Day #77, September 3

This morning we left Buffalo Creek on #285 southbound back to Trout Creek Pass and then to Salida on #291. We hailed a woman to ask where to get a good breakfast. Grace was her name and she was walking her dog Gracie. Turns out she is from Chesapeake, VA. Small world. A traumatic divorce and bad memories back east and here she is in Colorado for a fresh start.

On to Dawn’s Café for breakfast. Then south on #285 with the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness just to the east and the Rio Grande National Forest to the west. Through Villa Grove and Saguache where we went due south on #15 to Monte Vista then west on route # 160 to Del Norte and then South Fork where we crossed the Rio Grande River. Camped for the night in the Park Creek Camp Ground right on the South Fork of the Rio Grande in the Rio Grande National Forest. Lucky for us. The campground is closing for the season at noon tomorrow.

A Portion of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range to the West. Hot and Dry this Time of the Year.