Wednesday, July 05, 2006
On top of the world
The girls slept great at the Strater hotel. Unfortunately, Patty had a terrible headache and was up most of the night. We had breakfast at Les Rendezvous just a block down on Main St. It was great food and good service. Then we did laundry and bought groceries. After that the girls wandered around town for about ½ an hour (buying candy) while I sat at an internet café and uploaded some pictures to the web.
Then we made lunch in a parking lot (we should have waited for a vista point 20 minutes up the road) and left on our 45 mile drive from Durango to Molas Lake. There were plenty of warnings in all the books about the road (both about how beautiful it is and how dangerous it is), but we found it only beautiful. It was a spectacular road and the Ford V10 in this motorhome pulled us up it easily. Molas pass is 10,900 feet. We stopped there and took some pictures (and looked down at Molas Lake, just below it) and then we came down to the campground. Patty and I are sure it’s the most spectacular campground we’ve stayed in together, and I think it’s the most spectacular campground I’ve driven to. It’s at 10,500 feet and has sites all around the lake. More than ½ of them are empty, so we drove a little way around and found a site right on the water (like our bumper couldn’t be more than 6’ from the water). We were really excited to get to fishing, but a thunderstorm blew in, so we hunkered down and played Flinch in the motorhome. When it let up for awhile, we went out and all the girls tried to stay out in the drizzle and then rain to fish, but one by one they went back in. It turned into a constant rain that lasted all evening (and finally stopped around 8:30). I BBQ’d out in the rain (I sure wish we had our awning), but otherwise we were inside.
Our plan had been to leave tomorrow and head to Ridgeway, but now we’re considering staying here tomorrow since it’s so spectacular. If the weather is clear, I suspect that’s what we’ll do. The girls really like it, and I could just sit in a chair and stare out at the view for a day (and maybe keep a fishing pole in the water). I’d also like to explore some of the dirt roads on my mountain bike.
Here are some pictures from Molas Pass and Molas Lake.
Then we made lunch in a parking lot (we should have waited for a vista point 20 minutes up the road) and left on our 45 mile drive from Durango to Molas Lake. There were plenty of warnings in all the books about the road (both about how beautiful it is and how dangerous it is), but we found it only beautiful. It was a spectacular road and the Ford V10 in this motorhome pulled us up it easily. Molas pass is 10,900 feet. We stopped there and took some pictures (and looked down at Molas Lake, just below it) and then we came down to the campground. Patty and I are sure it’s the most spectacular campground we’ve stayed in together, and I think it’s the most spectacular campground I’ve driven to. It’s at 10,500 feet and has sites all around the lake. More than ½ of them are empty, so we drove a little way around and found a site right on the water (like our bumper couldn’t be more than 6’ from the water). We were really excited to get to fishing, but a thunderstorm blew in, so we hunkered down and played Flinch in the motorhome. When it let up for awhile, we went out and all the girls tried to stay out in the drizzle and then rain to fish, but one by one they went back in. It turned into a constant rain that lasted all evening (and finally stopped around 8:30). I BBQ’d out in the rain (I sure wish we had our awning), but otherwise we were inside.
Our plan had been to leave tomorrow and head to Ridgeway, but now we’re considering staying here tomorrow since it’s so spectacular. If the weather is clear, I suspect that’s what we’ll do. The girls really like it, and I could just sit in a chair and stare out at the view for a day (and maybe keep a fishing pole in the water). I’d also like to explore some of the dirt roads on my mountain bike.
Here are some pictures from Molas Pass and Molas Lake.
# posted by Craig @ 7:08 PM 
