Nice ride

Animas River

Jan and I took off our CRS badges after we each checked twice to be sure the bike air pump was in the Jeep and off we went to ride.  I haven't been on a bike in at least 5 years, so I was really wondering how I would do, especially at 7000' and on a somewhat hilly trail.  We drove to the southern terminus of the Animas River Trail and ended up riding the whole 7 miles to the north end and back.  It was fantastic!  The town of Durango has done an exceptional job with this trail.  You never have to cross through traffic, there are ample places to pull off, many parks along the way, informational signs about Durango and the area, and it is paved or concreted the whole way.

Rapids right downtown

The Animas is a big rafting river.  You see tons of people in group rafts, small two man rafts, inflatable kayaks, and even inner tubes.  The river is mostly quiet and docile now as the water level is down somewhat.

Rafts going by

View from a bridge

Beautiful, huh?

Colorado has an active population, even on a weekday, in the morning we passed many walkers, joggers, mom's out running with their high tech strollers, and lots of bikers.  They even have some whimsical art work along the way, like this flower and bee!

These pictures we took with our phones so not as good as usual, but it is amazing, at least to me, that they do as well as they do.
After our ride, we went north to check out another campground we had heard about, Durango Riverside.  We met some folks, Ron and Nancy, in Santa Fe, and they were staying there.  We were not impressed with the campground, quite dusty, pretty tight, and very pricey.  We did have a nice visit though.  Then off to buy some honey at Honeyville.  We drove past this place many, many times over the years, and never stopped until last year.  They have all sorts of honey, honey products, even honey wine, and interestingly, a clear active bee hive right in the middle of the store.  You can sample all sorts of things, and last year we got some cinnamon flavored whipped honey.  Well, I tell you what, it is delicious!  We went through our small jar we bought last year, even ordered some to be sent to us while we were in Atlanta, so we wanted to be sure to pick up several big jars while we here!