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