Hello Family & Friends,
On weekend days (which are normally crazy busy on the roads and in the mountains), we sightsee and try out new trails from the map Darrel keeps perusing. Last weekend we headed out near the Natural Arch and took a back way in past the Del Norte airport. We plugged along, didn't see people or many animals either but found a couple of old mines and some beautiful scenery.
You can see the "wagon trail" lanes that we travel, and sometimes it is not much more than that!
Again, a beautiful day with blue skies and puffy clouds (although mountains in the distance).
The mines are usually just big holes in the ground
But the tailings create a pile around the hole -- this one was weird because it kind of smelled like sulpher.
Darrel poking around to see if he can find a treasure.
We explored the area and found a few more that had been worked.
This one wasn't as deep as the first one we found.
We found these old timbers that were used to rig up the hole as they were digging.
We spent a good part of the day driving until we connected to the road to bring us back to the County Rd 15 and on home. We found a couple more to explore as we were looking for Elephant rocks. So another day, we will be back.
Sending blessings from the road,
Susan & Darrel
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