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enlightenment

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13. Montrose is prettier,

Reply to El Supremo (Reply #10)

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 07:24 PM

Oct 2012

but they're actually closer to the uranium mines. (the issue here, madmom, is mill tailings - GJ used them for landfill in the 50s and 60s. Most have been removed. Of course, they might explain my prodigious apricot yields every year!)

It's also colder and has a heaping helping of "yi hah!" . . .

Durango is beautiful. And expensive. And colder than billy blue hell in the winter.

How about Cortez? I hadn't really thought about that one.

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Does anyone know anything about La Hunta Colorado? What's it like? [View all] madmom Oct 2012 OP

You mean La Junta? El Supremo Oct 2012 #1

It's close to Rocky Ford enlightenment Oct 2012 #2

Yes, Duh, I meant La Junta. We are looking for a madmom Oct 2012 #6

As I recall, (and it's been a number of years, so don't quote me!) enlightenment Oct 2012 #7

Thank you for the tip about Grand Junction! I sent the idea to my daughter and madmom Oct 2012 #8

I'm not surprised :) enlightenment Oct 2012 #9

thank you ;) madmom Oct 2012 #11

It is better now that they got rid of all the sidewalks made from radioactive waste. El Supremo Oct 2012 #10

I looked at Durango, seems to touristy, haven't checked Montrose. madmom Oct 2012 #12

Montrose is prettier, enlightenment Oct 2012 #13

Ask bluedigger about Cortez. El Supremo Oct 2012 #14

Love Mesa Verde. enlightenment Oct 2012 #15

If you mean La Junta I'm slightly familiar with it tularetom Oct 2012 #3

Lot of feed lots in the area CanonRay Oct 2012 #4

LaJunta. Farm town on the plains. Hot in the summer, very dry, great cantaloupe. kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #5

been all over Colorado, I'm in sales and drive 30k miles a year trailmonkee Nov 2012 #16