San de Cristo Mountains

Peace in the San Luis Valley, Colorado Frontier Drive-Inn, HeidiTown (14)

Sitting at Sunflour Café in Monte Vista, listening to a table full of men talk about their crops, it is obvious that the San Luis Valley is farm country. In fact, the San Luis Valley is the second largest producer of potatoes behind Idaho. The next time you’re in Costco, check where those big bags of potatoes are from. My Northern Colorado store gets bags of potatoes from Monte Vista.