2005 was supposed to be the year we toured New Mexico and eastern Arizona. This was our third year of going out west and I had planned a trip from Taos, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Carlsbad, Las Cruces, Tombstone, riding the Cortez Scenic Highway, the Painted Desert, and the Petrified Forrest. However, even though we went in May, the weather was so hot and brutal in New Mexico we drug up and went north to Colorado and visited, Pike's Peak, The Garden of the Gods, Canon City, Estes Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park.
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| Camel Rock, just north of Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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| Soda Creek |
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| Battleship Rock |
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| Chaco Culture National Historic Park |
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This is the road out to the Chaco Park. It was the worst
50 miles of dirt road I ever rode on. |
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| Downtown Santa Fe. |
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| Rio Grand River Gorge by Taos, New Mexico |
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| Bandelier National Monument |
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| The old train that used to go up Pike's Peak. |
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| The cog railway at the top of Pike's Peak. |
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| Up on Pike's Peak. |
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| The Garden of the Gods near Pike's Peak. |
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| The Garden of the Gods. |
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| The Royal Gorge Bridge in Canon City, Colorado. |
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Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Looking back towards Estes Park. |
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Going over the high road in RMNP.
It was really cold. |
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| On the other side of RMNP in Grand Lake, Colorado. |
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| Bear Lake in RMNP. |
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| Bear Lake in RMNP. |
