RAINBOW TRAIL HIKE

The Rainbow Trail arcs along the base of the Sangre de Cristo 

mountain range for almost 100 miles.

You can access it from various trail heads.

We chose to start at the Comanche/Venable trail head 

and hike south on the Rainbow Trail to the Horn Peak trail intersection.

It was roughly three miles out and back.

The elevation change was from 9000 ft to 9500 ft. 

It was mostly sunny and

we saw a lot of beautiful wildflowers and berries.

 We crossed a couple of streams.

Cairns marked the spot!

We met one other hiker on our way south.  

On our way back north we met another hiker and

two ATVs.

 I thought this one was going to tip over,

but it did not.

We had a fun day out on the trail!!

 

FOURTH OF JULY PARADE

We enjoyed another year of a small town fourth of July parade.

There are differences from year to year, but not many.

It is fun to see the crowd gather as we wait for the start of the parade.

 Enjoy the parade!!

These ladies held up the parade by stopping to perform their routine

 instead of performing while moving down the street.

It was like watching two different parades because the gap was so long.

 I know everyone has their own view point and the right to express it, 

but it was a little annoying 

to have this demonstrator right next to us during the parade.

After the parade we checked out the flea market.

We thought of T when we saw this.

We thought of C when we saw this.

Other finds at the flea market.

Next we visited the Railroad Museum.

It has limited hours that it is open to the public 

and we had never been before.

 

 After all the excitement in town we were ready for lunch.

We were on our way to get some of the advertised free food 

when we walked by one of the realty offices and

 they were just opening their doors for free hot dogs, chips, and drink.

We got a couple of dogs and 

headed to the local park for a picnic lunch.

This is some of the beautiful scenery we observe on way to or from town.

Until next time!!