Rocky Mountain Region
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is located in the rugged “Badlands” of North Dakota. It is split up into two separate areas that you can explore (North and South). Wildlife is abundant and can best be seen in the evening. Wild horses, black-tailed prairie dog towns, bison, pronghorn and elk roam freely. It is very exciting to see them up close in there natural habitat....
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Rocky Mountain
The 2,700 miles of the great Rocky Mountain chain is the world’s longest mountain barrier. Nearly one third of Rocky Mountain National Park is beyond 11,400 feet of elevation. This is the alpine tundra which is above treeline where the climate is extremely harsh. Similarly, there are 72 named peaks exceeding 12,000 feet....
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Great Sand Dunes
Billions of grains of sand eroded from mountains combined with powerful winds helped create Great Sand Dunes National Park. This 330 square mile huge sand dune is the tallest in North America. We parked our car at the Point of No Return. The creek along the base of the dunefield was mostly dried up and we hiked the black mucky path....
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison is a deep narrow valley with sheer cliffs and a river running through it. The fast, debris-laden water drops an average of 96 feet per mile in the park and drops 480 feet in a two-mile stretch. It has carved and eroded the hard rock into an American National Park....
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Mesa Verde
Mesa Verde National Park is located in southwest Colorado. We enjoyed viewing many of the preserved cliff dwellings and ancient artifacts. These archeological Puebloans ruins were divine and mystical....
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