Creed, Colorado

Among our delightful discoveries is the fastinating town of Creed. It is wedged up between some amazing rock formations and has quite a mining history. We can't wait to come back and take some of the back road mining tours on a 4-wheeler!

We spent a delightful evening at an off-broadway play, George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion at the Creed Repertory Theatre. This is rated one of the top ten Off-Broadway Theatres!

Exploring!

One day we drove to the Rio Grande Reservoir.

This is just above our primitive campsite.

While camping we took time to do a lot of exploring the general area. These photos show a primitive camping area beyond where we camped and views farther up the road.

Primitive Camping

We explored the area for three days while staying at the Big Meadow Campground. That was just long enough to discover what has got to be one of the most beautiful primitive campsites ever! We were right on a beautiful creek with cascading water and pools to fish in just out our door! We stayed there for four days. I actually shot these pictures but they don't do it justice.

The second shows the tall, jagged rocky moutains which surrounded the camp. Phil snags some great pan size browns and we enjoyed them for breakfast!

Wolf Creek Pass

I was literally amazed at the views going up to and through Wolf Creek Pass. I had no idea of the majestic mountains views ascending into the Weimanuche Wilderness so close to home! So close, that is, in comparison to North Idaho, the Tetons or Alaska! This is another borrowed photo and doesn't really tell the story at all.


At the immediate north side of the pass we turned west a couple miles to Big Meadow Campground where we stayed for three days. Big Meadow reservoir had a lovely hiking trail all the way around and was a popular fishing spot. We were REALLY fortunate to get the absolute best campsite in the whole campground!!!



It was #10 and a "TEN" it was! Not only did it have a peek view of the lake and its' only trail straight down to the lake, it had a lovely little creek running right along side the campsite! It was back in the far corner so we were not surrounded by campers. (I managed to get some photos with my camera plugged in to the generator.)

A three mile windy road above Big Meadow Reservoir was Shaw Lake. This was a serene, high mountain lake teaming with trout not the least bit interested in Phil's lures but beautiful!

Next stop: Pagosa Springs

The beauty of the scenery didn't stop as it got greener and greener and higher and higher. We stopped over at the beautiful town of Pagosa Springs before ascending Wolfe Creek Pass. Wow! What a view! It was quite a pull too as our truck overheated and we had to stop to cool it down. (photos borrowed from internet)

Chama and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

Just a few miles north of El Vado Reservoir is the village of Chama and the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad yard. We parked by the rail yard at this quaint little village and ate lunch as the afternoon train came into the station. Then we visited a few shops before heading north for the totally gorgeous drive up to Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

Vacation 2007

We picked up our 5-W up the Pecos River from our kids and headed northwest to Santa Fe. Our first stop was "Bobcat Bite", a little kind of "hole-in-the-wall" cafe that Bon Apetite Magizine had just awarded the honors of one of the top five hamburgers in the country. After an hour wait, we did enjoy a delectable meal. It just needed a nice, big, freshly roasted chili on it!

Santa Fe was having the Annual Indian Market Day so the traffic was pretty hectic. Indian Market is something people come to from all over the world to see. Well, we'd seen Indian jewelry, Indian art and Indian dancing in the square and we figured this would be the same, just more of it so we decided not to look for a place to park our long load in Santa Fe! We opted to head north and we ended up at El Vado Reservoir about 20 miles south of Chama. We had no idea what we would find when we made the left turn to a sign that said "El Vado Reservoir - 14 miles" but we were in for a treat!! This was a LOVELY, serene place to park. We stayed three days! The air was absolutely delectable! The water was so inviting, it made me with for a ski boat or ski doo! I'd been happy for an air mattress so I put that on my camper list! This was a significantly large reservoir, not beautiful if compared to high mountain lakes but beautiful for New Mexico standards. This photo was taken from my camper step. There was about a ten foot drop off to the rocky beach area.

Boston Terriorist in My Suitcase!

Whenever we indicate in anyway by our actions we are going anywhere our Boston terriers go on high alert. They do everything they can to keep from being left, like strategically placing themselves by the door to hiding in the truck, if given a chance. Recently, while packing for our vacation, Phil discovered Zoey had made a nest in my suitcase. Only her face was showing. Unfortunately, by the time I could get the camera ready, she had moved from her spot.