Monday, July 31, 2006

Medano-Zapata Ranch and The Great Sand Dunes

Bison













The Sangre de Cristo mountains rise to the East of the Ranch, the Great Sand Dunes have formed just below them in the San Luis Valley. The Valley is an agricultural haven, with the mighty potato being the major cash crop around here.
















..Where the Buffalo, or are they Beefalo?, roam....














Read about the ranch here:
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/colorado/preserves/art535.html




The wilderness of the Sangre de Cristos is vast and wild, and with very few acess roads and trails, it is hard to get into. Natural and artesian springs sprout up all over the land with cotton wood groves forming small communities across the ranch's 150,000+ acres.

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