This morning we headed north to Denver. We stopped outside Pagosa Springs to hike up to Treasure Falls. The cool mist of the waterfall was dramatically different from the ambient temperature of the air above the highway we had just left; it felt sooooo refreshing!!
Reluctantly, we left the coolness of Treasure Falls toward Denver. We drove through Wolf Creek Pass and the Rio Grande National Forest. Driving through the mountain tunnels was fun!
Near Sandia we passed the Collegiate Peaks, a section of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Collegiate Peaks include some of the highest mountains in the Rockies, with Mt. Harvard reaching 14,423 ft.
The majestic mountains, swiftly running rivers and streams, and the wide open plains we saw today had us singing John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High”!
Shortly after arriving at Joyce and Gordy’s home in the late afternoon, Bill decided it best to return the trailer, so he and Gordy headed off to a U-Haul store nearby. In the process of returning the trailer, Bill had a “Here’s Your Sign” experience that using a trailer is NOT in our best interest (more specifically not in Bill’s best interest). As the attendant started disconnecting the trailer from our car, Bill asked him to wait just a minute so Bill could get our bike rack out of the trailer before it was disconnected from the car. As Bill stepped up into the trailer and picked up the bike rack, yes, you guessed it, the back of the trailer suddenly went down and the trailer started to roll AGAIN! Bill quickly stepped out of the trailer and almost fell again. He went around the trailer to the back of the car where both the attendant and Gordy were standing wiping the sweat off their brows. They said the tongue of the trailer had suddenly flown into the air and they both quickly grabbed the tongue of the trailer and brought it back down; scratching the back of our car. At this point, Bill and Gordy quickly got back into the car and drove off as the attendant was telling us he was going to give us a discount on what we owed for the days we actually used the trailer. NO MORE TRAILERS!!!
50-in-50 Challenge 
Ken and I went across Wolf Creek Pass in the snow and a terrible lightening storm on our motorcycle trip many years ago. Brings back some exciting memories to see that Wolf Creek Pass sign! So glad Billy didn’t end up back at the hospital after his second “roll-away” trailer experience! The trailer was a good idea until it wasn’t! Beautiful pictures of the area!
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