We didn't hurry. Instead, we walked around town and goofed off before heading back to camp for dinner.
Per Malachi's notes-"We got back to camp to late to wash cloths" (insert drawn in smiley face) "we ate pork chops they were so so good and we had a side of beans and strawberries."
I'm going to defend myself here. We were indeed going to wash clothes when we got back to camp, but it's the only time we wore anything two days in a row. Also, I appreciate the accolades for my pork chop cooking abilities, but the beans and strawberries were separate dishes.
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San Juan Loop with side trips thrown in since we have a complete day. Neither my wife nor Malachi's mom were given a return date. We are taking our time.
We stopped several times for pictures between Silverton and Durango.
Once, we made an unintended stop. The vehicle is an unmarked gray pickup. The officer chastised us both for laughing by saying, "Speeding is not a laughing matter." We both concurred but explained that the consequences that I would face when his mother and my wife found out that I passed a policeman going 75 MPH in a 50 MPH speed zone, with my nephew behind me, were definitely a laughing matter. At least it was funny to Malachi. No ticket was issued.
Onward to the roadside warm springs.
The Following pictures are along the San Juan Loop between the hot springs and the turn to Alta Lakes, some from my camera and others from my phone. They may not be in order since I apparently lack the technical knowledge to synchronize the time and date for the camera and phone.
The mountains were beautiful in early June.
We decided to do a little dirt riding to the ghost town of Alta and to the beautiful lakes that are named after the towns. I told Malachi the lakes would be our picnic area.
Alta Ghost town.
Note that our altitude is close to the altitude where the snow starts on the adjacent mountain.
Right around the corner is a snow blockage of the road to the lakes.
We ate with the ghost and the beavers.
A few more pics of beauty before heading back to the highway.
Malachi with a sign of his newly found love of things electric hanging out from under his jacket.
Nearly unreadable signs at a roadside turnout for the first commercial electrical generating plant in the US. They explain how Tesla (AC) beat out Edison (DC) and how we now have AC electricity throughout the world.
While posting these pictures, I found my problem with my jumbled-up and out of sync pictures. With no phone service for a couple of hours, my phone said a large group of pictures were taken at 12:00 when they were actually taken over a two-hour span. When I uploaded them to my computer, they were loaded randomly.
On to another side trip to Telluride and Bridal Veil Falls. We opted to walk the trail to Bridal Veil so we could see all three falls along the river.
The structure at the top of Bridal Veil Falls is the second commercial power plant built in the US. Both were built to power equipment in mines.
Along the trail but hidden from view from the road. A waterfall and Malachi and his new binoculars given to him by our camp host
Looking back towards Telluride.
Altitude and strenuous hiking affected Malachi several times.
I can't find a picture of the second waterfall along the trail, but here's a link to a video.
A view of Bridal Veil from along the road back. We opted not to take the trail back since it was getting kind of late.
Somehow, Malachi skipped a day of writing notes. There's nothing about waterfall or Telluride at all.