Two great days off

On our days off this week, we went to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, had a walk and lunch in Montrose and then hiked the Tumble Creek Trail, south of us . We had to push ourselves to finish the trail as it was 12,120 ft, but we did it and it was so worth it. The views were outstanding.

It was hard to get photos of the Black Canyon as the gorge is 2700 ft. Deep and the sun was facing us much of the time, but these pictures should give a feel of it.

 

On the way home from Montrose on a little dirt road:

On the final mile of our Tumble Creek climb. And my camera battery went dead:

 

 

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Our routine week

Just realized I have not done my journal or blog for quite a while now...guess it means we are settled in. So what have we done? Went to 2 movies at our so cute theater: Blazing Saddles and How to Train Your Dragon2. We had to go to Gunnison twice for grooming and a vet appt. Nothing major wrong with Sophie but she does have a 2 inch patch of skin without hair on her back...

In between work we have taken a few drives to see a waterfall, and interesting rock formations and gee we got to see the local stick horse races. Yesterday I went down to the lake just to meditate and relax by the waves at dusk.

Creede fire was last year...you can see the results:

 

 

Lake Christobal shots:

 

 

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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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