Yesterday was a long drive. We left Brush Colorado up in the North East and drove to Cortez Colorado down in the South West corner. The 4 Corners area to be exact.

It was a 505 mile drive which at 50 to 60 mph with a couple pit stops took 13 hours. Whew!

Seeing the land gradually transition from plains to mountains is awesome. Not awesome as in “totally awesome dude” but AWESOME!

Each time I travel long distances in our country I am awestruck at the vast diversity of both the land and its people. Our people.

I drove across miles of flat land that appeared to go on forever.

Then I saw the mountains.

Then I crossed some mountains. I crossed at two passes. La Veta was one (9,415 feet) and Wolf Creek (10,835 feet).

WOW!