Category Archives: travel
July Jinks Day 8: San Juan Skyway
I slept in after another very late night of photo editing and blogging, missing the continental breakfast window at the motel. Yelp led me downtown to the Durango Diner, a classic greasy spoon. Then I hit the road for the … Continue reading
July Jinks Day 7: Wolf Creek Pass to Alberta Peak
I slept in and had breakfast at my Pagosa Springs hotel at 9:00 a.m. and then drove 27 miles northeast to Wolf Creek Pass for a high-altitude hike before I headed to Durango for the next phase of my July … Continue reading
July Jinks Day 6: Aboard the Cumbres & Toltec
After breakfast at the hotel I drove south to Chama, New Mexico to board the Parlor Car of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad to ramble back and forth 11 times across the border between New Mexico and Colorado, at a … Continue reading
July Jinks Day 5: Ice Cave Ridge and the Piedra River
Last summer, on my first visit to Pagosa Springs, I climbed up the hill on one end of the Piedra River Trail (forest service trail 596) to discover the beautiful Williams Creek canyon. But at the time I did not … Continue reading
July Jinks Day 4: Opals and Sulfur
I had a rough third night in Santa Fe but still managed to grab a continental breakfast at the hotel and hit the road by eight o’clock. I drove north towards Pagosa Springs, originally intending to stop at Heron Lake … Continue reading
Meador Manor 