Well on Sunday we opted to take a drive. I was supposed to choose but gave three options…
1. go up Beaver Creek to where I might try to go fishing…? short trip
2. Make a run up and around Lake San Isabel and see what has changed up that road… ? not too long but longer
3. Run up to Salida and do a little site seeing that way.. longer drive.
The final options up the Ark river to Salida and visit the old camp grounds and then head back. I didn’t get many pics this day as I was just enjoying the scenery… wanted to stop and get pics of the rafters as they have added some new modes… the usual big rubber rafts, and some smaller inflatables as well as the usual kayaks were seen but we also so plenty of people on stand up paddle boards… now that would be real hard on a fast moving river like the Ark is now… but never got the pictures… did get an old cabin.
It has set on the other side of the river for a long time…
We also made a stop in Howard and read the history board… guess I had never been on the other side of the river there and that was where the real Howard town was..
A few old buildings, the old church/school building on the historic records..
Front view, it could use a little paint again…
I saw this guy on the rock watching… so stopped, went back and grabbed a picture, then noticed in the edit that it is wearing a tracking collar… first time for us in 40 years of driving the Ark river between Salida and Canon that we saw goats up there. Have seen them in several other places, notably north of Canon on Shelf road but never saw them up the Ark river. Several more were down at the river getting a drink on this very hot day.
I seem to be slipping in my “Carl” pictures lately… while in Salida we tried a Mexican restaurant and it was pretty good. We thought about trying the burger joint at the old Carls ( 50 burgers) but when we found out the costs we quickly exited. A couple with one child were leaving and he warned us that they had 3 burgers, 2 fries, and 2 drinks plus a water and it was over $50 … for burgers? hell no… so we went back up the street to the mex and had a really good meal… this had been a combo plate ($11) for a home made chili relleno and chicken chimichanga with the rice and beans an a small bit of salad stuff… Seems prices are way up in Salida… didn’t use to be that high up there… but oh well… and it is start of Fib Ark racing week? maybe they have a season and off season menu pricing.
It was a nice day and we got back fairly early… spotted this big storm brewing just past Pikes Peak… and since it was so hot out (100 deg) I went in under the air conditioner and took a nap…
The evening was for me to fix and cook more of my chicken specials and stuffed jalapeno peppers… and hit the sack. Got a drive tomorrow.
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