April 9th, 2013
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| April 8 |
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| April 9 |
Yesterday we were in t-shirts sitting out and enjoying this
beautiful park and today we’re hunkering down for a blizzard! We’re camped at Lake Pueblo State Park which
is just south and West of Pueblo, Colorado on quite a large man-made lake. There are several campgrounds here with
minimal facilities but we do have electricity – no water or sewer
hook-ups. We went for a nice bike ride and Bruce went off by himself for a more 'manly' ride although he did take a tumble - no serious damage tho! It's quite starkly beautiful here with thousands of gophers & ground squirrels that made us laugh! Lots of interesting bird sightings too!
Anyway ... we thought we’d just wait
out the blizzard
as we have lots of propane/electricity for heat, lots of water in the tanks
and we stocked up on food a couple of days ago. Oh ... and we've got wine, beer & tequila enough to get us thru! :) |
| Taos Pueblo |
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| Bruce - check out 'man-bracelet'! |
Before we got here tho ... we spent another day in Taos, visiting some of the local
areas. We saw Taos Pueblo which they say
is the oldest continuously inhabited community in the U.S.A. The indigenous people are still living in the
adobe homes that have been there for perhaps a thousand years. Some modifications have been made such as
doors (normal adobe settlements had only entrances thru the roof that was
accessable only via ladders) but there is still no electricity or running
water. Most of the people had shops
selling crafts but still quite a special place!
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| San Francisco de Asis Church |
We also visited San Francisco de Asis Church which was built
in 1772. Very beautiful and serene. It’s built in a plaza where some of the homes
surrounding it are hundreds of years old.
We came back later to a restaurant in the plaza and had some of the most
amazing New Mexican food we’ve had yet.
Upon leaving Taos, we drove thru Cimarron, NM which is home
to the Philmont Scout Ranch where Bruce (and his dad) spent some of the most
memorable times in their lives. Things
have changed a bit … more buildings and stuff, but the feeling was the
same. Quite a neat place!
We spent that night at Sugarite Canyon State Park which –
when researched – said it was one of the top State Parks in the U.S.A. Hmmmm.
I think the people that voted for that need to get out more! The campground was tiny – only 10 RV sites
and the same for tent sites. There were
2 ‘lakes’ that we saw … one was Lake Alice a VERY VERY tiny lake (pond) that
apparently is liked by anglers, and Lake Maloya which is only very slightly
larger than Alice which has a boat ramp and they said ‘liked by boaters,
kayakers, etc.) but man … we could paddle around the ‘lake’ in about 10
minutes! The park has been burned over
so not much vegetation left and of course it’s early in the season so not much
veg. on the bushes. We took a bit of a
hike to a old coal mine shaft nearby.
Not much else to do.
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| Sugarite State Park |
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| Trinidad, Colorado |
Early yesterday we headed out and stopped in Trinidad, Co. which
is a cool little town. Lots of
interesting old architecture and some good shops (more jewelry!), then onwards
to Pueblo. I don’t know how long we’ll be here … depends on the
blizzard. It’s just starting to snow now
and they say accumulations of 2” – 6”.
Oh well … it’s all an adventure, right??
April 10 … Darn … all that hype and no blizzard! It did however, get really REALLY cold … down
to 15F last night! We were toasty warm
in the RV and just stayed inside playing cards and watching movies. Not a bad way to spend a cold day/night.
Today we pulled into Colorado Springs. Had a bit of lunch and are going to see what
kind of stuff we can get into while it’s still cold. It’s supposed to warm up tomorrow so we’ll
plan some outdoor stuff for then.
Later …
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