You can see there weren't very many customers today; I guess the season is coming to a close.
We stopped for fuel at the Monte Vista Co-op station and headed west after coming within literally 1/2" of a huge concrete barrier set near the gas pumps. It was about 2' wide by 2' high and 6' long, and painted red. How I didn't see that I'll never know, but "Mercy, mercy" we missed it. Could have been a very expensive tank of fuel. Big, deep, breath and off we went. Our first taste of Colorado Fall came into view as we started up Wolf Pass. The Aspens are turning, and the scenery was gorgeous.
The pass topped out at 10,857 feet, and Nessie worked hard for every foot of that. Of course, she's pulling a lot of weight with a full size truck behind, and the truck is loaded with way more weight than it should have, also, but the drive through the pass was very pretty.
At one point we passed through an avalanche tunnel, which was kinda scary.
But wonderful and necessary in the winter, I'm sure. Just as we began to drop down into the valley, we couldn't help ourselves, and stopped in the middle of a switchback to take a pic:
We met some nice people there who somehow got into the picture:
Just about broke the camera!
From Wolf pass, Hwy 160 took us through Pagosa Springs, which is a super upscale place from the look of some of the homes, and then through Durango, which has a huge western history, and then on to Cortez, Colorado. We're staying in the Sundance RV Park in downtown Cortez. It's nothing to write home about. Clean, but small, and we're within awnings' width of our neighbors. Oh, well. We planned to visit Mesa Verde National Park while we were here, but "due to the government shutdown.....". We do have an alternate plan, though, which we'll share with you tomorrow.
PS: Nessie's odo turned past 8k miles today, meaning we've put on over 5k miles since Oregon 2 1/2 months ago.....
And another PS: Happy Birthday, Dad.
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