Today was a day of driving and exercise. We left Chama NM and headed North to Pegosa Springs CO, and then driving East up Wolf Creek Pass. On the way up we stopped at Treasure Falls. It looks impressive from the parking lot on the side of the road. Hiking up a "primitive" trail we can confirm that it is impressive. Clearly mid-May is a good time to see this waterfall.
Then we had an adventure! At the top of Wolf Creek Pass, we saw a sign for an overlook. So we turned off onto a dirt road. It quickly became one lane. As we climbed through tight switchbacks past fallen tree tips, it was fun, an adventure, kinda exciting.
Coming around the bend, I saw the snow and realized immediately that we weren't continuing. So we started backing up. When another car tried to come up, Sharon talked them out of it, and they started backing up, too, but much more slowly than I was. Fortunately they realized they could make a u-turn, and they could get back more efficiently. After a mile or so there was a spot where I drove the front wheels up the side a bit, and I had enough width to make a multi-point turn. The rest was easy.
We ended up on a forest road on the East side of the pass with a campground, so we parked in a site and went for a bike ride. Straight up. Ugh. We finally reached the reservoir at the end of the road, but it took its toll on my lungs. Something about a mile and a half above sea level.
We continued back across Wolf Creek finding no campgrounds open and camping unfriendly forest roads. As we neared Pagosa Springs we passed an RV Park that caught Sharon's eye, so we went back, and she got a tour of the sites and fell in love with one. Right on the river. It's a tent site so no electricity, but we're good.
The people at the park told us about good mountain bike trails so no sooner do we back in to the site, we drive to the other side of town for some impressive bike trails. An hour or so later were tired out and ready for a shower.
Salmon Dinner on a picnic table by the San Juan River is pretty nice.
Pictures are here.
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