Trip back to Navajo

August 17 - Unfortunately we had to get up at 6:45 in order to be on the road around 8. It was much faster packing to go home than to get there. We had cereal, loaded the truck, said our good-byes and got on the road. We had such a nice visit, too bad we live so far apart. Xena and Molly had a good time too.

We took a different route back which was nice for a change of scenery. Our first stop was Leadville. The last time we were there it was in the month of July and it snowed. We drove by the B & B we stayed in and it had a For Sale sign out front. Then we stopped for everyone a potty break and Bill and I each got a beverage.

Lunch stop

The scenery was pretty nice except for the haze from new fires in Arizona and elsewhere. The road straightened out after our first leg. We weren’t sure where we were going to have lunch that we could have in the truck but decided to stop in Saguache. The road you travel through on isn’t really the main street as there is an old main street off of it. We ventured down to see if there was a place with take out. We found a nice little diner where they baked their own breads, pies, cookies and pastries. Looked good to me! I went in and they were swamped. I waited my turn and ordered sandwiches on whole grain and a piece each of blueberry and peach pie. I paid and used the facilities and traded with Bill so he could go also. There was a big tree shading a parking spot further down the street so we parked and enjoyed our lunch.

Snow on the road through Wolf Pass

When we made it back to South Fork Bill and Xena both needed to go again. I took Xena out and it was really cold. Not a good sign. We headed on to Wolf Creek Pass and as we started going up I noticed a truck coming down that had quite a lot of snow on the hood around the window. Not good at all! I wasn’t sure Bill saw it, so didn’t really bring it to his attention, but not too much further up we started seeing white patches and then snow all along the sides of the road. I managed take a couple of photos while driving, with the intention of stopping at the summit where there would be more snow on the ground. Nada! By the time we got to the summit the temperature was rising and by the time we got down to Pagosa Springs it was 70 out. We stopped at 3 places to find a small propane tank for our Weber grill with no luck. We stopped at City Market for produce since the cupboards would be bare and then we filled the truck and headed for home.

Our new pets

Looks like quite a party

We pulled into our site at 5:00 to be greeted by 12 pink flamingoes in the yard. Upon closer inspection we found beer cans, pizza boxes, balloons, streamers, a spike heel, thong underwear and condoms. It even appeared someone had a fire in our fire pit. We knew our fellow volunteers had staged it and didn’t think much about it. I took some photos of the evidence. Should have dusted for fingerprints! Once we got unloaded and sorted out we cleaned up most of the trash part. When Bill went to watch TV while I was getting dinner we discovered the satellite had been disconnected and later we found our Campground Host sign was up-side-down. Those guys!

I cooked a piece of mahi mahi I just bought, warmed our leftover baked potatoes from Darlene’s and made tossed salads for dinner. We ate a bit late since we were full from the big sandwiches at lunch. We got everything back to normal, whatever that is, and settled in for the night.