Back in Colorado

It was a long day that started out short. We got an early start (for us) from Farmington and planned on a 100 mile drive to Pagosa Springs, CO. The brakes worked great and all was well until we reached the park where we had reservations.

Yuck and double yuck!!! It was poorly maintained, extremely unlevel and just didn't look appealing. So, we decided since it was only 1 pm that we would continue on to the next park 100 miles away in Blanco, CO.

The drive was beautiful with lots of mountains and trees.

We hit the Wolf Creek Pass about a half hour later. It's a steep climb with the summit at 10, 850 feet. That's pretty high for us with the coach overheating the way it has been. Doug decided that we should unhook the car and I would just follow him over the pass.

We started at about 8,000 feet and in a little over 8 miles we climbed to 10,850 feet. Even without the car behind, we stopped twice to keep the coach from overheating in the thin air.

Bingo! We hit the top and found the Continental Divide and rain. It was a nice, easy descent 8 miles down the other side and at the first pullout Doug pulled over and we re-hooked the Jeep.

The east side of the pass produced very different scenery. Instead of trees, we found miles of scrub. Not very pretty. Still the drive was easy and we pulled into Blanca, Co and the Blanca RV Park about 3:30.



It's a tiny park located next to some well worn mobile homes, but we knew that we wanted to see the Great Sand Dunes National Park nearby and for two nights this would work.


Doug set everything up (including the garden) and we spent the rest of the evening relaxing.