Sleeping Around 2020

After much research M & D decided to spend a day driving the entire San Juan Skyway . “In 2012, Travel + Leisure named San Juan Skyway one of "America's Best Spring Drives" for its million-dollar views.” We did a quick drive through Historic Mancos . It’s pretty tiny. The most amazing site there was seeing a kid’s baseball game in the park. Mom loved their Historic Mancos signs, so we had to stop to get a photo.   Our next stop was Durango , we decided against riding the train. We investigated ...”Boarding the  Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad , a national historic landmark, for a scenic ride deep into the San Juan Mountains via steam locomotive, but once again to stay safe from possible Covid-19, we decided against it. However, we would have enjoyed:“ The canyon-clinging stretch of the byway between Silverton  and  Ouray  is called “The Million Dollar Highway” either because it cost so much to build or the amount of gold ore that remained in t...

Ancient Cedars RV Park, Mancos, CO Today’s drive was simple. We traveled through the lush, vast San Luis Valley on Route 160.  It’s obvious the main income for this region comes from farming and ranching.  Monte Vista  with its old train station and  Del Norte  with its crane artwork were two smaller, charming towns.   When we arrived in  South Fork , we started   climbing into the mountains. This area is an outdoors person’s idea of paradise. The   Rio Grande River   and   Forest   provides loads of activities...Fly fishing, kayaking, hiking in the warmer months while skiing dominates in winter. Dad had to really concentrate with all the winding roads. When we were going slower mom put the window down. It’s really beautiful and smells fabulous with all the evergreens. Judging by the road signs, it’s not uncommon for this two lane road to be closed down with heavy winter snows.  As we climbed up to  Wolf Creek Pa...

As it turns out some of the route to get there were on small two lane roads like CO-24. It provided us with the opportunity of passing through more tiny towns. In between were scattered ranches and windmill farms.  At times the distance between each seemed endless...it’s amazing how many of the homes are trailers or manufactured ones. Obviously, You have to love wide open spaces to live out here. Not to mention enjoy driving miles to get anything...WOW! We saw signs for this attraction   https://royalgorgebridge.com/ . With mom’s fear of heights we passed on it. We did cross over the  Arkansas River  in Pueblo, CO though… Dad decided to pass up on  Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center  ,  this historical fort built in southern Colorado in the 1850’s. O ne of the forts that housed the  Buffalo Soldiers  in the late 1870’s.   Gradually, the plains give way to undulating rounded rises, then larger hills and before you know it, you’re loo...