Movies, Sand and Soak

<TITLE> Movies, Sand and Soak </TITLE>
<THEME> TravelColorado
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The next morning, we woke up and drove down this road
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until we got to the place where we were encouraged to go no further
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and at the Point of No Return, we parked and started a trail until we realized that the mosquitos were too bad to continue
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and so we headed back to the dunes but as we got ready to hike there, the rains came 
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and so we decided to head off and learned some more history of the region
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as we reached the towns of Mosca and Hooper
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though we choose to avoid the alligator ranch in Hooper
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and instead went through Mosca
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and back to Calvillo's
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where breakfast was by menu only
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so that after our chips
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and Suzanne's coffee
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Suzanne was feeling good
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and I was happy
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to see our main courses
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together with salsa
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and tortillas
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and then to finish with sopapillas
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so that we could begin our journey to Pagosa Springs with a stop for gas
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and advice
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as a convenience store where we also got this sign for the collection.
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Driving on through Wolf Creek Pass where we stopped to record remarkable scenery
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and a map that guided us 
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along with warm words about Charles Smith
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as we continued to record the scenery
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including this memorial
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and these flowers
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not to mention a slew of photos of me before we headed on to our next stop
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which was Treasure Falls
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where we observed the falls
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and then made our way over the trail
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to ever closer views of the falls
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and down
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passing this hollow tree
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and flower
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before observing the falls from below.
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Our next stop was at the Springs in Pagosa Springs
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where Shelley checked us in and explained the local situation
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before we checked out our room and went for our first life changing soak in the tubs.
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Then we decided to walk into town stopping to be welcomed by the least welcoming visitor's center I have ever found
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but we found our way to the Alley House in the rain
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and ordered drinks
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and eventually made our way through the menu
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to find a pizza that was very good
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after which Suzanne ordered a glass of wine
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and I ordered some local beer
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and after some salad for Suzanne
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and some life threatening edamame for me
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we closed the meal with a piece of cake
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acknowledged how the restaurant came to be names
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and made our way past the educational system 
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and some history of the town
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before looking back at the town
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from the well constructed bridge and making our way back to our room as the rains slowed and stopped for a while.
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