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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

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9:32 AM | Posted by Sharp's Travels
We were packed up, closed up and on the road by 9:15 am. We had 328 miles to drive today to get to our new campground in the mountains about 20 miles north of Bayfield and about the same from Durango. I was a little nervous about the truck as it is the first real test after having it repaired. We were south of Pueblo and were pulling up a long grade and the truck didn’t seem like it had the power we should have and the temp went almost to the red. I pulled over and checked everything and all was ok. I guess the pull was steeper than I thought. It wasn’t long and we were heading west on highway 160 out of Walsenburg into a strong head wind along with the long climb up La Veta Pass to an altitude of 9,413 ft. I guess the truck was performing ok as we passed motor homes and a couple of trucks with 5th wheel stopped along the side of the road with their hoods up. We stopped at a Wal-Mart in Alamosa to eat lunch and do some walking. Then it was time to head on down and up the road, it wasn’t long and we were climbing again to the summit of Wolf Creek Pass at an altitude of 10,856 ft. It was a much easier climb then La Verta Pass because we didn’t have the head wind. We got into our campground around 5:00 pm. The campground is called Vallecito Resort. It is very nice except we don’t have phone service. It has been a long time since we were in a place without any phone service and we will be here for two weeks. I have uploaded some pictures that Cheri took while we were making the trip. To see the pictures click on this link https://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels then click on album: Monument to Durango.

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