Day 5 - Santa Fe, NM to South Fork, CO

Breakfast, car packed and on the road by 8:25. A stop to gas up both cars and we were headed North on 285 to Alamosa, CO. Northern New Mexico was a pretty drive and the roads were good without much traffic. Entering Colorado there is a sign that reads “Welcome to Colorful Colorado”. Basically the “Colors” are various shades of tan.

First stop in Alamosa was a liquor store and then Safeway to pick up a few items for the night’s dinner. What luck, Safeway had a Starbucks.

An hour later we arrived at Frank’s home in South Fork. And is it a home. Beautiful big log home, with the Rio Grande river only a few feet away. Frank was very gracious to let us bring Al and Ann along with us from Santa Fe. The afternoon was filled with conversation and adult beverage out on the deck. So relaxing to just sit and watch the river go by.

Three others joined us for dinner and Barb drew BBQ duty doing burgers for all. Great time well into the evening. Unfortunently Barb picked up some sort of bug and was up most of the night, as was I.

Tomorrow we will take a drive up to Creede, CO.