DAY 22...On the Road again!

We awoke to deep, cold blue skies and weren’t sure if we should try to make it over the Wolf Creek Pass and La Veta Pass or hold off one more day.  We looked at the road conditions, road cams and the weather reports and decided we would just go as far as we could and see what happened...  It was hard to leave one of our favorite spots of the trip so far.

We had dry roads as we began our travels and when we arrived at Wolf Creek Pass, the sign said “poor conditions” but there were also plows out, it was sunny and in the 40’s.  So, we kept on going.  We made it safely through the first pass and decided to stop for a break and lunch in Alamosa.  Then back on the road and hoping to make it over the next pass.  God was definitely watching over our journey.  The roads were all clear!  We arrived in Lamar, Colorado about 5:00 pm.

We found a little RV Park, had some dinner and are calling it a night.  Early tomorrow we will begin our trek through Kansas and arrive back at Rick’s brother, Bob’s, home for the weekend.  We will have come full circle!

All the pics today are from the road!






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