CDR Day 14-Sept. 8

The steaks were fantastic and the bakes potatoes were yummy with all the trimmings. Beautiful night and an even more beautiful morning. This is a very isolated and quiet camp. Sleep came easy. The range cattle were a bit upset in the morning when they found us in one of their favorite meadows. Sorry, we were here first.

Last night Matt and I discussed the possibility of getting a cheap motel in Cuba, NM. We agreed that today we would make it to the mountains and old growth forest east of Cuba and then the next day get rooms and do laundry, update everything on the internet and TAKE A HOT SHOWER.

We drove from our campsite south of Del Norte CO. toward Pagosa Springs CO. all on forest roads and entered New Mexico northeast of Chama, NM. We ducked into Chama for fuel and a bit of lunch. Then it was back south on the forest roads to Los Pinos, Tres Pieadras, Petaca, El Rito and stopped for fuel in Abiquiu. From there we went back into the Santa Fe Natl Forest and continued southwest until we made camp on a high meadow north east of Cuba. We have been fortunate in that we have been able to find remote areas where we can have dispersed camp sites without neighbors. Unless you count range cows as neighbors.

I hope we have upheld the traditions of the Off Road Camping Club (ORCC) since we have certainly camped off road as much as we can.