PEACEFUL

A tranquil Rocky Mountain campsite.

Here's a campfire video:

SHOVELIN'

Though the snow is melting daily, Betty just couldn't wait to use her picnic table and fire ring. This morning she started a snow removal project.

As the snow melts we are able to explore further and further into the Mountain logging roads. Here is a photo of a roadside throphy that was revealed by recent snow melt. You can tell by looking that it spent the winter under feet of snow.

OFFICE

Here is a quick video look at our office with a view, if you look carefully, you can count six mountain ranges off in the distance. We are on Neff mountain in the Rio Grande National Forest, at just under eleven thousand feet of elevation. At night you can see the glow from the lights of Chama, over in New Mexico.
We drive up to our "office" a couple of times a day to check email, return phone calls and pay bills, ect, ect.. The ofice is about one mile from our campsite. We see Mule Deer, Elk and Big Horn Sheep daily.

WATERFALL

BEAR

Betty reads the bear warning sign.

Betty shows that she is prepared with the one pound cannister of bear repellant spray.

Betty shows her "stand and fight bear repelling stance, spraying the cannister straight ahead into the bear's face.

Larry shows his preferred bear repelling stance, spray over shoulder behind him as he flees the area !

COMMUTE

A short video, before the memory card maxed out, showing a part of the daily commute to the "Office", where we have great internet speeds and a fantastic view. The turn off to get to the office is 10,582 feet high. The view is magnificent from the small high mountain meadow.

MEADOWS !

Loaded as heavy as we ever have been, because we are carrying all of our supplies that we need to get the campground ready to open, we left Aspen Glade campground and started the steep climb up La Manga Pass. We had recieved the go ahead from our area manager and were moving up to Truijillo Meadows campground ! About one fourth of the way up there was a loud clap of thunder and a heavy slushy sleet fell hard enough that the wipers had to be on high to contend with it. I got so bad that we pulled over and quickly went to four wheel drive high range for the rest of the climb. The rest of the day was much the same. Snow one minute and sunshine the next. The lightning and thunder was a bit disconcerting. Here is a short video look at our campsite.