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Saturday, August 24, 2013

A Few Pics Made In and Around Chama

Climbing  the grade from Santa Fe to Chama


The La Clinica bus during the Chama Days Parade...this is THE Hospital here!

Chama Days Parade

Count 'em...2 out of 3 Chevys require towing to be in a parade!

No parade would be complete without Shriners and go-karts!

I have wanted to ride one of these since I was a kid!

This is Lynn and Janelle. We bumped into them after noticing their Burgman  scooters.  Sharlene and I enjoyed wonderful conversation with these nice folks for a couple hours. Lynn and I enjoyed talking about old motorcycles...this guy knows his stuff about "old" bikes!


Stopping for a break on the way up to fish

Raining at the Trout Lakes

OK, so it eventually happens...I buried the Jeep in mud! This is  me with Jerald after being pulled out.

My poor, dirty Jeep!

Fishing at Trout Lake


Winch added the day after getting stuck in mud up on the mountain...

Two pounder!!!

Dinner ride on the train

Sharlene on the dinner ride up to Cumbres Pass (Colorado)


This train once belonged to Gene Autry!

Sharlene with Hank. We met Hank during the dinner ride...Hank volunteers at the Toltec & Cumbres and offered to give us a tour of the rail yard. Thanks, Hank!!!

Us

These folks are PROUD!!!

Out for a drive in the mountains

Looking South from "Kodak Rock"

More Parade Pics

Trujillo Reservoir (Colorado)

Looking South From Cumbres Pass


Nice weather here!!!

This is the Rio Chama (about 50 feet from our RV)

We are about 10 miles South of Colorado

One of the many views from the mountains


On the way to our "secret" fly fishing stream

Our "secret" stream is pretty high!!!


My Beautiful Wife...am I a lucky man or what!!!!

Sharlene at "Kodak Rock"




Friday, August 9, 2013

Light Show

Caught this tonight

Chama for the summer!

 We have had enough Texas heat so off to Chama we go! We have planned to pick RV parks as we go along the road to Chama. On to Wichita Falls, TX, Amarillo, TX and Santa Fe, NM for overnights on the way. We had a wonderful lightning and thunder storm show overnight during our stay in Santa Fe! We arrived in Chama on Aug 4 to mid 70's during the day and 50's at night. We have had late afternoon and evening showers until last night. The mountain terrain is beautiful and Chama is a quite little mountain village. We are becoming familiar with our surroundings and have met several wonderful people. This is an area where a lot of people spend the entire summer. There are several small cabin lodges and basically 3 RV parks. I think we have lucked out staying at Little Creel, the sites are comfortable, we have a great laundry room and really good tap water. There is 1 grocery/hardware store here, 1 produce stand, several small restaurants, 1 saloon/hotel, 1 bank, nearest medical clinic is 15 miles away, and the main attraction other than fishing is the  Cumbres & Toltec historic scenic railroad (http://cumbrestoltec.com/). We are looking forward to riding the rails next week. The railroad was built in 1880 and operated until 1969. The states of New Mexico and Colorado saved the railroad at this point and it is now one of the oldest narrow gauge steam engine trains in operation here in America. There are several different options of train rides such as full and half day excursions, sunset dinner rides, and coming up is the Labor day train BBQ. The train operates May 25 - Oct 20, we are looking forward to the fall foliage by rail this year! This train and the rail system itself has been used in several TV and movie locations.
  We drove up to Pagosa Springs, CO and have picked up a San Juan Forest map to aid us in our 4 X 4 jeep jaunts and seeking the high country lakes and streams to fish in. Along the way we spotted several deer and two flocks of wild turkeys. Turkeys are funny in the wild as they were coming thru a meadow and they kind of hop as they run through the tall grass.
 The village of Chama has a big celebration this weekend called Chama Days. We hear it's one big party for the weekend. Today we attended a senior lunch and dance. The have a king and queen for Chama days which is determined at this lunch by being the oldest male (92) and oldest female (90). There will be a parade tomorrow morning followed by a Rodeo, Pow Wow Expo, and live music in 3 different areas. During the weekend, there are continuous softball, horseshoe, and  3 on 3 basketball tournaments followed by a fireman's competition.
 We are walking distance from most everything in town and plan to do alot of that this weekend with all the expected traffic. After the weekend everything calms back down to a sleepy little mountain village. It's very peaceful and beautiful here. So we have decided to stay for the next 2 months.
   Last night was the first clear night and the stars were so clear and bright that you could almost touch them. The milky way is highly visible and right over the top of us. Ken is looking forward to taking lots of photos and I know everyone will delight in his eye for photography. You will see them soon on the blog.
   Family updates:
 Kristin is graduating today at UNT with a Masters Degree and has been accepted in the PHD program! We couldn't be prouder of her! Way to go Kris! She is planning her wedding to Paul Petrunin and his son Alex on May 17, 2014. Welcome to the family.
Jeremiah is heading back to college at UNT for his Engineering Degree. Madisen is plugging away at TWU towards her Masters in Occupational Therapy. They are the proud parents of Tucker (the Weimaraner) and Ruck ( australian shepherd/ridgeback mix)
Ethan and Kenzie are busy raising our two grandsons Ziek and Eli. They enjoy living in Munester and hanging out with friends. One day perhaps Ethan will enter his killer BBQ ribs in some competitions, they are great.
Mark and Mallory are busy working and raising our grandson Van. He is a busy little boy so they will have their hands full.