15th July 2010, 01:56
| #46 | |
| BHPian  | Quote:
 ok i was thinking he was near atlantayou guys can have a GA meet soon Sorry for OT BTW idlebrain, did u try that roller coaster thingy? looks like it should have been awesome fun and yea scary too  Last edited by kraft.wagen : 15th July 2010 at 02:07. | |
|
| |
|
15th July 2010, 02:06
| #47 | |||
| BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Atlanta, US
Posts: 117
Thanked: 16 Times
| Quote:
(from left to right). first is just regular clock. next is showing year. It has 2010 to 2019. next is month which has 1-12, with upper part is marked as 'winter' and lower part is marked as 'summer'. and last is day marked from 1-31. Quote:
Quote:
| |||
|
|
|
15th July 2010, 02:30
| #48 | |
| Senior - BHPian  Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: TSTN
Posts: 6,304
Thanked: 9,880 Times
| Quote:
| |
|
|
15th July 2010, 02:46
| #49 |
| BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Atlanta, US
Posts: 117
Thanked: 16 Times
| Next attraction - Incline Railway Some info about incline railway. Construction started in 1930 and finished in 1931. Length 1550 ft. 100% grade 45% angle. Powered by Otis elevator. This incline railway takes visitor to the bed of the canyon.   The blue thing appearing in the picture is the incline train where passengers will be in standing position. It can max accommodate 30-40 at a time.   Reached the bed of canyon  View of the bridge from bottom   The tracks appearing here are different. I am not sure what is the purpose of that.  Incline train  Looking top along the incline train tracks...  |
|
|
|
15th July 2010, 02:56
| #50 |
| BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Atlanta, US
Posts: 117
Thanked: 16 Times
|     End of Day 2. Coming up next: Day 3 - Great Sand Dunes National Park |
|
|
|
15th July 2010, 03:01
| #51 |
| Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: TSTN
Posts: 6,304
Thanked: 9,880 Times
| |
|
|
|
15th July 2010, 07:11
| #52 |
| Team-BHP Support   | |
|
|
|
15th July 2010, 09:02
| #53 | |
| BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Atlanta, US
Posts: 117
Thanked: 16 Times
| Quote:
The other track which is appearing at the bed of canyon, along the river-side is something different. Its nothing to do with incline railway. | |
|
|
|
15th July 2010, 09:27
| #54 |
| BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Atlanta, US
Posts: 117
Thanked: 16 Times
| Day 3: Second day night halt was at Canon City. On third day morning we headed further south of Colarado to Alamosa city which is the nearest community for Great Sand Dunes National Park. Great Sand Dunes, as the name says..its huge sand dunes formed near Alamosa and its being maintained by National Parks Service (NPS) which is a federal government agency. Since it will be too hot to visit sand dunes during mid-day, we decided to check-in into hotel first, take some rest and visit dunes late evening around 6pm. Some random snaps on the way from Canon city to Alamosa:        Some rafters enjoying...    |
|
|
|
15th July 2010, 09:39
| #55 |
| BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Atlanta, US
Posts: 117
Thanked: 16 Times
| More random pics of the road:           |
|
|
|
15th July 2010, 09:47
| #56 |
| BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Atlanta, US
Posts: 117
Thanked: 16 Times
| Entrance to Great Sand Dunes National Park  Visitor Center  Some displays in Visitor Center        |
|
|
| |
|
15th July 2010, 09:50
| #57 |
| BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Atlanta, US
Posts: 117
Thanked: 16 Times
|     looks like some forest fire going on...   |
|
|
|
15th July 2010, 11:18
| #58 |
| BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore
Posts: 243
Thanked: 29 Times
| Superb snaps and nice coverage. I really likes the pictures of the roads.  |
|
|
|
15th July 2010, 11:55
| #59 |
| Senior - BHPian  | Great pics. The incline train looks exciting. Thanks for clarifying that the horizontal line is separate one. I had the similar doubt. In the sand dune area exhibit, do I see dinosaur skeletons? The dunes are very scenic. Can you move around in the area in 4x4s? Is it permitted? Is does not appear to me a big fire, may be some one is having a campfire! |
|
|
|
15th July 2010, 12:31
| #60 |
| BHPian  Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pune
Posts: 135
Thanked: 7 Times
| |
|
|
 |
Most Viewed