A Commonplace Book

Category: Colorado...

  • biking the trails of Crested Butte
  • the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, the incline railway and aerial tram over the Royal Gorge
  • whitewater rafting on the Green River
  • the half of Colorado that lies in the Rocky Mountains
  • the geographic names of Colorado are Native American and Spanish as well as from the frontier Americans who pursued dreams of gold and grain bonanzas
  • prairie dog; jackrabbits, coyotes, rattlesnakes, antelope, meadowlarks, and lark buntings
  • mountain land that provides water for six states and Mexico
  • Mesa Verde National Park, preserving the remnants of cliff-dwelling Native American settlements
  • the state was named from the Spanish word colorado "red" or "ruddy"
  • When you've parked the second car in the garage, and installed the hot tub, and skied in Colorado, and windsurfed in the Caribbean, when you've had your first love affair and your second and your third, the question will remain, where does the dream end for me? (Mario Cuomo)
  • bison, keeping pace with the seasons, cropping the pastures of the Colorado only until there's greener grass by the Yellowstone

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