The Cataract Gulch Trail

Yesterday we decided to hike a pretty strenuous trail: the Cataract Gulch Trail in an abandoned town called Sherman, off of the Alpine Loop. I figured we would make it half way to a beautiful waterfall, but ended up doing the whole trail to the Continental Divide Trail for a total of over 10 miles and 2700 ft. Elevation gain. 12,200 ft! We hiked for about 8 hours and boy are we sore today!!! Great accomplishment, I say, for me!

Pretty steep in the beginning , then it opened to a alpine meadows with views of the big peaks...lots of wild flowers and a gorgeous alpine lake.

 

 

 

 

 

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Love these pictures of the most wonderful couple!

 

 

 

 

 

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Great 4 days with Heidi and Ryan

Heidi and Ryan got here for a 4 night visit late Thursday nite in a cute little red convertible. We were able to show them around the town, sample some local venues for food and drink, do the Alpine Trail by jeep and get to Silverton, and we even did a hike on the Cannibal Trail. We miss them already....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Delightful Tuesday

With full expectations of morning work, we learned there was no one checking out, so we had most of the day to ourselves. There was a great Arts and Crafts Show in town and we splurged to buy a beautiful bowl inspired by the art of the aspen tree.

We then took a drive up to the base of Big Blue, saw green pastures, sheep and cows grazing and felt peace.

In the evening after jeep washing, we went to a Michael Martin Murphy Concert in a little outside venue behind a small BBQ joint and heard Wild Fire and many of the old hits. One of his band players, 19 yr. old Shawn Richardson was the man to watch with perfect pitch and tremendous talent on the banjo, violin and guitar. Met some great people of similar background and views at the picnic table and the concert went on despite the rain. A wonderful end to a perfect Tuesday.

 

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4 wheel drive only?

So we decided to take a relaxing drive before our next week of work..we went north of Crested Butte...problem was we didn't know the road we were on was for 4 wheel drive vehicles. Thanks to Don's driving, our amazing little Honda Fit we did it. Yes, we forged 2 streams and had to remove a couple of rocks from the road, but look what we saw: ( only wish we could capture the colors of the wild flowers...amazing

 

 

 

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Cozy rain after lovely hike on Colorado Trail

It was another full week: checked out a couple more lunch spots after lots of cabin cleaning and I think we have both voted for The Restless Saloon as top pick..dark beer and a fried chicken sandwich; saw the old John Wayne movie Chisum in a very funky western theater and had a great hike on the Colorado Trail today..even saw elk passing by. I just wish I were younger as I would love to do the whole trail..but now I can just dream about doing that, easy to do when copied up in the camper while the rains come down...

 

 

 

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Happy Days

I can't believe it is now July 4! Time is flying by in Lake City. Was a good week which included a hike on the Waterdog Lake Trail to see incredible views, a couple nites out at the local places for dinner, a folk/jazz concert, a Pleasant View Resort BBQ, a drive down to Del Norte to get some honey and now the experience of a Lake City 4th of July. This town is like a large Eaton: down home, with lots of community spirit. Love it!

Deer outside our camper:

 

Hike on the Waterdo Lakes Trail:

 

 

 

Creede, a little town south of here:

July 4 with Jim and Nita; Theresa and Larry ( the other work campers)

 

 

Family activities in the park

 

 

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