On our way to New Mexico, we diverted to spend a few more days in green, cool Colorado. We found a National Forest Campground, West Fork, located a few miles east of Pagosa Springs. The Campground was not at all crowded, very quiet, with large campsites. There are not showers or electric, but we managed quite well for three days. We did no hiking, just walks in the campground, and did do some windshield touring, driving up over Wolf Creek Pass. The trip over Wolf Creek made the third day we saw riders from the Bike Colorado annual bike across Colorado venture. If we were smart enough to have our cameras in the car rather than the camper we could have shown you some remarkable pictures, as we passed what we thought were more than 1,000 bikers streaming over the mountains between Mancos and Durango. As it turns out there are more than 2,000 riders in the event. This year they started in Telluride and will end up in Colorado Springs. I gotta hand it to them. Twenty or Thirty years ago, I could see myself doing this, but no longer. Eight mile long hill climbs just are beyond my imagination.
I'm typing this up on Thursday, the day we left West Fork for Santa Fe. We are now checked in to a KOA about 10 miles out of Santa Fe. Typical KOA, near a busy highway, but decent showers. I'm using the hotspot feature on our phone to compose this. Also typical KOA, the wifi sucks.
The pictures are of what I think are the most scenic of our trip. No excuse for not getting pictures of the thousands of bikers streaming over the mountains. You will have to use your imagination, I'm afraid.
Tonight, I asked the campground managers for recommendations, inexpensive Mexican, were my paramaters. We were told to try Harry's Roadhouse. Hmmph, doesn't sound Mexican to me, but also suggested were the blue corn enchiladas. We also had margaritas. Pretty good, and not far from the campground. Tomorrow, we explore Santa Fe, and also look for more good eats.
Three nights here is what the program calls for, then we head for home, breaking the trip up in to stops in Amarillo, Tx and some place in Oklahoma before arriving home, probably next Tuesday night.
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| Our Campsite at West Fork |
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| West Fork River behind our campsite |
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| Another shot of the river behind our campsite |
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| Treasure Falls seen from just outside the campground |
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| Another shot of our campsite |
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| Two of the thousands of bikers, here seen at a rest stop at the peak of Wolf Creek Passs. Note the girl, one of many |
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| A fisherman trying his luck against some very smart and elusive trout |
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| One more picture of the river |
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