{"id":2221,"date":"2010-02-28T23:36:17","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T04:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2010-02-28T23:36:17","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T04:36:17","slug":"colorado-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=2221","title":{"rendered":"Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2223\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09801.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2223\" title=\"DSC09801\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09801-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09801-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09801-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The hot springs in Pagosa Springs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Mesa Verde, we drove to Durango to sleep in a hotel. The next day we drove a long way to Colorado Springs, about an hour away from Denver.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2224\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09806.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2224\" title=\"DSC09806\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09806-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09806-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09806-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High mountain ranges.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An hour away from Durango, we stopped at Pagosa Springs and spent a wonderful morning in the hot spring&#8217;s 23 hot tubs. Morgane loved it and said she would remember it forever. We all loved it. Some of the tubs had little waterfalls. They all had different temperatures. There was a pond and we had to walk over a bridge to get to one hot tub and there were little goldfish swimming everywhere.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2225\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09815.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2225\" title=\"DSC09815\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09815-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09815-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09815-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy mountain pass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We drove through a mountain pass that took us up to around 11,000 feet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2227\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09823.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2227\" title=\"DSC09823\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09823-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09823-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09823-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lots of ranches in Colorado.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After that, we looked at our route and opted to drive in the south and avoid some of the higher passes. For awhile, it was all mountains, all around us.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2228\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09842.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2228\" title=\"DSC09842\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09842-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09842-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09842-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We came the closest to this high peak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We saw deer that looked mostly white. I thought they were antelope, but we saw another and it was a deer with a whiter belly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2229\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC098191.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2229\" title=\"DSC09819\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC098191-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC098191-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC098191-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Western towns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The towns we drove through had either a cowboy wild west look to them or a New Mexican &#8211; Spanish feel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2230\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09853.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2230\" title=\"DSC09853\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09853-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09853-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09853-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another snowy pass, not as high.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2231\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09864.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2231\" title=\"DSC09864\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09864-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09864-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09864-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coming through the 2nd pass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09867.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2232\" title=\"DSC09867\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09867-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09867-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC09867-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Mesa Verde, we drove to Durango to sleep in a hotel. The next day we drove a long way to Colorado Springs, about an hour away from Denver. An hour away from Durango, we stopped at Pagosa Springs and spent a wonderful morning in the hot spring&#8217;s 23 hot tubs. Morgane loved it and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=2221\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Colorado&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2221"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2234,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions\/2234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}