Tuesday, June 22, 2010
June 20, 21, 22 -- Gunnison National Forest,, One Mile Campground
Finally into the trees at 8700 feet in the national forest, camped next to the Taylor River, which joins the East River to make the Gunnison. Drove a loop through the area, which took us to Taylor Reservoir set in Taylor Park (a valley on top of the mountains) which is gorgeous. Then on to the town of Tincup, which used to be a mining town but now is occupied in the summer only. We ate at Frenchy's, the only eating place in this one road town set high up in the mountains. Then we drove the Cumberland Pass, which is above 12,000 feet, on about 14 miles of unpaved road. Very scary road, but the views are unbelievable and you feel like you are on top of the world. There are a lot of ATVs up here; while at Frenchy's, there must have been 50 of them pull up for a rest. Dennis also took a raft trip down the Taylor River, a class III set of rapids. He shared a raft with two father-son teams from Finland. Both men are MDs, and the younger boy is just starting his studies to become an economist. So of course I had to tell them my favorite economist joke, which I will spare the readers of this blog. At any rate, this has been a relaxing couple of days, with no "spectacular" sights that just have to be seen. This morning was also a car maintenance day, so we drove into Gunnison to get our 45,000 mile service, which should see us through to the end of the trip. We have gone over 6,000 miles so far. We are sitting outside in a very nice and casual bar/restaurant/outdoor store in Almont just down the road from our campsite, which happens to have WiFi. We will reward them for their service by having dinner here. We move on to Great Sand Dunes NP tomorrow.
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