Saturday. A winding two lane through the forest from Durango to Pagosa. An eight mile twenty-five mph uphill grind to the top of Wolf Creek, then a twelve mile, twenty-five mph ride down the other side to South fork. West to east. This is the easier way across the pass; an easier downhill going this way. It’s all about the downhill.
Lunch in Monte Vista, across the San Luis valley, through Alamosa, over La Veta Pass (hardly even notice this one), down the hill to Walsenburg, hang a left, through Pueblo, and stop for the night just south of Colorado Springs. Pizza dinner at the KOA Café. Won’t make that mistake again soon.
An easy day Sunday, north to the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont. We were there for seventy-two hours. Appointments, errands, kids, and grandkids. Left today at lunch; stopped for the night at Island Acres State Park in Debeque Canyon, just east of Grand Junction. Tomorrow, Utah.
Utah. They have juniper titmouse in Utah, don’t they?
