South Park Basin

As announced earlier, we road through the South Park Basin to South Park City (located in southern Fairplay, CO) for breakfast. This might possibly be my second favorite basin area where you can see mountains for miles (besides Highway 17 which runs by the Great Sand Dunes National Park). In the case of the South Park Basin, you can at least count 8+ 14′ers from the summit overlook. The following is a panorama from the summit:

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Just beyond the summit and into the basin itself, we encountered some hot air balloons:

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…and finally we landed in South Park City:

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As for breakfast, stopped at the Brown Burro Cafe just off of main street in Fairplay. The food wasn’t outstanding but also wasn’t bad either. Definitely hit the spot, though.

The ride home was the same as the one up. Had I been feeling better, I would have been tempted to loop up through Breckenridge, Leadville, and Buena Vista back into the Springs. Some other time.

Once again, another great ride.

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