 29 - Gunnison Elk Creek COE Park

Stayed the first day in Gunnison at the Elk Creek COE park.

July 30  Walk down on the Curecanti Creek trail

A 2+mile hike down then up 880+ feet with a park ranger.  Curecanti creek is west of Gunnison.

Vultures roosting...

July 31 - Black Canyon South Rim

A little further west and you come to the Black Canyon.

Hard to see anything...it's so far down

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