Piedra River Gorge Trail

Tue, 8/18/09

West Fork NF CG, Pagosa Springs, CO: Not quite as cold this morning. We decided to do the laundry and grocery shopping today. So, we headed into Pagosa Spings and had breakfast first at a neat little restaurant in town. Sat out on the deck since it was such a pretty morning. We both had steak and eggs. While we were sitting there eating, all kinds of emergency vehicles headed out on the road to Chama with sirens blaring. It seemed like every law enforcement person in the area was out on this call. Would have been a great time to rob a bank or something. We heard there was an accident with a semi. Doesn’t sound good, but the ambulance did come back with someone in it, so at least they’re still alive. Scary. After breakfast we did the laundry. Checked out a model home a couple of doors down while our clothes were drying. Nice place. Then we did the grocery shopping, washed the truck, and then back to our site. We’re the only ones in here—us and a gentleman we met named Gary. He’s a few sites down from us. He’s from Columbia, MO, is a retired attorney and has been out here solo since early June. He doesn’t really look old enough to be retired.. He’s a very interesting guy. He has the means to stay at some pretty fancy resorts, but he prefers the National Forest campgrounds. I like that. He’s heading to Great Sand Dunes after here and so are we. So, maybe we’ll see him there. It started out mostly cloudy today, but cleared off by evening. 81 today. Supposed to go down to 40 tonight. Perfect.