Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Happy Camper RV Park, Pagosa Springs, CO - July 24-27
This is an aging Passport America cg with an ongoing issue with a bad smell, seemingly some problem with their sewage disposal system. It is under new ownership & not destined for success. Pagosa Springs is a cute mountain town with a great location. We walked along the San Juan River & saw (& smelled!) some of the hot springs for which the town is named. You can swim in the river downtown and sit in one of the hot pools without going to an official "spa".
We got here just in time for the Sunday pm performance of dances at Chimney Rock Archaeological Area, just west of Pagosa Springs, sponsored by Friends of Native Cultures, the same group that sponsors dancers for the Summer Solstice at Chaco. At Solstice, they only have one group dance, but here there were seven, and all were good. There were 3 groups from Acoma Pueblo, 2 from Hopi, 1 from Zuni, and a professional group from Azteca, Mexico. Afterwards, we went to their camping area and had dinner and visited with friends from the group.We took a lovely drive into the mountains up in a basin north of Pagosa Springs. We walked a short hike to Piedra Falls, a large falls which comes crashing through a narrow chute out of the Weminuche Wilderness area. Later we walked about a mile along the Piedra River, through a canyon with sheer cliffs and interesting rock formations.
Wednesday we attended a matinee of "War of the Worlds", a movie we had heard much about and which was recommended to be seen on a big screen. We enjoyed and admired and were frightened by the great special effects, but we were not impressed with the movie itself. We liked the book better.We appreciate all the condolences we got when you learned of Gracie's death. Thanks for sending them! The rest of the cats are doing well. They each seem to notice Gracie's absence in different ways, but we are all coping as best we can.
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 8:46 PM 
