Early this morning, I left Farmington, New United Mexican States together with drove westward through the San Juan Valley. The silhouette of Shiprock loomed inward the distance, backed past times the uneven wall of the Chuska Mountains. Once inward the area, I had to receive to the due south side of that famous volcanic landmark to larn a photograph unmarred past times structures or ability lines.
Completing that goal, I continued westward on United States 64 to Teec Nos Pos, but within Arizona, together with and thus turned northeast of United States 160, presently passing the Four Corners Monument, crowded amongst tourists. Just beyond that human-designated geographic point, I crossed the San Juan River for the lastly fourth dimension equally it flowed northwestward into Utah. The Abajo Mountains rose to the NNE (in Utah) together with the to a greater extent than distant La Sals shimmered further north; closer together with to a greater extent than dominant was the massive mass of Sleeping Ute Mountain, a laccolith within the Ute Reservation of extreme southwest Colorado. Passing to the due south together with and thus to the eastward of that sacred mountain, I headed toward Cortez; Lone Cone, the westernmost superlative of the San Juans beckoned from the due north together with the La Plata Mountains reappeared to the east. From Cortez, I followed Route 145 northward together with presently dropped into Dolores on the Upper Dolores River; the route together with thus climbs northward through that river's scenic canyon, eventually reaching Lizard Head Pass (10,222 feet) together with and thus descending to Telluride.
After a walk together with around tiffin inward that scenic mount town, I continued downwardly Route 145 along the San Miguel River (a tributary of the Dolores) to Placerville together with and thus turned eastward on Route 62, which crosses the Dallas Divide (8900 feet); this opened upward ridge offers a spectacular reckon of The Needles, to the south, together with of other San Juan Mountains to the southeast. The route together with thus drops to Ridgway, inward the Uncompahgre River Valley; this town, inward my opinion, occupies 1 of the close scenic locations inward Colorado. Having completed my loop of the Four Corners region, I headed to Gunnison to pass the night.
Completing that goal, I continued westward on United States 64 to Teec Nos Pos, but within Arizona, together with and thus turned northeast of United States 160, presently passing the Four Corners Monument, crowded amongst tourists. Just beyond that human-designated geographic point, I crossed the San Juan River for the lastly fourth dimension equally it flowed northwestward into Utah. The Abajo Mountains rose to the NNE (in Utah) together with the to a greater extent than distant La Sals shimmered further north; closer together with to a greater extent than dominant was the massive mass of Sleeping Ute Mountain, a laccolith within the Ute Reservation of extreme southwest Colorado. Passing to the due south together with and thus to the eastward of that sacred mountain, I headed toward Cortez; Lone Cone, the westernmost superlative of the San Juans beckoned from the due north together with the La Plata Mountains reappeared to the east. From Cortez, I followed Route 145 northward together with presently dropped into Dolores on the Upper Dolores River; the route together with thus climbs northward through that river's scenic canyon, eventually reaching Lizard Head Pass (10,222 feet) together with and thus descending to Telluride.
After a walk together with around tiffin inward that scenic mount town, I continued downwardly Route 145 along the San Miguel River (a tributary of the Dolores) to Placerville together with and thus turned eastward on Route 62, which crosses the Dallas Divide (8900 feet); this opened upward ridge offers a spectacular reckon of The Needles, to the south, together with of other San Juan Mountains to the southeast. The route together with thus drops to Ridgway, inward the Uncompahgre River Valley; this town, inward my opinion, occupies 1 of the close scenic locations inward Colorado. Having completed my loop of the Four Corners region, I headed to Gunnison to pass the night.
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