From Wolf Creek Pass (elevation 10,850 feet), inward the southern San Juan Mountains, I left the Rio Grande watershed as well as entered that of the San Juan River, the Great River of the Navaho Nation. Following a steep descent to Pagosa Springs, U.S. 160 fords the San Juan as well as begins to undulate westward through the foothills, crossing the Piedra, Los Pinos as well as Florida Rivers inward sequence (all tributaries of the San Juan River); inward doing so, the highway gradually moves away from the high wall of the Southern San Juans Mountains.
Nearing Durango, however, the route offers spectacular views of the La Plata Mountains, sculpted from a massive granite dome, which ascent northwest of the city. On the eastern side of Durango, I turned S on U.S. of A. 550, driving atop as well as hence inside the canyon of the Animas River, amidst the largest tributaries of the San Juan. With every mile toward the south, the landscape became noticeably drier, characterized yesteryear sage grasslands as well as mesas covered amongst piñon-juniper woodlands.
The Animas River joins the San Juan inward Farmington, New Mexico, where I volition pass the night, as well as the latter continues westward to Shiprock. From there, it bows northwestward, passing or hence the Four Corners Monument earlier reaching Bluff, Utah; beyond that town, the San Juan snakes westward to bring together the Colorado River inside Lake Powell. Tomorrow, my wanderings volition stay inward the San Juan watershed until I cross a depression split upward betwixt Cortez as well as Dolores, Colorado, thereby entering the watershed of the Dolores River.
Nearing Durango, however, the route offers spectacular views of the La Plata Mountains, sculpted from a massive granite dome, which ascent northwest of the city. On the eastern side of Durango, I turned S on U.S. of A. 550, driving atop as well as hence inside the canyon of the Animas River, amidst the largest tributaries of the San Juan. With every mile toward the south, the landscape became noticeably drier, characterized yesteryear sage grasslands as well as mesas covered amongst piñon-juniper woodlands.
The Animas River joins the San Juan inward Farmington, New Mexico, where I volition pass the night, as well as the latter continues westward to Shiprock. From there, it bows northwestward, passing or hence the Four Corners Monument earlier reaching Bluff, Utah; beyond that town, the San Juan snakes westward to bring together the Colorado River inside Lake Powell. Tomorrow, my wanderings volition stay inward the San Juan watershed until I cross a depression split upward betwixt Cortez as well as Dolores, Colorado, thereby entering the watershed of the Dolores River.
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