Yesterday we drove a whole 35 miles to the town of Red River, a ski resort village. We opted to stay in a commercial campground, Roadrunner RV Resort, located on the Red River. We are only 1/2 mile from town so a nice walk was in store, a stop at a bar and dinner in town.
Today we explored the National Forest campgrounds on the west side of town, along the Red River. Of the five places we checked out, we have picked two possible camps to move to in the near future, only 5 miles away. We are doing some major traveling - HA HA! On our walk yesterday we stopped to visit with a stranger from Kansas City. He was in a Jeep with a KC sticker. He pointed us to three off road trails we hope to try while in the area.
Today we went up to Goose Lake. It was not a technically difficult road but it was steep, rocky and narrow. We met at least a dozen different OHV’s and Jeeps coming down as we were going up. All along the way was evidence of mining from the early 1900’s such as fallen cabins, a partial mill and a tunnel into a mine. Goose lake was a beautiful aqua green lake with a backing of steep cliffs reflected in the water and covered with long-horned mountain sheep. We heard them baaing as we walked up and, using the binoculars, we found them on the rocks on the far side. They are fascinating creatures to watch as they bound across boulders and cliff faces.
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