Fun Valley, Saturday August 27, 2011

I went through the mail while having my coffee.  Two small checks, some overdue Quest bills and some soon due taxes was all that was of any importance.  I'll take care of the bills later.

Late in the morning we started a tour of the area with Alan.  He drove us to an old mining town, Creed.  Then we had lunch at a out in the middle of nowhere store and restaurant, Freemon's,  for some good, old fashion grilled hamburgers.  Gerri decided to also try a toasted coconut ice cream cone.  She said it was good, I tried it and it was just coconut.
After lunch we drove to the head waters of the Rio Grande.  Along the way we went by a trail head where I grabbed a cache. The pictures were taken with cellphones because Gerri's camera battery went dead.  The scenery was great, mountains covered with different shades of green and down by the river there were shades of yellow in the valley. Along the Rio Grande Reservoir we saw a Ptarmigan and lower along a creek we spotted several old beaver dams.

Alan's Jeep got pretty dirty on all the muddy roads.

We got back to Fun Valley about 5pm and rested up until time to go to supper.  The meal was all you can eat catfish.  Very good fish but so so hushpuppies.