i can’t do the talk
like the talkin’ on the teevee
and i can’t do a love song
like the way it’s meant to be

It was good to realize that Walsenburg is a real place once you get off the Interstate. It was good to see the Great Sand Dunes again, even at a distance. And Alamosa impressed me greatly.

The real heart of it though was upwards past Antonito.

Colorado State Highway 17
Conejos River
New Mexico State Road 17 and running adjacent to the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

One hundred miles of pure perfection: the spruce and the solitude; might change a few things.

Have some context.