We left Capitol Reef Monday morning and enjoyed a scenic drive across Utah towards Colorado. The Colorado River has cut through the land to create Glen Canyon but the headwaters of Powell Lake were not visible where we crossed due to low water levels.
Our friends Jeff and Linda invited us to park in the driveway of their mountain cabin on the Dolores River just north of Dolores, CO. We had a delightful two days with them with a lot of talking, wine drinking and eating. Tuesday morning we drove into the San Juan mountains to take in the fall colors and to look for the local moose. To offset the food and wine we hiked up to Geyser Spring which is not too far from the Dunton Resort. It is not a hot geyser but as we were looking at it the bubbles increased as if it were going to spew water into the air. The rotten egg smell also increased with the bubbling.
We reluctantly left Jeff and Linda’s on Wednesday morning and drove to Durango where we had lunch with our friend Dave. After a quick grocery stop we drove across the southern’s part of Colorado and up Wolf Creek Pass. John doesn’t know if there is a problem with the RV but we could only go 15-25 mph over the eight miles it took to get to the top of the 10,550 foot pass. This has never happened before!
Our destination is Palisades Campground in the San Juan National Forest between Creede and South Fork right on the Rio Grande River. We have stayed here before so are looking forward to some fishing and quiet river sounds.
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We could only do about the same going up Wolf Creek Pass earlier this summer. We even stopped part way up to let the transmission cool. Pretty country.
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