Saguache Camping With Friends

It's been quite the summer - we've either had company, been camping, or working on the house!  Seems like there hasn't been a lot of down time at the house but hopefully that will change soon as we continue to work on the floor trim and the window trim!

But it was time to camp again - you have to take advantage of our short summer so we planned an ATV trip to Saguache with Dick and Jane.  It's a beautiful trip over there even though it does take a while but we enjoyed the scenery on the way.  As we were getting very close to the place we hoped to camp, Glenn realized he hadn't put in any additive to the diesel truck and it was on empty!!  At that point he didn't know if he should drive any further so we found a closer place to camp and set up, just in time for the rain!!!

Glenn and Dick needed naps anyway so they took a rest while us gals read!!  And then it was off to ATV for a couple of hours before dark!

What an awesome rock jutting up out of the ground!  We drove over to check it out!

 We rode and rode and saw some great country before we headed back to camp to feast on steaks that Dick and Jane had brought!!  Then it was campfire time to round out the perfect day!!

It was bright and sunny the next morning but the clouds did roll in!  Even though we were in the national forest, there are grazing leases and since Dick and Jane are ranchers, they had to stop and check out the cattle whenever we saw them!!

 We also stopped at the tiny graveyard which is perched on a hillside overlooking the beautiful valley!  I can sure see why someone would want their ashes scattered here!

 We did have to put on our rain gear early afternoon - we had stopped for a picnic lunch and about that time the rain came...............it really isn't much fun riding in the rain but we made the best of it!!

This picture was taken BEFORE the rain!!

We had met a ranch hand that was taking care of the cattle and since his wife was heading to town the next day (40 miles away), she offered to bring back the additive for Glenn's truck!!  Super nice people!  So we actually got to ride another 1/2 day before Dick and Jane headed out for home and we headed into Gunnison for another 2 nights stay!!