We wouldn’t have left Friday morning even if the rig had been ready. The weather was too rough. Woke up to rain, with snow and high winds to the west, east, and south of us; and we don’t want to go north. Blue sky in the afternoon, coach done by six, we’re out of there by seven. We didn’t really want to wake up in their parking lot again, so we left. Did the big bend to the east around
Driving south on I-25 Saturday morning, we discovered it was blue sky all across Southern Colorado, and the weather permitted a drive west at Walsenburg on highway 160, over La Veta Pass, through Alamosa, Monte Vista, South Fork, over Wolf Creek Pass, through Pagosa Springs, Durango, and into Cortez. All in one day. No big loop south through
