More Jeep Trails and More Fishing Lakes

Sherri and I were up early and sat in the living room drinking our coffee and discussing today's things to do.
She said that she really needed to get the house cleaned up and she would spend the day doing that. I on the other hand wanted to go to Love Lake and check out the fishing there.
Well as things would have it Sherri really wanted me out of the RV so she could clean without me being in the way. I can take a hint so I packed up to go fishing and exploring. Becky and her grand kids wanted to go so we took their Jeep and headed to Love Lake.

I was really disappointed in this lake. I had taken my fly rod and with the wind blowing so hard and the fact that the lake is only 10 inches deep 30 feet out...well it did not work for me. To fish this lake I will need to take my bait casting rig out there so I can get out 50 feet to where the water is deeper.
We spent some time frothing the water here with no results and decided to head up to Brown Lakes for a bit.

Here the wind was blowing non stop and fly fishing was out. We roamed around the shore line for a while. Spotted some deer and decided to move on to do some site seeing. 

We knew that down the road was some falls to see so we headed out to see them.

We had a lot of great scenery along the way to stop and look at.

Having these kinds of stops along the way 

We just had to stop and take pictures

When we got to the falls the views were even more spectacular! 

Once more our day ended with new sites and beautiful vistas to store in our memories...

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A Day Lumber Jacking

We took a trip to South Fork and watched the lumber jacks out of the Rio Grande National Forest area go to battle at the time trials...

After the event we headed back to Creede to eat. We stopped out front of the Restaurant to have our picture taken at the Fork in the Road...

Another great day comes to and end...

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4WD day

Just north of Creede Colorado is the Bachelor Loop drive. This road takes you into the mountains about 11,000 feet up. Here is where the original town of Creede was once located and all the mines that started Creede. The boom was in the late 1800's when this area was teaming with thousand of folks digging out Silver Gold and some fine gem stones.
We readied the Jeep for our 3 hour excursion through the mountains to explore all these mines and some of the abandoned homes along the way. We had not been 4 wheeling in the Jeep since we bought it so this was going to be an exciting adventure for sure.
One other thing about this area was the fact that the Lone Ranger was filmed here not too long ago. This would give us a chance to see all the scenery that soon we would see in the motion picture! Disney donated some of the props used in the movie to the Miners Museum here located at the foot of Bachelor Road.
The trip up the mountain was breath taking to say the least. If you are faint at heart I would not suggest the 4WD roads.  The roads are just wide enough to eek by one vehicle and sometimes you meet people coming the other way and getting by one another can be hairy!
There are many more roads on this mountain for me to explore and then we have all the other mountains around here!

Between trout fishing and 4 wheeling we should have plenty to do here...

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Visit the Museum in Creede Colorado

Sherri and I slept until 6:00 this morning. I made coffee and we sat around planning our day.
We decided to head into town to visit the museum there. It is in the old train station as many museums are. It was well stocked with interesting artifacts that represented the towns history since 1892.

We had a fun day discovering new things. We took some time to sit in the park there while Sherri shopped at some of the stores in town.

Upon our return home we put some burgers on and had a good dinner and then we spent some time on the patio reflecting on all the things we had seen here...

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Words cannot describe

Sherri and I have been traveling to RV parks the biggest part of our lives. We will have to say that this park is one of the most scenic we have ever stayed in. We have a 360 degree...drop dead beautiful view of the mountains around us. More Jeep trails than we could possible travel. Fishing is out of this world. Just a mile or two up the road we have a full stocked grocery and the town has everything you need to get by.
Now ask me if I will come back here...
Probably for the rest of my traveling life. The temps here in the morning or cooool...no I think they would be considered cold by most Texans. I have decided to make this my home in the summer time. A bit pricey to say the least but worth every penny of it.
We took several days to get here...and when we got to Santa Fe we heard about the fires. This was a one week delay in our plans but well worth the layover in Santa Fe. I purchased a 5 day fishing license there and caught fish. Sherri got to shop in some of the stores there and we ate at some good restaurants too. All in all the wait was not bad.
I have been delinquent in posting but we have had spotty reception here with the WIFI and they finally got it back on the air. I will try to be more diligent in posting from now on.

Fishing here is great...but whether you catch fish or not the view is over whelming! Every turn in the river brings new beauty and more fish. This will bring me back here...

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Really enjoying the cool days and nights

Sherri and I have been on hold here for the last week and will stay here one more week to be sure the fires and and smoke will be long gone by the time we arrive in Creede.
We called this morning to check on the status of the fires and the air quality. The folks in Creede are real nice in relaying information about the condition of things there.
We will hopefully be moving north in about one more week. I am sure that they should have the fires under control by then.
Of all the luck when we decide to head to Colorado they decide to have a wild fire! At least we found a real nice place to wait out the fires. We are at the Roadrunner RV Park just north of Santa Fe. This is a no thrill park but we have great views of the mountains...cool weather....and outstanding sunsets.

We have been trying to find some Mexican food here but with no luck. The Mexican food here is New Mexican food and is nothing like Mexican food in Texas. We did find a place in Santa Fe that we decided to try. They had some of the hottest hot sauce I have ever tried. The food was so so but we enjoyed it.

We went down to the square but it was so crowded we decided to go back Monday. We had no change so we could not have parked anyway. Most of the parking down there is metered and you have to parallel park in those spots. 

We headed back to the park and settled down on the patio for some refreshments and enjoyed the cool breeze that was blowing in. They said we would be getting some rain and sure nuff before we went in for the night we had some

This day is over and tomorrow we will start over...

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On hold here in New Mexico

We have been here in New Mexico waiting to see what the fires in Colorado decide to do. We had planned on being here for a couple of weeks to enjoy some of the sites and fishing. We had not planned on there being a fire in Colorado.
We have called our Campground and they seem to think we can get in there by the first of July. The fire threat has been lowered somewhat so we will just hunker down here and see what happens.
We have plenty to see around here and we wont be without something to do. I am enjoying the cool  mornings and breezy evenings.
I have a signal right now so I better get this post in while I do. More later when I have a better connection...

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We made it to Santa Fe

We started off on the flat land

Then we climbed for a while

Then we crossed the border and we were in New Mexico

The weather has been real nice once we left Amarillo. I can't see how they can be in a drought there we had rain everyday. One hail storm and we decided to head west as fast as we could. We are just north of Santa Fe in the Roadrunner RV park. We have erratic WIFI so while I have a connection I plan to post. 

As long as I can get a connection I will try to keep you all informed of our doings here...

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Getting Ready to Head out

Sherri and I are getting ready for our trip west. We will be leaving Amarillo in the next couple of days as soon as we map out a route and find some places to stay.
We have enjoyed our stay here in Amarillo and especially the trip south to Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Sherri was a real trooper heading down into the canyon and never once whimpered the whole decent. She is a little skiderish about driving close to drop offs in the mountains. This is an issue we will have to face when we head out in the Jeep on the back mountain roads in Colorado.
I have all my fishing apparatus ready to go and can't wait to hit the lakes and rivers in the mountains. I hope to get some  great photos while there and I will share them with our friends and family out there...

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Texas at Palo Duro Canyon

We made it to the Canyon late yesterday...picked up our tickets and then toured the park for about an hour. There is so many beautiful sites to see there and we took in all we could.
Sherri and I have been here before but when we entered the park it was like we had never seen it before. She freaked out about the decent into the park. If you have ever been here you know what I mean. I know many of our RV friends have taken their homes down into the canyon and had no problem. I was not allowed to even think about taking Sherri's home down there so I just had to settle for a trip in the Jeep.

We took the Jeep and toured the park

After the play we met the cast and had some of them sign Kris's program. I had my picture taken with the great great grandson of Quana Parker 

Kristopher wanted to meet the women. They took to him and had him pose with them 

Everyone of the cast members were so nice and were more than happy to sign Kris's book

This was a great adventure and well worth the money. I recommend anyone that visits the Palo Duro Canyon State Park see this play.

We headed out of the park around 11:00 pm. and had a safe journey to the RV Park. This was the end of one of our many adventures that we have embarked on here...

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Getting ready for Palo Duro Canyon

We were up early  this morning and started planning our trip to Palo Duro Canyon. Sherri and I have been there before but Becky and Rodney had not been. We wanted to spend some time there but we had to work in eating and getting our tickets for the Texas Show.
The Texas Show, from what we hear is a must see. The ticket prices were not all that bad so we booked it for this evening. We got the middle range tickets that put you on the side but they say you can see the stages that are on both sides and in front.
The plan is to stop at Furr's and eat before we get to the park. Our tickets should be waiting for us when we get there and then we will have some time to drive around and see the beautiful cliffs. The last time I was there we could wade in the Prairie Dog Fork of the Red River. It was really nice and picturesque. I will try to post tomorrow with some good pictures.
I guess you may have noticed that I have WIFI here at this park! Man is this nice. I will try to keep in touch better now that I have a good connection here....

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