WOW... what a trip getting to Creede .... as we drove over Wolf Creek Pass !!! Truck pulled the 8 miles of hills, just had to stop twice along the way to let it cool down !!!
Awesome scenery with lots of water falls... but I didn't have BV stop ... just took shots out of the window.... didn't want to stop our upward progress !!! Got to the top where the Continental Divide crosses....and then in low gear creeped down the other side !!! Oh what fun !!!
As we made our way to the US Forest Service Office in Creede to check in, we drove along the Rio Grande River. Next blog will show pics of the headwaters.Looking back from Creede... just below the base of the mountain is a big RV park and you'll see some buildings in the trees..... just at these buildings is where we are staying. It's a small RV site for the volunteers..... there's 4 of us right now all doing different jobs.
Closer view of our home away fromhome.... we're the trailer in the back, on the side of the hill.
Nice little location in the trees. BUT... it was a "chore" getting this big rig in between the trees, up the hill and backed in !! Long story short... got to the area at 12:30 on Wed, had to cut some small trees, trim limbs, then climb atop the truck AND trailer roof to trim more limbs just to try and manuever the rig up the hill !!! OK, got it up the hill, then several up n backs, got it backed in. BUT... since the RV was now on the side of a hill.... it was leaning badly downhill !! We actually had to dig a ditch for the uphill tires, then add two 2x4's for the downhill tires.... in order to level. So, the final product ??? It's in, and level, awning is out, rug in place, hummingbird feeder up and BV happily relaxing..... finally..... not a fun move in !!
Closer view of our home away fromhome.... we're the trailer in the back, on the side of the hill.
Nice little location in the trees. BUT... it was a "chore" getting this big rig in between the trees, up the hill and backed in !! Long story short... got to the area at 12:30 on Wed, had to cut some small trees, trim limbs, then climb atop the truck AND trailer roof to trim more limbs just to try and manuever the rig up the hill !!! OK, got it up the hill, then several up n backs, got it backed in. BUT... since the RV was now on the side of a hill.... it was leaning badly downhill !! We actually had to dig a ditch for the uphill tires, then add two 2x4's for the downhill tires.... in order to level. So, the final product ??? It's in, and level, awning is out, rug in place, hummingbird feeder up and BV happily relaxing..... finally..... not a fun move in !!By the way.... black bears are common, so we are warned they will be coming in soon !!!
On our way here... we've visited Arch's National Park, Mt. Ranier National Park and wonderful places thru Utah..... so stay tuned..... more on this later !!!
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