For the last day and a half I've been hanging around Pagosa Springs, a place I've heard about pretty much all my life from my friends Casey. Casey and I were trying to explain our relationship to some of her friends last night and we decided on adopted cousins. This, of course, is a completely made up term as neither of us were adopted and we aren't related in any way really, but we've grown up together, kinda. Casey's grandparents live in the neighborhood that both me and my mom grew up in. So my mom knew Casey's dad growing up and I knew Casey. Every summer for a week Casey would come and visit her grandparents and I got to hang out with her. It's funny waiting a year to see someone, especially in childhood when you change so much from year to year. Finally, after two years (college has put a little wrench in our yearly reunions), we are re-united only this time I'm in Pagosa!
To get to Pagosa (by car from NM) you have about three hours of small highways (with no easy bathroom stops, beware!). It's a beautiful drive but I was happy to reach town. I drove through the downtown area to get out towards where Casey lives. After about a mile of gravel roads I found her mom waiting for me in a beautiful house overlooking "the best of Colorado" with Tangerine/Grapefruit margaritas at the ready! It was a wonderful and relaxing night (we had delicious pork tacos). The next day I had the pleasure of sightseeing all over the area around Pagosa with Casey's dad. We hiked a waterfall, stopped at an overlook, saw a mountain that looks like an "Indian Head" (no offense meant), ate some Sonic, saw a forest fire (or the smoke from it at least), and visited Casey at the coffee shop she works at. Later that evening we went to Kip's where I thoroughly enjoyed my grilled fish tacos with fresh salsa and XXX jalapeno sauce with a piece of Strawberry Rhubarb pie for desert. Then, Casey and I met up with some of her high school buddies at "The Springs" (Pagosa has a bunch of natural hot springs...hence pagosa
springs) where we soaked the night away under a full moon (despite the fact that a high school wrestling boys were all there as they are here for some kind of camp). I wish that I'd had more time to hike and camp and explore this awesome town. I'll be back soon I hope.
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| View from Casey's front porch |
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| Treasure Falls |
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| the same waterfall he just hiked. view from the overlook |
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| Indian Head (he's looking at the sky) |
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| Kips |
To get to Pagosa (by car from NM) you have about three hours of small highways (with no easy bathroom stops, beware!). It's a beautiful drive but I was happy to reach town. I drove through the downtown area to get out towards where Casey lives. After about a mile of gravel roads I found her mom waiting for me in a beautiful house overlooking "the best of Colorado" with Tangerine/Grapefruit margaritas at the ready! It was a wonderful and relaxing night (we had delicious pork tacos). The next day I had the pleasure of sightseeing all over the area around Pagosa with Casey's dad. We hiked a waterfall, stopped at an overlook, saw a mountain that looks like an "Indian Head" (no offense meant), ate some Sonic, saw a forest fire (or the smoke from it at least), and visited Casey at the coffee shop she works at. Later that evening we went to Kip's where I thoroughly enjoyed my grilled fish tacos with fresh salsa and XXX jalapeno sauce with a piece of Strawberry Rhubarb pie for desert. Then, Casey and I met up with some of her high school buddies at "The Springs" (Pagosa has a bunch of natural hot springs...hence pagosa springs) where we soaked the night away under a full moon (despite the fact that a high school wrestling boys were all there as they are here for some kind of camp). I wish that I'd had more time to hike and camp and explore this awesome town. I'll be back soon I hope. 
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