August 1, 2000…..Pagosa Springs, CO Bruce Spruce Ranch
We made it over the Pass…though I did feel a bit ‘wrung out’ after. I’m not used to mountain driving and this mountain is a ‘dilly’.
We are parked in under the pine trees. There are sure a lot of ‘critters’! Squirrels chattering in the trees, Chipmunks EVERYWHERE, and birds! They say the Mesa Verde fire has driven the Hummingbirds here. I believe it. We can see a dozen or so at any given moment. Finally we went into Pagosa Springs ( about 16 miles) and bought a feeder. I can’t stand it when they hover 6 inches from your face. I know I can hear a little voice saying “feed me, feed me”! (smile
August 2, 2000…..Pagosa Springs, CO
We went into town to catch up on some things. I got my hair clipped by a nice fellow at the ‘Clip ‘n Curl. He was telling me that he knew his wife when she was 16 years old but had been out of touch for a number of years. She called him…he went to visit her…and married her the next day! Guess they didn’t believe in long engagements!
There is a restaurant here, called The Irish Rose. Out of curiosity I ordered a “Irish Burrito”. It was delicious! They had stuck in a few fried potatoes…guess that was the Irish part.
August 3, 2000…..Pagosa Springs, CO
When we were leaving Creede…Bill asked us to let them know if the 99 cent hamburgers were still on at MacDonald’s. As a joke we sent the following.” Urgent you drop everything and come. STOP. Big Mac’s 99 cents. STOP. However, ONLY for a limited time. STOP.” And didn’t Bill and Sally show up this afternoon! We went on in to MacDonalds and had our ‘Big Mac attack’ and a lot of laughs.
I was sitting out reading this evening and our neighbor came over. He said last year a fellow was sitting just where I was, taking a nap, he felt something wet on his neck, turned around and saw a bear had been licking him! This year they haven’t been having much of a bear problem…but it’ll be my luck to have the same bear wander by and leave bear spit all over me! ( hummm…maybe that shouldn’t be my MAIN concern!)