After getting back, Logan kept asking me if I had updated the blog with our trip but I have been busy with my new business so I hadn't. The next time he asked I told him I still had not written it but he was welcome to write it if he wanted. I was shocked that Logan said he would! So you are in for a big treat! Here is what Logan had to say about our trip!
Friday-
After a long week of work, we set off on our trip to Albuquerque. First stop was 30 minutes south. Braums is an addiction. Anna got her vanilla frozen yogurt cone and I got my Reese's mix. 10 hours later, and about half way through the da Vinci Code on CD, we arrived in Albuquerque, NM.
We started off the day at 5:30am so we could get down to the balloon fiesta. After standing in line for about an hour to get bused over to the fields, the mass ascension was cancelled due to high winds. So we went home and took a nap before watching the morning session of general conference. After the nap, we decided to check out the Albuquerque gun show. I found a leg holster for my gun for a great price too!
Sunday-
We left for the cabin after the morning session of conference on Sunday. It was a 3 and a half hour drive through northern New Mexico and southern Colorado to get to beautiful cabin. After unloading and getting set up, we got to the most important part of the day, the fire. We ended up using a fire log the first night but they just aren't the same as building your own fire, and they make s'mores taste funky too.
Monday-
Monday morning I got up early to go on a morning hike. The hike went a little longer than I had intended. I intended it to be a one or two mile hike, but as I went, I just kept going, until I hiked all the way around the lake. 22 miles of shoreline normally, but because there had been a very dry summer the lake had shrunk. While I was hiking I found bear, cougar and even wolf prints in the dried mud. After I got back, we went into Durango to go get our fishing licenses and to go shopping. When we got to the department of fish and wildlife we realized that it was closed for Columbus day, so we ate lunch on the Animas river and checked out the fish hatchery that was right next to it. They were raising rainbow trout.
We stopped by the gas station because the tire pressure light was on. We ended up just needing to get air into the spare, but that ended up saving us later in the trip. After getting that done, we went and got Anna a new Durango hoody and some candy at the local candy store.
Tuesday-
We got up bright and early to get going on our hike up Vallecito Creek. It was cold but it would warm up as we got going. The creek was beautiful, and the trail wasn't too steep.
We hiked until we found a pool that had a few fish in it. We got to fishing pretty quick, and not too long after Anna caught a fish. It was only 6 inches but it was still fun.
By the time we took off, we had caught three fish in all, Anna 2 and Logan 1.
When we got back we headed out to drive up middle mountain, it's tradition. The drive is great and beautiful. We get to see the mountains and the changing leaves.
We got kinda light headed as we started getting higher, nearly 13,000 ft at the top. Having driven to the meadow for a snack we headed back.
On the way down the mountain I felt like the car was listing to the right, so I stopped to take a look. We got the car stopped just in time to watch the last of the air in the passenger side tire whistle out. It didn't end up being too big a hassle and we were back on the road within 10 minutes. We really lucked out that we went ahead and filled the spare tire the day before, otherwise, we would have been walking back to town to get help... No cell reception in the mountains.
With the spare on we drive over to see the trail head for my next hike, Los Pinos Creek. We wrapped up the day by going fishing on the lake, and caught nothing. But we still had fun.
Wednesday-
We woke up and headed to the store to get a map. Other than that we just relaxed and took a nap. Shelby and mom got in around 3pm, so we went down to the lake to get firewood and skip rocks or in my case, just through stuff in the water.
Thursday-
Thursday morning mom left for Farmington and I left for his hike up Los pinos. When I got back I took Anna and Shelby up Vallecito Creek to go fishing again. We found a great spot with some large fish but they knew the game and just sat there. We didn't get a nibble for almost 2 hours (except for the two sticks Shelby caught). Anna lost her bobber and I ran down the side of the creek for a quarter mile to catch it before it ended up in the lake. I got it! But fell in trying to, a little too much effort for a .50 bobber. After I fell in, we decided to head back to the cabin to dry out.
We hung out there for a while then we took off again to get ice cream from the general store then to try our luck at a new fishing spot that I had found on my hike on Monday. It was a muddy spot where the water was almost closed off because of the water level the lake. On the shore you could see prints of all sorts of animals even wolves.
Within seconds we were all catching fish, and not small ones either. It got to the point that I was running up and down the shoreline with pliers to dehook the fish that Shelby and Anna were catching. We ended up keeping three 14-17 inch rainbow trout. I actually had to tell Shelby and Anna to stop casting out because it was getting late and a storm as rolling in.
When we got back to the cabin we cooked two of the fish over the fire we had made, they were delicious.
Friday-
We packed up and left the cabin, during a storm with lots of lightning and hail. Our first stop when we got to Farmington, was discount tire to get the tire looked at. They said the hole was so big it could not be fixed so we had to get a new tire. For lunch we ran to get some Costa Vida with the Farmington family. After that we headed out to Albuquerque to go see the balloon glow (but that ended up being cancelled too).
Saturday-
We got up bright and early to catch the balloon launch which actually happened this time.
We got to see a ton of balloons and a lot of different shapes and sizes. It was pretty cool.
When we got back we, of course, took a nap. When we got up we went out with Shelby to go rock climbing. It had been a very long time since either of us had gone and we got very sore forearms.
After that we went to Costco to go resupply for the next few months.
Sunday-
On Sunday, we got up and had a good breakfast then headed back to Enid. We finished the da Vinci Code too.
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Nice recap Log, very impressed!
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