{"id":38040,"date":"2025-10-28T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=38040"},"modified":"2025-11-04T16:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:01:01","slug":"colorado-october-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=38040","title":{"rendered":"Colorado, October 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21455\" style=\"width: 477px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Arkansas-River-CO-5D3-4275-w7-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21455\" class=\"wp-image-21455 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Arkansas-River-CO-5D3-4275-w7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arkansas River along U.S. 50 between Salida and Cotapaxi Colorado. October 28, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trip with John, day 2.\u00a0 When we were growing up, several times a year our parents would take us along the Arkansas River to get to the mountains in the west.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8190\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Beckwith-Ranch-Sangres-5D3-4287-w7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Beckwith-Ranch-Sangres-5D3-4287-w7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Beckwith-Ranch-Sangres-5D3-4287-w7.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Beckwith-Ranch-Sangres-5D3-4287-w7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Beckwith-Ranch-Sangres-5D3-4287-w7-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The historic Beckwith Ranch and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on U.S. 69 north of Westcliffe Colorado. October 28, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38041\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6948-w8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38041\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38041\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6948-w8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6948-w8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6948-w8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6948-w8-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6948-w8-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The historic Beckwith Ranch and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on U.S. 69 north of Westcliffe Colorado. October 28, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38042\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-CO-trip-pano-iP-6948-49-w9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38042\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-CO-trip-pano-iP-6948-49-w9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-CO-trip-pano-iP-6948-49-w9.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-CO-trip-pano-iP-6948-49-w9-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-CO-trip-pano-iP-6948-49-w9-768x340.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-CO-trip-pano-iP-6948-49-w9-500x222.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The historic Beckwith Ranch and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on U.S. 69 north of Westcliffe Colorado. October 28, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8195\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-IMG_6968-w7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8195\" class=\"wp-image-8195 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-IMG_6968-w7.jpg\" alt=\"Westcliffe Colorado and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Westcliffe Colorado and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. October 28, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21456\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6966-w7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21456\" class=\"wp-image-21456 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6966-w7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John photographs a map of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Westcliffe Colorado. October 28, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8188\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Sangre-de-Cristos-5D3-4351-w7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8188\" class=\"wp-image-8188 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Sangre-de-Cristos-5D3-4351-w7.jpg\" alt=\"Sangre de Cristo Mountains and Hermit Road, Westcliffe, CO\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sangre de Cristo Mountains and Hermit Road, Westcliffe, CO. October 28, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38044\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6986b-j15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38044\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6986b-j15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6986b-j15.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6986b-j15-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6986b-j15-1024x265.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6986b-j15-768x199.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-6986b-j15-500x129.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A panoramic views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and Hermit Road, Westcliffe, CO. October 28, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38045\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-John-Doty-Salida-5D3-4257-w8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38045\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-John-Doty-Salida-5D3-4257-w8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-John-Doty-Salida-5D3-4257-w8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-John-Doty-Salida-5D3-4257-w8-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-John-Doty-Salida-5D3-4257-w8-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-John-Doty-Salida-5D3-4257-w8-459x300.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My brother John (far left), Salida Colorado, the S &#8220;mountain monogram&#8221; on Tenderfoot Mountain. October 28, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38046\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-IMG_7063-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38046\" class=\"wp-image-38046 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-IMG_7063-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-IMG_7063-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-IMG_7063-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-IMG_7063-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-IMG_7063-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-IMG_7063-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-IMG_7063-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/121028-Colorado-trip-iP-IMG_7063-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An elk in our parking spot, Colorado Cottages, Estes Park Colorado.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We had to wait for this big boy to quit browsing before we pulled into our parking spot. The owner of the cottages jokingly said, &#8220;He owns this place. He just lets us stay here!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trip with John, day 2.\u00a0 When we were growing up, several times a year our parents would take us along the Arkansas River to get to the mountains in the west.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-locations","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38047,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38040\/revisions\/38047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}