Then it was up and over Poncha Pass to check out Crestone Brewing. Crestone seems like a pretty cool town and we hope to get back to explore the place a bit more.
After Crestone it was another hour drive to get to the Zapata Falls campground. Cold weather was in the forecast so the place wasn't busy. Night outside number 25.
On Saturday we planned on hiking the Dunes, but due to the low snow level in the Sangres $100 suggested we try to get up to Zapata Lake. Ten mile hike up to almost 12,000 feet and back. Over six hours of off leash time for the dog.
After a successful hike we rewarded ourselves with a trip to Alamosa. Checked out a new brewery, Square Peg Brewerks before grabbing a late lunch at San Luis Valley Brewing.
Back to Zapata Falls for night outside number 26.
On Sunday we decided to head into the national park and check out Mosca Pass. The dog was happy to sleep in and might have stayed in bed all day until she heard us getting ready to hike.
Had some time after Mosca so we tooled around on the Dunes for a bit. Sand Dunes is one of the few dog friendly national parks and the dog is very thankful for that as she had the time of her life.
We decided to head back towards home to make the Monday drive a bit easier. PT Wood's has a great new drink called "Hockey Night In Canada" and I highly recommend it.
Grabbed a pie to go from Moonlight and had half of it gone by the time we got to Soulcraft.
Then we headed to our usual spot near the sprawling Salida suburb of Howard. Last night outside, number 27, of 2017. Short of my goal of 30 once again. Might have been the coldest night we've spent in the van.
5 comments:
I would order The Caveman pie for delivery, but not sure I could afford the 150-mile delivery fee.
Great trip. Haven't been down there since May and it's killin' me. Appreciate the beta
Odds are your's was the only Perpetual in the entire park.
"Best Day Ever!!", says the dog
Cheers
Seeing all these posts on your CO trips has me and the wife very psyched for moving to Springs next year! Only one more blazing hot ATX summer to go...
Larry, the Dunes are four hours from COS (or six for us, since we don't have the willpower to skip by Salida). The other side of the Sangres, near Westcliffe, is less than 90 minutes.
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