Day 3 at Pagosa Springs, Co. - 10/07/2011

Sometimes you have to go with the flow, especially when traveling during a transitional time frame.  An unexpected storm rolled into Colorado and most of the southwest, so we decided to stay put in Pagosa Springs to wait it out.  The scenery is so awesome and we decided that if we drove anywhere else, we would not be able to see the mountains.  Although the rain turned to snow, we knew that the ground was toooo warm for it to stick.

So our plan of attack to hang out in the hot springs, which was awesome.  We were there for about 4 hours, moving from 98 degrees to 110 degree pools of which there are 18 to choose from.  We met all kinds of interesting people while it continued to snow.  Not a bad way to spend the afternoon.

We got a break in the weather, so took some muddy drives out to see more fall foliage

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Even though we did not see any wildlife this trip out, we did run into a couple of uncooperative souls, who did eventually move out of our path.

It turned out to be a great day and was nice to be out and about.

That night it turned a bit nasty again and we decided that it was time to move on, as now the snow was beginning to stick to the ground.  Maybe we better get out while we can.  As wonderful as it has been in this area, we are not interested in spending the winter here.