Spring break: packed up the van to head down south again.Trip plan included a nights in Walsenburg (a somewhat randomly chosen town south of Pueblo, but with a cool little state park-- Lathrop, just across the road from our house), then later Sand Dunes and BV on the way home. And a couple national wildlife preserves, for sure: Las Vegas, Alamosa, maybe Monte Vista in the future...
Pueblo was the first stop, including popping down to the Arkansas from Abriendo Blvd to look for water birds and whatever else. Kinda quiet-- not much going on in the middle of the day-- but then some birds started appearing on the far side of the river, under the bridge, including the Ruddy Duck, with a bright blue almost iridescent beak. Guy was floating solo-- diving for snacks. Caught a good aerial view of him later from the bridge as we walked across into downtown for a cupcake, coffee, and several games of pinball. 350k to win a free cupcake-- I made it to 325 but came up short... Nice to play old-school pinball again, without too many bells and whistles, and to get Clem into it.
Then a stop at a little Italian grocery store for sausage and a few other supplies, including a new hat for Tob. Blue. Italian sports...
Onwards southward to Walsenburg for the night. A little rental that Gretch found west of town, just south of Lathrop State Park and good birding potential. Same road that heads west to Alamosa, over a pass, but we were going south first, then back up later.
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