Kent and I spent the first week of August in Southwestern Colorado. It was great to revisit one of our favorite spots--Pagosa Springs. If you've never soaked in the hot springs, you ought to give it a try, there are 23 mineral pools! We traveled over 125 miles of gravel roads through the South San Juan Wilderness & Rio Grande N. F. to Platoro, an old historic mining community. We stayed in a rustic log cabin for 3 nights complete with warm water and a kitchenette. It was a nice place to stay. The area provides hiking and fishing opportunities galore! We definitely plan to return someday and explore more of this beautiful high country. I love to take pictures along the way and use web albums as a travel journal, they bring back a lot of memories. Hope you enjoy a peek at our Colorado adventure!
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On the way to Colorado storm clouds were all around us, but not over us! |
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We visited an art gallery in Mancos |
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We drove around Vallecito Reservoir |
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We saw a rainbow after dinner |
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Our cozy cabin in Pagosa Springs |
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Driving up Hwy 160 towards Wolf Creek Pass |
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Foliage along the trail to Treasure Falls |
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Treasure Falls |
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The beginning of our 125 miles of gravel roads |
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What's left of Summitville ghost town, a gold mining area |
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The old remnants and the new modern gold mine . . . there's still gold in these hills!! |
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Looking towards Elwood Pass |
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South San Juan Wilderness |
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So many flowers . . . |
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Mountains in every direction |
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Colorful flowers . . . |
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Leaning sign, a sign of heavy winter snows |
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Lookout Mountain |
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A cute doe just enjoying the day |
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More flowers . . . |
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Where we drop down into the Platoro Valley |
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Looking towards Platoro as a storm approaches |
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We have arrived and the rain has gone away!! |
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The lodge where all the locals hang out |
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Our home sweet home for 3 days |
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Day 1 Adams Fork hiking and fishing |
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Starting up the trail |
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This snowshoe hare blends in well with his surroundings |
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We hiked 4.5 miles roundtrip |
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Summer monsoons bring colorful mushrooms |
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Waterfall along the trail |
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Arrow points the way to the creek . . . |
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Adams Fork Creek, where we fished |
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Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout |
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Pretty fish and fun to catch! |
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Score 1 to 1 |
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More mushrooms |
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Coming down the trail looking towards Platoro Reservoir |
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Day 2 Bear Lake Trail |
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Yes, we hiked clear up to 11,600 ft. before dropping into Bear Lake |
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Saddle Creek flows along the beginning of the trail |
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Views from the meadows up on the trail to the valley below |
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Crossing a meadow |
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Approaching Bear Lake |
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Colorado Blue Columbine, what sight! |
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Bear Lake 11,500 ft. elevation |
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We made it!! |
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The wildflowers were a sight to see! |
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Such a pretty high mountain lake |
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Awesome colors! |
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Another view of the lake |
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Wow!
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Aerial view of the Bear Lake Trail |
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This guy and his buddy packed enough stuff for a month, it's obvious they've never backpacked before . . . the other guy had a cooler on wheels! |
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Saddle Creek |
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Another Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout |
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Coming back to Platoro after a day of hiking and fishing |
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The next morning . . . mist rises in the valley |
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Conejos River flows through the valley, Skyline Lodge in the distance |
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Day 3 hike and fish along the South Fork Trail |
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Heading towards the South Fork of the Conejos River |
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Over the bridge . . . |
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and through the aspens |
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One of the few Brook trout Kent caught |
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Brookie |
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Kent likes to get wet sometimes . . . |
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Looking towards South Fork |
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The Springs Resort where we stayed and soaked in the hot springs |
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The Hot Springs at Pagosa . . . ahhhh!! 23 of them to be exact!!! |
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Our last morning in Pagosa Springs |
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We were almost to Kanab, Utah when this guy following us went off the road, over corrected and flipped his boat. Thankfully he was okay. We called 911. |