Desert Crossing
Fbailey story number 232 Desert Crossing When you think of a desert crossing you probably think of Iraq or some place exotic. Well I have a desert in my own backyard in lower Colorado. I live near the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Reserve. The park is located about thirty-five miles northeast of Alamosa, Colorado. I live about four miles east of Hooper and my land borders the park. I’m pretty lucky because poisonous snakes do not exist anywhere in this high elevation area. I live at about eight thousand feet above sea level. I can join the mile high club in my own bed. Rattlesnakes are occasionally seen south of me, as the elevation gradually decreases. Scorpions, Tarantulas, and Gila Monsters are not found in this high mountain valley either. However Deer and …