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This summer you can save money when you camp at many of the National's Nationial Parks as they are having many "No Charge" Free Weekends. You can find out more about it here - Free National Park Weekend Passes

And check this out….The Coolest Pop Up Camper Ever!

The Sylvan Sport GO is the ultimate adverturer's Toy Hauler and Camper.

Light enought to be hauled by a Mini Cooper weighting in at 800 lbs and can haul up to 700 lbs of your toys and gear. The trailer tilts to load your ATV or Bikes, there are Thule compatible racks that allow you to haul your kayaks or other gear on top. And when you arrive you can set up the Kelty tent that sleeps up to four adults. We thought this was just awesome!

For more information check out this Photo Slide Show and see what this cool and unique camper can do.

This is great news! The USGS has made available many of their Topo Maps in digital form in PDF's that can be downloaded free on their http://nationalmap.gov/digital_map/ website. Here is what they say about these new free digital maps.

What Makes The USGS "Digital Map - Beta" Different From Other Electronic Maps?

• Richer content….more than a street map
• Can be used on the computer or plotted and printed to scale
• Looks and feels like the legacy paper USGS topographic maps with user selected layers
• Nationally consistent data; quality assured to standards
• Can be downloaded free from the USGS Store
• User interaction tools can be downloaded free
• Users can select from various reference systems: Latitude/Longitude, UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator), and MGRS (Military Grid Reference System)
• Direct "mash-up" capabilities with Google Maps®
• Will continue to evolve and incorporate additional data layers including contours

Here is what you will want to do to use these Topo Maps.

1. Download the Quick Start Guide http://nationalmap.gov/digital_map/quickstart.pdf

2. The go to the Digital Map Store

3. On the Right Hand Side of the page you can type in the Zip Code for Trinidad Colorado which is 81082, or for Weston Colorado 81091, Aguilar 81020 or Walsenburg 81089 and that will get to close to the area where you want. Just navigate from there on the Google Map to the area that you want the topo map of.

4. Just below the map on the left corner click the Yellow "Show DigiMaps" button.

5. After you find the location that you want on the map, double click on the map and a Red Marker will appear.

6. Click on the Red Marker and a popup window will tell you the USGS Map Quadrangle Name and give you some options for which maps are available for download. Click on the download link of the map that you want and save it to your computer.

7. You will want to also download the TerraGo Toolbar for Adobe Reader and it will give you more features to use with the topo such as the ability to view maps with multiple coordinate displays, measure length and area, turn layers on and off and search map attributes.

Hope you find this useful I sure have.

Charlie
Adobe Gold Properties
1-866-309-9919

June has been a busy month for us and we have 4 new listings to share with you this spring. Well not sure that June is usually considered still part of spring but this year with all the rain that we continuing to experience summer has just not arrived yet. But green grass in Colorado makes for great photos and we need the rain so we are not complaining at all, just making an observation. Its just incredibly beautiful in Colorado right now.

Okay here we go with our new listings…..We have two new listings on Apishapa River Ranch and they are both extremely nice listings to go with Parcel 43 that we already have listed on this ranch.

Apishapa River Ranch Parcel 44 - $134,900 - 35 acres

As you can see it has awesome views of the Spanish Peaks. But it also has some amenities like an 14 x 36 RV Awning, water cistern, RV septic, frost free hydrant, RV power outlet, improved driveway not to mention rock outcroppings and tall Ponderosa Pines. Be sure to check out the website to see the photos of the turkeys, deer and ……the bear! Apishapa River Ranch Parcel 44

Apishapa River Ranch Parcels 49-50 - $240,000 - 81 acres

If you have been looking for more than 35 acres this 81 acre property is pretty special. It has a large open meadow surrounded by tall Ponderosa Pines where the ground gently slopes to the west opening up in to some of the most incredible views of the Sangre de Cristo mountains and the Spanish Peaks. I have added a really neat view of the property that was taken from Google Earth showing this property and how it borders the Apishapa River Valley. Come see Apishapa River Ranch Parcels 49-50

Spanish Peaks Ranch Estates Parcel 30 - $139,900 - 35 acres

Can you imagine driving through the aspen trees at 10,200 feet after just going through the San Isabel National Forrest down to your camp site. This property comes with a pretty new and barely used 2006 Travel Trailer that has an 8 foot slide and it is setup with a Solar Panel and I think I understand that it is waiting on you….<smile> Now is the most perfect time to check out our Spanish Peaks Ranch Parcel 30 listing.

Santa fe Trail Ranch Parcel E-1 - $145,000 - 35 acres

Santa fe Trail Ranch is located just south of Trinidad and it borders New Mexico and Ted Turner's Vermejo Park Ranch and this ranch has been a local favorite for many years. This ranch has the distinction of having city supplied water to over 445 thirty five acre properties in the mountains. Parcel E-1 is a premium property that is actually the highest elevation at approximately 8000 feet. The 360 degree views surround your senses with spectaclar views of nearly every mountain range that can be seen from this part of Colorado. You have views of the Raton Mesa with Fisher's Peak, Greenhorn Mountain, the Spanish Peaks, the entire southern Sangre de Cristo mountain range and you can even see the lights of Trinidad and down into the plains and mountains of New Mexico. Pretty darn Special! You just have to see this property because I can share that they photos just do not do it justice. Give us a call and let's go see Santa Fe Trail Ranch Parcel E-1 soon.

You can contact us at 1-866-309-9919 or of course email us from this website. We look forward to sharing these beautiful properties to you as well as all or any of our other listings. Also just so you know we have excellent local financing available and we specialize in many properties that offer easy Owner Financing and terms. Hey talk to you soon! Can't wait.

Charlie and Barbara

Adobe Gold Properties