July 19, 2020

Lake City, Co. Summer Vacation 2020

The Summer Vacation that almost did not happen.

Our annual summer vacation is a big deal around here. We plan plan plan to make this week or two special for the whole family. This summer was no different.... or was it.... You see this was the summer the family was going to drive to NYC. We planned to spend a few days in Washington DC to take in the Smithsonian and major monuments then head up to Manhattan where we would take in Broadway shows, the Statue of Liberty, 911 Memorial and so much more. This plan was derailed by COVID 19, so Plan B we booked a cabin in Red River NM, and invited our travel buddies to Geitzens to join up. Two weeks before our trip we received a call that our cabin had been SOLD and the buyers did not want to rent!! So Plan C, we quickly procured a different cabin in the heart of Red River. Well... a week before heading to RR the Governor of New Mexico issued a 14 day quarantine for out of state visitors. So we were at a total loss. Then PLAN D came together. We located a BEAUtIfuL rental home in Lake City, Colorado and started packing up for a week in the mountains. While this was not our original plan it ended up being the most wonderful vacation and we had a blast!!!!

the Cabin:

The rental house was located on the lake fork of Gunnison River between Argentina Falls and

Lake San Cristobal. Both decks over looked the river giving us beautiful views all day long.

On the back deck we spent time cooking, readings, watching the wild life, and visiting.
It was the perfect location for my morning coffee.

Charis and I had fun exploring the cold river. We had no idea just a few yards away was Argentina Falls!

We all enjoyed hanging out on the hammock by the river.

the Rides:

ATVing has become our family "thing". It typically determines where we travel and much of what we do while on vacation. We have ridden on the trails around Lake City many many many times. We know the Alpine Loop very well and enjoyed the trails. This year (on the last day) we found some new trails that will rank as some of my favorites. On this new trail the kids stopped to check out a mine and we found a beautiful mountain look out.

Lake San Christobal

This year we did have few machine problems, including a fuel pump going out on the first day and my breaks going out on the second day while going down hill! Turns out yelling does help the breaks engage! We survived... but it was truly an adventure!

Scott and Paul figuring out why the ATV will not run.

Girls making good use of their time while we were broke down.

the Friends:

The Gietzen family are usually on the trails with us. If you have read all of the Thanksgiving posts and Summer posts on this blog you have seen them.. many times! Vacationing with this family is a special treat. They always "bring thefun" and they also bring great technical knowledge when it comes to fixing broken ATVs and getting out of sticky situations.