The first order of business was to go to Maria's Bookshop, one of our favorite independent bookstores. It's dog-friendly, and Frankey was a little star. She got skritches and cookies. Michele and I picked up . . . um . . . a few things. A stroll around the vibrant downtown completed the day.
We stay at the Doubletree by Hilton because it welcomes doggies and is right on the Animas River. This image is from the hotel's website.
Then it snowed. We had planned to drive to Dove Creek on Friday to buy some yummy beans at Adobe Milling, but the highways were snowpacked. We had all those new books, so we settled in for a peaceful day of reading.
Here is the view of the river from outside our room.
Some gnarly guys were fishing in the river near the bridge on Friday morning, but I didn't get my camera in time.
The mountain was socked in by fog for much of our visit. That's okay: I didn't want to climb it anyway.
We left Durango at 9:00 on Saturday morning. Travel through the snow was slow; it took us two hours to go the 60 miles to Pagosa Springs. For about half that time we followed a snowplow, and the driving was comparatively easy. From Pagosa Springs to Chama, 45 miles, took us about an hour and a half. Heading out of Chama, we traveled on clear roads all the way home.
You have to stop at Bode's in Abiquiu for cookies, lest the Republic fall. Frankey likes the peanut butter cookies best.
3 comments:
Ahhh, retirement. You're so lucky. It looks fun.
Sounds like a restful weekend.
Wow! So you're retired now. My neighbor retired in October, and she says it's the best job she ever had!
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