San Luis, Colorado
The San Luis Valley is a large flat area between two mountain ranges, the San Juans and the Sangre de Cristos. This high desert is known for growing potatoes. The main town is Alamosa, the home of Adams State University. About 45 minutes drive time south of Alamosa is the town of San Luis. In the 1840s Mexico granted more than a million acres of land in the valley to squatters to encourage the settlers to move north.
Mexico ceded that land to the U.S. after the Mexican War. The U.S. honored the Mexican grant. A little town was started, thus San Luis became the first town in what is now Colorado. To this day, most of the residents are of Mexican heritage and many of them are descendants of the original settlers from Mexico.
Regardless of your religious beliefs, or lack of them, this is a beautiful place to visit and the scenery is one step above beautiful.
There is a parking lot at the beginning of a trail that leads to the top of a mesa. At the top of the mesa is the
Shrine of the Stations of the Cross. Along the 3/4 mile hike up the easy trail there are fifteen stopping places called stations with beautiful bronze statues depicting scenes of Jesus's life on his way to the cross. Many stop to meditate or pray at the stations but one is not required or even expected to do so.
From the top of the mesa there is a 360 degree view of the San Luis Valley. It is a memorable experience and a part of Colorado which is interesting to visitors to Colorado's oldest town.
Humor
Do you think glass coffins with be a success?
Remains to be seen.
What's the difference between a hippo and a zippo?
One is really heavy and the other is a little lighter.
Hear about the new restaurant called Karma?
There's no menu - you get what you deserve.
I went to buy some camouflage trousers yesterday, but couldn't find any.
What do you call a bee that can't make up its mind?
A maybe.
I tried to sue the airline for losing my luggage.
I lost my case.
Is it ignorance or apathy that's destroying the world today?
I don't know and don't really care.
I wasn't originally going to get a brain transplant, but then I changed my mind.
Which country's capital has the fastest-growing population?
Ireland. Every day it's Dublin.
I saw an ad for burial plots, and I thought: "That's the last thing I need!"
Need an ark?
I Noah guy.
You're not completely useless, you can always serve as a bad example.
I broke my finger last week. On the other hand, I'm okay.
Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the head with a can of soda?
He was lucky it was a soft drink.
To the mathematician who thought of the idea of zero.
Thanks for nothing!
Son: "Dad, can you tell me what a solar eclipse is?"
Dad: "No sun."
The San Luis Valley is a large flat area between two mountain ranges, the San Juans and the Sangre de Cristos. This high desert is known for growing potatoes. The main town is Alamosa, the home of Adams State University. About 45 minutes drive time south of Alamosa is the town of San Luis. In the 1840s Mexico granted more than a million acres of land in the valley to squatters to encourage the settlers to move north.
Mexico ceded that land to the U.S. after the Mexican War. The U.S. honored the Mexican grant. A little town was started, thus San Luis became the first town in what is now Colorado. To this day, most of the residents are of Mexican heritage and many of them are descendants of the original settlers from Mexico.
Regardless of your religious beliefs, or lack of them, this is a beautiful place to visit and the scenery is one step above beautiful.
There is a parking lot at the beginning of a trail that leads to the top of a mesa. At the top of the mesa is the
Shrine of the Stations of the Cross. Along the 3/4 mile hike up the easy trail there are fifteen stopping places called stations with beautiful bronze statues depicting scenes of Jesus's life on his way to the cross. Many stop to meditate or pray at the stations but one is not required or even expected to do so.
From the top of the mesa there is a 360 degree view of the San Luis Valley. It is a memorable experience and a part of Colorado which is interesting to visitors to Colorado's oldest town.
Humor
Do you think glass coffins with be a success?
Remains to be seen.
What's the difference between a hippo and a zippo?
One is really heavy and the other is a little lighter.
Hear about the new restaurant called Karma?
There's no menu - you get what you deserve.
I went to buy some camouflage trousers yesterday, but couldn't find any.
What do you call a bee that can't make up its mind?
A maybe.
I tried to sue the airline for losing my luggage.
I lost my case.
Is it ignorance or apathy that's destroying the world today?
I don't know and don't really care.
I wasn't originally going to get a brain transplant, but then I changed my mind.
Which country's capital has the fastest-growing population?
Ireland. Every day it's Dublin.
I saw an ad for burial plots, and I thought: "That's the last thing I need!"
Need an ark?
I Noah guy.
You're not completely useless, you can always serve as a bad example.
I broke my finger last week. On the other hand, I'm okay.
Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the head with a can of soda?
He was lucky it was a soft drink.
To the mathematician who thought of the idea of zero.
Thanks for nothing!
Son: "Dad, can you tell me what a solar eclipse is?"
Dad: "No sun."