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The 201703 trip – Colorado Springs

Saturday, April 8

Garden of the Gods RV
Garden of the Gods RV

We drove from Santa Fe, NM to Colorado Springs. Will stay for 2 days and head home after strong windws & bad storms pass. We got reservations at Garden of the Gods RV Resort in Colorado Springs. It was a nice enough place with full amenities. Our 30 amp electric hookup was wired backwards (thank you Progressive Industries). Fortunately, the 50 amp was fine and I used our adapter to hook up. The sites weren’t as level as the could or should be but we managed. There were deer that wandered through the place at times. It was wedged between the highway and residential neighborhood but was convenient to Garden of the Gods.   We got in early enought, we haded for Garden of the Gods and stopped by the visitor center and went hiking.  Parking was difficult but we found spots in the main lot and hiked around the big rocks. Saw quite a few rock climbers, took lots of pictures.  Then home for supper and a good nights sleep.

 

Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods

Sunday, April 9     Went out to say a Pueblo Vievo. Excellent.   It was a nice day, but we Laundry in the morning anyway. Mostly Debbie and Sylvia while I replaced the water pump. I took the old one apart – and the check valve was stuck. I freed it – and it seemed like it would work, so I now have a spare pump.   In the afternoon we headed to Garden of the Gods again and tried to find parking – and it was even worse. Deb, Sylvia and I took a spot and the kids went off to look nearby. Eventually they found a lot in the SE corner and we went there to meet them. Then we all hiked to Balanced Rock and back, then to the store which was nearby. Then we went to find Pueblo Vievo, a restaurant Deb, Sylvia and I had been at 3 years ago – and it was still there and it was great too.  The next day, the winds were supposed to die down……

 

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The 201703 trip – Santa Fe

Friday, April 7

Upper Crust Pizza
Down Town Sant Fe

There was much discussion as to which way to go home. We had decided at Green River not to go back via Colorado/Denver because of the mountain roads and the fact it had still been snowing recently – i.e. still too cold at night. Considering the issues and weather, we had experienced already, trying to get over the high passes in Colorado didn’t seem like a smart thing to do.  Since we missed Monument valley on the way up, we decided to go south, through the valley, then turn toward the east then north toward Denver – then east without going through Denver. Waiting of course for the winds to die down. So, on the Santa Fe, NM. WE left Monument Valley at 7:30 AM.  We landed in Rancheros – another older campground. It was tight as well but had lots of trees and amenities that we didn’t have time to enjoy.

Under the heading of “More Trailer Fun”, while unhitching daughter’s trailer, something caught my eye.  One of the safety chains had the first link on the trailer end cut almost all the way through.  Apparently whomever was cutting the chains to length didn’t notice the end link was also being cut by the angle grinder.  In other words, that safety chain was useless because it would have snapped at the first pull.

 

We headed to downtown Santa Fe looking for a pizza place – drove all around and couldn’t find it – finally did, but there was simply NO PLACE to park. Down town is cool, lots of older buidlings, but also obviously a tourst trap. We headed south past our camp to Upper Crust Pizza – a small place that had great pizza.

Back at the trailers, we tried to figure out where and when to go home.  The plan was to move east, find a place to wait out the wind for another day and then head for home.

Downtown Santa Fe
Upper Crust Pizza  Downtown Santa Fe

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Upper Crust Pizza
Upper Crust Pizza

 

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