Today we continued on our drive down the valley. We saw the ‘lake’ that we camped near, but it was only a muddy rivulet. We saw lots of evidence of rockslides – huge boulders on the side of the road. Drove past quite a few coalmines, with massive piles of coal waiting to be loaded and taken away. I was too busy looking at these and missed the baby elk or deer that Will saw on the side of the road. We did see lots of gorgeous tiny chipmunk/squirrelly things skittering across the road and racing up trees.
Turned off the 133 onto the 50 and made our way up a crazy high mountain. Stopped for lunch at the top and admired the view up at the snowy mountains and down at the reservoir hundreds of feet below us. A very pretty valley.
Made our way to Blue Mesa Lake, down from the crazy mountain (Will was disappointed there wasn’t an elevation sign). We found a few good campsites and after filling Betsey up with water at the big expensive campground where people were launching their boats, we opted for a non-water view site for $6! Again an exclusive campground just for us J. Even though it was early, we spent the afternoon relaxing, me reading and Will napping. Then a smokey fire to cook our dinner by and then all of a sudden the light was fading and it was time to curl up with more episodes of The Good Wife.
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