Day 3- Covering Ground

Parked and camped in pagosa last night along the San Juan River, enjoyed a deliciuos meal of green beans and ranch style beans (forgot how good those were), tapped the Rockies with a few Coors Original and crashed pretty hard, needed to catch up on sleep after my night in the San Juan Forest. I am in Durango right now, having some coffee and relaxing a bit..I realized yesterday my permit for Yosemite starts on Friday, so have a lot of ground to cover in a short time. Heading to Great Basin Nat park today for 2 nights stay, laundry and fishing..Walker lake, Nevada Thur night, then Mather, CA for a 3-4 trip in Yosemite amongst the bears and who knows what else..Not sure if I will have any internet access after today but will see what happens..If not, I will post pics from yesterday between July 21 around the 22nd..Looking forward to a challenging trip in cali and some good rest in between..Talk to you all soon!

Pics-San Juan Nat Forest

waterfall

Day 2-Still Pagosa Springs

Last night was interesting..Got into the woods around 7:00..The first mile I walked was about 1200' in elevation change..going up! exhausting..Huge storm comes thru aronund 8:15 and darkness is moving in fast so have to set campa asap but there are no good spots..so I made due on decline side of the trail in the middle of weeds..Around 1:30am I hear an elk bellowing, he kept that up till 3 or so, while keeping me up..Got up around 6 this morning and went out for another 3 miles..saw what went for and then hiked it back 5 miles this morning..Sitting at a coffe shop with a great view of the San Juan River which I plan on fly fishing this afternoon..No trekking tonight, just park and camp somewhere, fish in the morning then off to Dolores, CO for a 2 nights stay..Going to post some pics in a sec if i can figure out how

Day 1-Pagosa Springs

After an amazing weekend with the boys in Santa fe (thanks again Ponce), I have made my way to Pagosa Springs. Small little town about 45 minutes from Durango. The drive from SF was beautiful..About 30 minutes after I post this, I need to stock up on aloe and sunscreen, my face looks like fire..but, I will enter the San Juan national forest for a couple of days. Phones dont work well unless I am right in the middle of town. I will let someone know what access I take and when I should make it back..Pics to come later..Hope everyong is doing well