An old Dog, an old Man in an old Truck

I guess my last blog update was when we were at El Morro several weeks ago. Since then we've been to Cottonwood Canyon State Park for one night on our way from El Morro up to visit some people on Mount Blanca with a stop in Albuquerque for dog food and a stop in Santa Fe for people food. We only stayed on Mt Blanca two days because it was windy and there was nothing but cactus and rocks around and Duchess didn't like that. But we did get to sleep in a real bad inside of a travel trailer for those two nights. After that in order to avoid wolf Creek pass which I've been over way too many times we went south to Antonita, Colorado and then down into, Chama, New Mexico and around and backup ending up in Pagosa Springs. We had found a dispersed camping area on Campendium.com up along Jackson Mountain Road just east of Pagosa Springs. We found an absolutely perfect spot off of Jackson Mountain Road on forest service road something or another where we stayed for ten days. Un

It's been a while since my last update because there's been very limited cell service and no data. Someone at Cherry Creek Campground told me about the Gila hot springs Campground, where you can camp for $8 a night and have 24 hour access to 3 really nice soaking pools. So on Friday the 28th of April we went there and arranged to stay four nights. I could have stayed forever. It was very quiet not crowded and dogs were allowed to roam free as long as they got along with each other which Duchess did an excellent job of. The hike up to the cliff dwellings was amazing. It's a one mile loop with quite an elevation gain but you can actually walk through the Gila cliff dwellings. The Hot Springs Campground is a stopping point on the Continental Divide Trail where hikers can spend the night, soak, meet other hikers, exchange food and other items and just generally relax. I met and spoke with eight or nine different hikers and as I was leaving left some food and a smal