Pueblo, the State fair, and elevation effect on temperature.

Went to Pueblo last Friday, just before Labor Day.

Sometimes you just have to have somethings from a "Big Box",  even if it's 90 miles away.....specially constructions stuff form the hardware stores.

The wife wasn't happy, though:  both sewing stores were closed for the week.
It was State Fair time in Pueblo and many small businesses just close down for the entire week!

Thought about going too. It is a lot of fun; we even like it more than the ones in NM and TX. Seems smaller but has all the attractions; you can see it all.
(PS we "pirated" that pic form the Internet, since didn't get to go this time!)

But at 96 degrees, we just couldn't leave the dogs in the van.

So, we headed back home to the cabin, climbing exactly 5,000 feet in elevation.
And saw the temperatures drop as we climbed: from 96 down to 77!

Don't as us how come the temps drop as you climb in Summer,
but in winter they rise.

Yes, in winter time we routinely see the temps rise from 8 to 14 , 0 to 8, or from -8 up to 0, as we drive form the valley in Alamosa at 7,500 feet to the cabin at 9,370.

Strange, how it falls in summer and rises in winter.