To Alamosa

Alamo seems to appear quite a bit in town names: The Alamo, Alamogorda, Los Alamos to name but three that we have been to.
It is a Spanish word whic means either: Cootowood Tree, Aspen, or just little tree. Take your pick.
Today we packed up and drove notrth to Alamosa, a toen which we have been to before, in 2003 we rendevoused with our niece at the DQ (Dairy Queen) when we went with them to visti their cabin in the San Juan Mountains.
We drove north through some spectacular countryside. As we drove round the West side of Taos we could see back to the Valle Caldera above Los ALamos, the photpograph clearly shows its volcanic cone shape. It is classed as a Super Volcano becasue of its size, of course there is only the stump of it left now. We were also impressed with San Antonia Mountain, which is also a large extinct volcano over 10,000ft high. The slopes were covered in Tuf and Lava, some of it a peculiarly disinctive Red Lava.
We arrived in Alamosa, set up the trailer and had a well earned nap. After tea we went in search of the DQ we had visited 8 years ago, only to find that it has been knocked down and replaced by a bank. Never mind.