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Grand Canyon All American Helicopter Flight 50% off. Book now at Viator.
Grand Canyon All American Helicopter Flight 50% off. Book now at Viator.
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monument valley-forrest gump scene - bus trips
Just some spots We stopped on Our trips
7 miles of washboard dirt and bouncy ride up the Old stage coach road will make spending an hour on a horses back seem like a limo rider. But than that is what makes the trip worth the memory. Anyone can tool around town, not everyone can tell of the kidney jarring ride the endured to risde a horse in the Rocky Mountains. The service is great ands money well spent for memories that will last a life time for You city slickers. Rocky Mountain Horseback riding at the broadmoor stables, Colorado Springs
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The dugout where 11 children and 2 adults were found
The Ludlow Massacre resulted in the violent deaths of 19 people[1] during an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado on April 20, 1914. The deaths occurred after a day-long fight between strikers and the Guard. Two women and eleven children were asphyxiated and burned to death. Three union leaders and two strikers were killed by gunfire, along with one child, one passer-by, and one National Guardsman. In response, the miners armed themselves and attacked dozens of mines, destroying property and engaging in several skirmishes with the Colorado National Guard.
This was the deadliest incident in the 14-month 1913-1914 southern Colorado Coal Strike, itself the deadliest strike in the history of the United States.[2] The strike was organized by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) against coal mining companies in Colorado. The three largest companies involved were the Rockefeller family-owned Colorado Fuel & Iron Company (CF&I), the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company (RMF), and the Victor-American Fuel Company (VAF). Ludlow, located 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Trinidad, Colorado, is now a ghost town. The massacre site is owned by the UMWA, which erected a granite monument in memory of the miners and their families who died that day.[3]
The Ludlow Tent Colony Site was designated a National Historic Landmark on January 16, 2009, and dedicated on June 28, 2009.[3] Modern archeological investigation largely supports the strikers’ reports of the event.[1]
The Ludlow Massacre was a watershed moment in American labor relations. Historian Howard Zinn has described the Ludlow Massacre as “the culminating act of perhaps the most violent struggle between corporate power and laboring men in American history”.[4] Congress responded to public outcry by directing the House Committee on Mines and Mining to investigate the incident.[5] Its report, published in 1915, was influential in promoting child labor laws and an eight-hour work day. (source)
The actual cellar hole at the time of the massacre
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Although not a day tour out of Vegas, this was a 12 day trip. I dead headed to Albuquerque, NM. picked up a group from france. We worked Our way north thru Taos,Santa fe into Colorado and the Pueblo ruins and than West thru the Canyon Lands to a 2 night stay In Las Vegas. Onward to Los Angeles for 3 days and a final drop of at LA airport. Las vegas charter Bus tours are not just In Las vegas.
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There is a special mystique about the southwest region of Colorado. It can be felt among ancient Anasazi Indian cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park and in the quiet of rugged mining ghost towns high in the San Juan Mountains.
From the sheer depths of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument to the exhilarating vistas from Grand Mesa, world’s largest flattop mountain, the region is rich in western history, Victorian architecture and Native American cultures.
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Every conceivable outdoor activity can be enjoyed in our National Forests and Recreation and Wilderness Areas, from world class mountain biking to gold medal fishing.
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The shimmering aspens produce some of the most brilliant fall color in the country, enriching the pleasure of touring one of our seven spectacular state and nationally designated scenic and historic byways.
Colorado Aspens – from Las Vegas charter bus tour – check out My other Blog, a bit more mature and confusing.
Colorado Aspens – Las Vegas charter bus tour – thanks for visiting
And than there is me. They pretty much left it up to Me to pick the photo op stops ,so I tried to stop at the best.
Pictures taken Oct 2010 – deadheading to Santa Fe to pick up French group for 12 day Canyon lands tour.
The Mike O’Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, also known as the Hoover Dam Bypass, was the first concrete-steel composite arch bridge built in the United States, and incorporates the longest concrete arch in the Western Hemisphere. Opened on October 19, 2010, the bridge provides a crossing of the Colorado River for U.S. Route 93, linking the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona 1,600 feet (490 m) downstream from the Hoover Dam. It is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The bridge is the second-highest in the United States, behind Royal Gorge Bridge, at 840 feet (260 m) above the Colorado River. Built as part of the Hoover Dam Bypass Project, which successfully finished within budget at a cost of US$240 million -
New Hoover dam bridge and other pics
The official “Dam” tour will allow you to travel further and deeper into the dam than others rarely see. Your tour guide will point out many sights throughout the day. You are presented with breathtaking beauty and can delight in the enormity of this amazing engineering feat. Experience the excitement of this man-made wonder with unsurpassed views that will create memories of a lifetime! You have not experienced the Hoover Dam until you have taken this tour!
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I took these pictures of the Monte Carlo Casino and hotel roof fire the day after. The day of the Fire I had picked up a group from Japan at the Las Vegas airport who were to stay at the Monte Carlo. They rerouted My Bus to the MGM since the fire was still burning. From what I heard a welder ignited some of the roofing material with a spark. Most of the Las Vegas strip like it’s reputation is just a illusion , what seems like heavy stone is just Styrofoam of sorts.
Valley of Fire State Park is Nevada’s oldest state park. It covers an area of 34,880 acres (14,120 ha) and was dedicated in 1935. It derives its name from red sandstone formations, formed from great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs. These features, which are the centerpiece of the park’s attractions, often appear to be on fire when reflecting the sun’s rays.
Valley of Fire is located 50 mi (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas, at an elevation between 2,000–2,600 ft (610–790 m). It abuts the Lake Mead National Recreation Area at the Virgin River confluence. It lies in a 4 by 6 mi (6.4 by 9.7 km) basin.
Complex uplifting and faulting of the region, followed by extensive erosion, have created the present landscape. The rough floor and jagged walls of the park contain brilliant formations of eroded sandstone and sand dunes more than 150 million years old. Other important rock formations include limestones, shales, and conglomerates.
The park entry from Interstate 15 passes through the Moapa Indian Reservation. The park has a visitor center that should be visited by anyone planning any off-road activities.
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This is a quite unusual snow mobile I found in Silverton, Colorado. Dated I would guess the 1930′s
Not to be forgotten, the WW II era Half-track sitting on main street.
