It has been an epic year for snow in the San Juans. We’re on track to surpass 2017 & 2019, and Juniper has especially been enjoying it!
Decided to enter her in the Durango Powder Pet contest because of her love for powder and to support a good cause. Voting runs till March 11th. Votes cost a dollar donation to the La Plata County Humane Society.
Thanks to our Fi friends and family we’ve already surpassed our original fund-raising goal of $100 and have re-set our goal to $300. Please vote for Juniper!
The last couple of weekends we’ve stayed home due to the increasing fire danger and afternoon thunderstorms at higher elevations. It’s still easy to take a short day trip and enjoy a few hours on the river.
Garden Update
We are finally getting some established and happy berry plants, especially strawberries; but I expect a little haul of thornless blackberries, too. Juniper loves helping with the watering!
Hope you are enjoying a safe and happy 4th of July weekend, friends!
We are definitely getting a jump on camping season and making up for all the weekends we didn’t go out last year. Last weekend was our first campout in Colorado for the year and the weekend before that we were back on the Chama River.
April 23rd – 25th | Chama River
Waiting on Dad to grab some firewood. So boring
There were a lot more people on the river than when we were last there in March. We ended up in a different spot that had a pretty popular beach. When we weren’t exploring, we were watching all the boaters going by.
April 30th – May 2nd | Colorado Camping
Last weekend we were a little closer to home, just over Wolf Creek Pass. We were lucky to find the traffic on the main road light this early in the season and more dispersed than when we visited here in July 2019.
Puppy highlights included our hike, which ended up in playing with a 2yr old Bernese we met, a few little patches of snow left at about 9K ft, and plenty of drainages, seeps and creeks to splash the paws in.
The new harness got a good break-in and after a short nap, Juni learned how to play frisbee. Or at least how to chase and chomp the frisbee. Besides outgrowing her little pink harness, it looks like all of her baby teeth have fallen out.
The next morning after coffee around the campfire and taking our time to pack-up, we bounced over to Del Norte for a few pizzas and beers before heading back to Pagosa.
With the snow melting and mud season in full swing, the San Juan Riverwalk is a great springtime option for a stroll, and of course there’s the river to play in.
Tuesday, March 30th – Thursday, April 1st
During the workweek a pup’s gotta find ways to entertain herself.
EASTER WEEKEND | April 2nd–4th CAMPING TRES PIEDRAS & SHOPPING TAOS
With the forest roads still closed in our neck of the woods, camping choices are limited this time of year. So we headed over the pass, stopped for lunch at Three Barrel and set up camp at Tres Piedras.
The next day, we headed into Taos to shop a little bit and takeout our favorite pizza. Looking for a quick pit stop at the Gorge, we were overwhelmed by the number of visitors and ended up with a front row seat to watch this ram graze his way through the rest area.
Back at camp, there was still plenty of time to stretch our legs and explore. That’s how we spotted these Pasque flowers and took advantage of the best snow patches.
my lil sagebrush bunny
Home again and bathed. Ready for another workweek.
Wednesday April 7th– Friday april 9th
We ended the week with both of these hoomans getting their first round of COVID vaccinations. The best part of such a late in the day appointment? Our hometown brewery is open for dinner. It was a blustery red-flag warning kind of a day, so we practically had the patio to ourselves.
Tryin’ to sleep here, Mom.
Saturday, April 10th | chris mountain
Before running the usual weekend errands in town, we took advantage of one of the first forest roads opening up and hiked about 3.3 miles up Chris Mountain. There wasn’t much snow, but there was still plenty of mud to be found.
How are you celebrating Spring and what new adventures are you looking forward to?
