On The Way To the Reservoir
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The mountains in the background
harbor the birthplace of the Rio Grande, and this is what we see as we drive
above Thirty Mile to the Reservoir where we really enjoy fly fishing. It’s a
quite a climb down from the road to the lake’s dam, and it truly tested our
lungs the first day. I had to stop twice on the climb up and out. But by the
end of our stay, we had acclimatized and could make the climb without stopping.
The fourth day of our stay we
decided to see if we could follow the Wemenuche Trail and make it to the
Continental Divide. Several years ago we had tried unsuccessfully to make the
pass and failed. Too old and fat and out of shape. This year, however, we started
out loaded with plenty water, thick socks, snacks, little camera, ponchos and
Georgia. About 2 hours into the trek, I was sure Mike was ready to turn back,
but we trudged on – past the rock slide, through the brief thunderstorms, over
Wemenuche Bridge and upward. A caravan of pack horses and mules passed us –
hauling supplies up to workers who were repairing trails. I briefly wished I
could hitch a ride, but the narrow steep trail was scary enough on foot, much
less 6 feet in the air!
Around noon we made it to the
pass – marked only by a hand-carved pole stuck in the ground. We were on top of
the world and the views both up and down were fabulous. The round trip took
about seven and one-half hours (and about 10 miles). We arrived back in camp
exhausted, sore-footed and hungry. Georgia couldn’t run up the RV steps the
following day – choosing instead to climb them one-at-a-time. Mike and I
weren’t in much better shape, but proud that we had bettered our last hike!
Isaiah 30:30The LORD will cause men to hear his majestic voice and will make them see his arm coming down with raging anger and consuming fire, with cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail.
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