VISITING PAGOSA SPRINGS

While in Colorado for the summer

 we visited my girlfriend & her husband in southern Colorado.

Pagosa Springs is famous for,   

what else but

natural hot springs!

It is surrounded by the San Juan Mountains 

with the San Juan River running through town.

Nearby Wolf Creek ski area is a popular winter destination. 

Since C & J had to work during the day,

we decided to hike nearby Four Mile Trail.

There were two viewable falls.

We knew they would not be spectacular 

due to the dry conditions over the summer, 

but it was still a very enjoyable hike. 

First falls

First falls

Second falls

We saw what we had expected.

The falls were not impressively flowing,

but they were still worth seeing.

We did not hike to the second falls, 

just took this picture of it.

The wild raspberries were worth the hike.

They were sooooooo delicious!!

Here is a family photogragh of my girlfriend.

It was so nice to spend time with them!!

Hopefully we will do it again next year.

 

HIKING MACEY LAKES

For our next hiking adventure in the Rockies we wanted to trek to a lake.

We debated between a new lake or a lake we had previoiusly visited.

The new lake won that debate!

It was quite a drive to the trail head, 

but Macey Lakes was well worth it.

Abandoned Cabin

Happy Trails to you !!!

UTAH ADVENTURES (part four)

After recovering from our hiking adventures

we decided to discover downtown Moab.

I did not read the Moab guide book until after we returned home.

I discovered that there is a downtown art walk 

on the second Saturday of the month from April through November.

Some of the sculptures we saw are part of the art walk or part of 

the Moab ArTTrails program.

We wandered around some of the shops.

There were a lot of locally made items for sale.

After dinner we explored the bridge and park

north of town at the Moab crossing of the Colorado Riverway.

Climbing Wall

 This was the pool at the motel.

The waterfall flowed from an arch!

I thoroughly enjoyed the hot tub one evening.

The view from the motel parking lot.

 On the drive home we had to go through Monarch Pass.

Again, for someone afraid of heights, the 11,300 foot pass

was not much fun.

Of course with the direction we were driving 

the shear drop off was on my side of the car.

By the time we arrived in Salida for lunch and

shopping I decided I liked mountains the best

when I was in the valley gazing up at them.

 

I was glad to arrive home

even though we had no running water yet!!!!