Bill & Jan's Excellent Adventure: A quick catch up

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

A quick catch up

Wow, we have already been here in Durango for almost 2 weeks. Time flies. We decided with leaking Pressure Protection Valve, we needed to get a mechanic to squirrel his way in there to replace the valve rather than one of us, read Jan. The access is truly a bear, if not for that it is a 5 minute job. Anyway, he is supposed to come out today, fingers crossed. PS: He came and fixed us up in a few minutes. The owner of the mobile service turned out to be bigger than me, so he brought his son to do the dirty work:-)

Karen, Jan's sister, and Tom came to visit, and ended up extending to spend an entire week with us. We had a great time, although took very few pictures. We had several nice lunches out and several nice dinners and evenings in. We got Tom up to Animas Forks and Silverton, as well as Molas Pass, and even hiked around Andrews Lake. We found we missed most of the aspens this year, a little late, and with the rainy windy weather we have been experiencing for the last several days, most of the leaves are gone. Oh well, we caught them perfectly over in Creede and South Fork. We all went out for a hearty breakfast one morning and then Karen and Tom went for a horseback ride in what turned out to be pouring rain.

A bit damp

We took a chance and washed the motorhome, and of course, were the reason the pouring rains came:-) Then unfortunately Jan's glasses broke and luckily she had just had an eye appointment here in Durango, so we went out to order a new pair.
After Karen and Tom left we took a ride up to have a picnic at Andrews Lake,, and then up and over Purgatory to check out Hermosa Creek for fishing.

A few pops of bright yellow

The next day we took a drive to Pagosa Springs to check out the Piedra River for fishing, and to go up to Williams Reservoir, one of our favorite places. It was a bit overcast with some rain showers around, but we had a nice drive which coupled well with a lunch of Chinese food. The Piedra was seriously low as well. No go for fishing here this year, the water is just too low.

Ominous sky over the mountains at Williams Reservoir

Williams Reservoir

Tropical storm Rosa has been impacting the area, and although the rain and wind has kept us in, we know the precipitation is so welcome. There is even snow on the mountains now. The weather has remained unsettled for a week now, so we've made soup, watched movies, done some more fly tying research, and read a lot. In fact, it's kind of nice to just slug for a bit.

We celebrated another milestone this week, our 45th wedding anniversary! It was just the 2 of us, but we made the most of it with a little bourbon, a nice bottle of wine, and a gourmet dinner.

A bit of the good stuff!

Filet, mushroom and onions, and hasselback potatoes, yummy!

So all in all, we are having a good time. We are hoping for some better weather so we can get out and do some of our favorite hikes.

I thought I'd leave you with a few pictures. We took a ride up the mountain to Molas Pass and Andrews Lake to see if there was any snow. I'll let you decide:-)