Volume 10 , Issue 40

Our Journey Back Home

The Pugs and I woke up around 7 a.m. CDT and headed West on Hwy 281 to catch the highway Jct. just west of Buffalo and connect with Hwy 160 West through SW Kansas, this Saturday morning. We ate breakfast in Meade, Kansas around 8:30 a.m. [The photo on the left was taken at Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado, late afternoon, Saturday.]

When we headed out of Meade, Kansas, we missed our turn north to connect to Hwy 160 and ended up following Hwy 54 to Liberal, Kansas. Putting us about an hour behind schedule. We finally got back on the right path (Hwy 160) north of Liberal.

With Duchess as my co-pilot, we made it to South Fork, Colorado towards late afternoon to a fine rain and 60 degree temps. South Fork sets on the north side of Wolf Creek Pass where you climb the mountains to reach my part of the SW Colorado near Pagosa Springs, Bayfield and Durango.

As the Pugs and I continued up the mountain from South Fork, CO and over Wolf Creek, we reached the ski resort where the temps dropped down to 34 degrees and the rain turned to wet snow and began accumulating. By the time we reached Wolf Creek Pass the snow was coming down pretty good. Stopping and slowing trucks on the roadway as we began to make our descent down the mountain. We got behind a semi-truck traveling at 1 to 2 mph. We continued that way down the south side of Wolf Creek Pass until we got about 5 miles from the scenic turnout on the other side where the snow changed to really heavy fog 4 miles north of the turnout and cleared partially and turned to rain only around the scenic overlook as we continued driving to the bottom of the mountain and on into Pagosa Springs and Bayfield, Colorado. We arrived home a little after 8 pm Saturday night with Duchess on her alert perch between the two front seats of my Tundra pickup. Duchess is my co-pilot when we are on the road. I could not do it without her!

On this Sunday, October 5, 2008, there is a winter snow storm watch in the San Juan Mountains of SW Colorado on this cool, wet Sunday as October arrives this weekend in Colorado. I just love this weather and time of year.

Alva (OK) gas prices were $3.15.9 when the Pugs and I left there this weekend (Saturday) morning. Kansas' gas prices along hwy 160, towards SW Kansas was around $3.39.9. SE Colorado around Springfield was $3.49.9 at the Loves store in town. BUT... the truck stop on the southend of town was considerably higher. That's why I headed into Springfield, Colorado's Loves Store.

I see our gas prices in SW Colorado have not changed much, though. They are still hanging around $3.72.9 for regular here in Durango.
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