July 25

Great drive 7/24 from Conifer, CO through amazing country (high passes, 14,000' mountains all around, broad plains between peaks) to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Spent 7/25 exploring -- driving the rim, walking trails, filling out Junior Ranger notebooks to earn a badge! Dan hiked down in, a drop of a couple thousand feet, for some fruitless fishing. Still worth it. Amazing sunsets both nights here. A terrific and undervisited park! Here's a view from above, a view from below, and one of a thousand sunset pictures. Off to Mesa Verde tomorrow!