We arrived in Buena Vista on a cold day & loved the snowy mountains all around our RV park. The cold didn't last long & the rest of the week was warm & sunny. We drove over Independence Pass, which had just been opened a week earlier. Lots of snow still at the top.
The ghost town of Independence was nearby & we enjoyed talking to the resident ranger. He recently graduated from college in Alaska & had just been there a few days but knew a lot about the history. Snowy Peaks RV Park had a Friday night campfire. We took our chairs & our cocktails & enjoyed listing to the owner sing, play guitar & tell jokes. We attended the Hooligan Race at the FIBark festival in Salida on Saturday. Hysterical! Untrained non-professi
onals put together whatever they thought might float & ran it down the river & over a ledge. Anything that remained sea-worthy was entered in the final race. The races weren't timed or measured in any way, so it seems the winner would just be the crowd favorite.
Fair enough & lots of fun. We enjoyed hiking from the town park most days. There were several trails & each seemed to take us around 2 miles. With the hills & the elevation, it was plenty of exercise! One of the trails took us up to an old railroad grade. We were able to drive along another portion of it & found tunnels blasted in the granite, similar to those in Canon City. We are heading off to visit our friends Jack & Amy, then we'll pick up Nick & Danielle at the Denver airport on Monday. So, we'll be BUSY having lots of fun the next couple weeks but will try to update at some point.
The ghost town of Independence was nearby & we enjoyed talking to the resident ranger. He recently graduated from college in Alaska & had just been there a few days but knew a lot about the history. Snowy Peaks RV Park had a Friday night campfire. We took our chairs & our cocktails & enjoyed listing to the owner sing, play guitar & tell jokes. We attended the Hooligan Race at the FIBark festival in Salida on Saturday. Hysterical! Untrained non-professi
onals put together whatever they thought might float & ran it down the river & over a ledge. Anything that remained sea-worthy was entered in the final race. The races weren't timed or measured in any way, so it seems the winner would just be the crowd favorite. 
Fair enough & lots of fun. We enjoyed hiking from the town park most days. There were several trails & each seemed to take us around 2 miles. With the hills & the elevation, it was plenty of exercise! One of the trails took us up to an old railroad grade. We were able to drive along another portion of it & found tunnels blasted in the granite, similar to those in Canon City. We are heading off to visit our friends Jack & Amy, then we'll pick up Nick & Danielle at the Denver airport on Monday. So, we'll be BUSY having lots of fun the next couple weeks but will try to update at some point.
1 comment:
It looks beautiful! Sure beats 110 degrees in Phoenix.
Happy travels!
Miranda
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