photos/25/1008-11_VanColorado/

By Alan Silverstein, ajs@frii.com (page updated Sun Oct 26 13:50:20 MDT 2025)

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Seizing a short window of nice weather, and finally overcoming lassitude, I took the camper van and kayak out alone for three nights in southeast Colorado... I drove a total of 629 miles for one hike + three kayak outings! The latter totaled 8.5 hours and over 15 miles.

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  61. O3_FreshlyGroundRail.jpg (181)
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  71. R4_WholeLakePano.jpg (104)
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