Rock Formations

We did some more 4 wheeling around La Veta.  There are interesting rock formations in the area.  The rock "wall" in the top picture is called a dyke and there are several around the Spanish Peaks.   These dykes were formed about 65 million years ago when the tectonic  plates moved and pushed these walls up out of the earth.  The bottom picture is a gorge or canyon wall and this area is known as lovers leap.  You have to have one of those around wherever we travel. 

It took us about three hours to ride the county roads that we wanted to follow and on the way back we hit rain.  We were glad we had added a roof and windshield to our 4 wheeler because it actually tried to hail on us.  We got back to the campground and there was a flash flood alert.  If it rained too much and too hard there was a chance the river going past the campground could flood.  There was a huge fire here last year and it left the mountain sides to the west bare and the ground like cement.  If too much runoff occurs it could easily flood the valley.  They aren't expecting anything bad until the monsoon season in August so we will keep our fingers crossed.