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Trip tp Leadville

Shortgrass

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We made an overnight run to Leadville on business, but took a few pictures on the way

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Pikes Peak from base of Ute Pass

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Mt Princeton from near Buena Vista, CO

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Mt Elbert, Colorado's highest point, 14,433

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View from Fremont Pass near Climax, headwaters of the Arkansas River.
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Fall doesn't last long in the Sawatch Range

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If you folks at Tulsa or Ft. Smith fail to recognize this body of water, it is the Arkansas River

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The moon came over the Mountain (Mosquito Range)

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Sunrise in Leadville
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A flood control project on the upper Arkansas by B. Z. Beaver Construction

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Timberline in CO is about 11,000 ft

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Tis is a High Line wire - about 12,000 ft high. We are on the divide between the Arkansas drainage and the South Platte River

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Color on the South fork of the South Platte
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Mt. Silverheels across South Park. Fairplay lays at the base of that mountain.[/img]
 

jigs

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you raise the ducks for the commercials???

the Arkansas river is the only one I know of that changes names as it crosses state lines. if you watch the morons from Wichita news stations it is pronounced R-Kansas river.

I have always thought this to be the dumbest thing .....
 

Hanta Yo

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Neat pics, Shortgrass, and thanks for sharing!!!! Brings back some childhood memories.....since I lived in CO for a number of years...
 

Shortgrass

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jigs said:
you raise the ducks for the commercials???

the Arkansas river is the only one I know of that changes names as it crosses state lines. if you watch the morons from Wichita news stations it is pronounced R-Kansas river.

I have always thought this to be the dumbest thing .....

In Wyoming, the Wind River changes names at the mouth of the canyon. As it enters the Bighorn Basin it is called the Bighorn River. The Indians refered to this line as "the wedding of the waters">
 

bverellen

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Thanks for the pics. Reminds me ofwhere we're working on going in a few more years.

All you guys and gals that post pics, THANKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Turkey Track Bar

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Great photos Shortgrass. Thanks for sharing.

I believe Leadville has the highest elevation of any incorporated town in the United States.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Cheers---

TTB :wink:
 
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