We Flew Into Colorado Springs & Drove 250 Miles In Our Buick Charriot To The Fairfield Resort In Pagosa Springs.
You Guessed It, There's Not Much There But ...
... The San Juan National Forest ...
... And The Wolf Creek Ski Resort. Wolf Creek Gets The Most Snow Of ANY Resort In Colorado.
Except This Year They Had A Slow Start.
Looks Pretty Rocky. Anita Had Planned To Take Lessons But She'll Wait Until We Find More Snow.
We Stayed @ The Teal Landing Complex @ Fairfield.
The Week After Thanksgiving Is Virtually Empty (That's Why We Select It).
This Is Our Patio - Nice To Watch The View & The Sunset But Too Cool Otherwise To Use It.
We Had A LARGE 2 Bedroom Unit - Nice Kitchen,
The Master Suite Was VERY Comfortable With
A Whirlpool Tub (We Never Used It. You'll See Why In A Few Photos). I Never Even Took Photos of The Other Bedroom & Bathroom.
Too Dark To See The View When We Arrived, But ...
The Weather Was Clear & Cool For Most Of The Week.
We Spent Our Days, Sleeping, ...
... Working Out @ The Recreation Center And ...
... Relaxing! We Watched A Movie EVERY Night And ...
... Took A Snowmobile Tour Across The Continental Divide.
One Of The BEST Vacations I've Taken In Years.
Nothing Really Planned And We Didn't Push Ourselves (Anita's Good For Me In That Respect).
Very Relaxing And The Air Is Fresh.
We Did Get Snow Our Last Evening In Pagosa ...
... Making The Trip Back Across The Pass (We Actually Had To Cross 2 Mountain Passes) A Bit Slippery.
Over The Course Of The Week ...
... The Pond Froze And Our Feathered Friends Looked A Bit Confused.
They Would Send A Leader Across The Ice And ...
... If He Fell In They Would Find An Alternate Route. You Would Think They Would Fly?
We Were VERY Thirsty - Maybe It Was The Altitude. Pagosa Springs Is Over 7,000 Feet Above Sea Level.
Anita Prepared Oatmeal For My Breakfast.
We Enjoyed A Nice Meal Every Morning.
It Was A Real Treat To Have Breakfast TOGETHER!
Pagosa Springs Is A Small Ranching Town That Is In The Midst Of A Real Estate Boom.
The Hot Springs Was The Major Attraction For Us.
The Springs Are The Oldest & Largest In North America.
We Got Weekly Passes To The Springs ...
The Printer Was Down For A Few Days So The Passes Were Actually Good After We Left.
The Springs Have A Dozen Or More Pools ...
... Along The San Juan River. The River Temp Was 34F - We Never Took The Plunge!
The Pools Range In Temp From 94F To 114F (Or Higher Depending On The Flow From The Springs).
The Springs Close @ 11:00 PM During The Week.
We Typically Arrived About 9:30 & Soaked Until They Kicked Us Out To Close.
This Is One Of Our Favorites.
This Is One Too. We Typically Had Pools To Ourselves w/ Crystal Clear Skies & Air Temp Between 25F And -2F.
A VERY Nice Experience. The Final Night The Snow Had Turned To Rain Before It Stopped. We'll Have To Go Back For The Snow Experience In The Springs.
We Took A 2 Hour Snowmobiling Tour Across The Continental Divide.
They Didn't Have A Lot Of Snow But They Did Have Enough.
Anita Decided To Get Her Own Sled This Year.
We Played In The Meadow Before Heading Down The Trail.
The View Was Spectacular.
We Spent Time In Another Meadow.
Our Guide Was In This Meadow On Christmas Day Last Year - They Had Over 10 Feet of Snow!!
We Enjoyed Stopping And ...
... Listening To The Silence!
Our Guide Knew All The Best Spots And ...
... Found Some Fuji Moments.
Thanx Matt For Taking Our Photo!
Matt Suggested The Half Day Tour To REALLY Experience The Countryside.
Matt Allowed Me To Ride His Sled - WOW Was It FAST!
Another Fuji Moment (We Had A Fuji Camera).
Looks Like Bacon & Egg Samdwiches For Breakfast - Yum!
Anita Brought Her New Laptop. Notice Something Strange - Yes, It's A Dial-Up Connection!!
We Visited The Pagosa Springs Humane Society.
They've Got Plans To Build A New Facility, But ...
... I'm Not Sure It'll Have The View This Place Does!
The Storm Was Coming In Friday Afternoon.
A Cool Painting In The Lobby - Happy Dog!
We Took A Class Painting River Rocks As Insects - Here's My Butterfly.
Notice How Anita's Lady Bug Glitters.
The Rocks Will Go Into Our Garden.
When The Shark Bites - I Didn't Have Time To Finish This One.
We Had A Couple Of BEAUTIFUL Suunsets.
Which One Is Your Favorite?
