Korkie missed the animal activity at Kay’s house. They have 2 large cats, 2 ferrets and 1 Italian Greyhound dog, Icabod. Then in the evening, Elisa would bring her 3 dogs over. Korkie was only allowed in the house if the coast was clear. The cats took care of themselves; however the ferrets were in trouble. He also had a large grassy yard to run and play in. We stayed in their drive way for about 2 weeks. Got the ice machine fixed!!!! We then took off to Glenwood Springs.
In Glenwood Springs our RV campground was on a side of a mountain. The vertical roads were at an angle \\\ and all sites were pull- through between the diagonal roads. We could look down at the Hwy and the river. Glenwood canyon is one of most beautiful places in the US. Kay & Bruce stayed in a Victorian B&B in town. A Farmer’s market was in town the first night. Afterword we decided it should be “Pizza” night. Guess what! There is no Pizza joint in Glenwood Springs! With Korkie along, we could not go inside so we came home for a “chili” night.
We had read about a trail to Hanging Lake, a water-filled rocky bowl literally clinging to the face of a cliff 1,200 feet above the floor of the canyon. Spouting Rock Creek, which feeds the lake, creates Bridal Veil Falls. Kay had heard it was a very rocky hard climb, so I chickened out. She went and said absolutely beautiful and no, I could not have made it. Now that it is past, I think I should have gone. On Thursday we said our “Good’ by’s and continued on to Clear Creek.
When we lived in CO in the 70’s, our favorite fishing hole and campground was in Clear Creek CO located between Leadville, said to be the highest incorporated city in the country, elevation: 10,152’, and Buena Vista. We wanted to see it again. Found a nice campground and settled in. Took a ride out and found a place along the creek where we could Boondock. Bob decided he needed fishing gear, so off to the sporting goods stores we went. Took several trips and he was outfitted. We waited until Monday when the weekenders left and found us a perfect spot along the creek.
The creek is about 30’ across, not very deep but has a swift current in places. The water is really clear. The creek is about 5’ from our door! On sunny mornings the birds play hide & seek between the trees and across the creek. Some butterflies and humming birds are mixed in. The other night the sky was full of stars, it looked like a diamond blanket in the sky. We are really enjoying this place and keep putting off when to leave. The weather changes fast and the forest and water colors change hourly. Accross from the creek is a mountain filled with green trees. This AM I did spot a small ting of yellow aspen trees. That means in about 6 -8 weeks the aspen trees will be bright yellow, orange and red. Buena Vista is about 10 miles down the road. A cute mountain town. We found a great used book store. So we spend our days fishing, taking walks and short hikes and reading. It has been quite warm the last few days so we have been wading out into the creek to cool off.
Then one afternoon Bob said “come on; let’s drive up the river a bit.” OK, sounds good to me. Well, after a few miles the normal dirt road ended and a sign said “Bad road ahead, 4 wheel drive only.” They were right, at some points there was no road. We went across creek beds, over rocky trails up hills where it looked like a sheer drop. Bob kept saying, I did this in the Ranchero years ago, we can do it. We came to the end, about 5 miles in and there were several jeeps and some hikers gathered. It was good, we were still in civilation. Our jeep is now covered with dirt and mud. That night Bob admitted, there was no way he could have gotten the Ranchero in over that road. We are not quite sure of the correct story.
Well our time has come. Monday the 24th we pulled out of our perfect spot. We learned to boondock meaning you go to bed when it is dark and get up when it is light. We ate fresh trout, met some nice people.
We are on our way to Colorado Springs next to see tourist sights and old friends.
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