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Volume 7, Issue 30 - Feature #486

Duchess Corner

That's the one...right at the dead end of the road. The only traffic into that wilderness trail has to be on foot or horseback. Back in the late 1960's I could have bought a newly constructed 2 bedroom vacation home there, not far from that campground, for less than $35,000...blue spruces in everydirection one looked. Peaches were ten cents a pound and I didn't have a dime.Last time I was there development had creeped up to the campground area. The prices had gone to a quarter of a mil., and up. There goes paridise.

Charlie Cook in Louisiana Bayou Country - 2005-08-03 18:23:40

I believe I know that place Charlie stated, "A wilderness area begins in the back of the camp ground, and the trail follows the river into the San Juan Mountains." Does the road running through that "small valley" end up at the campgrounds?

NW Okie - 2005-07-31 07:39:47

For many many years I often camped in the Summer in SW Colorado. We often stayed in the campground at the northern terminus of the road that follows the river up Vallicito Valley. That's pronounced Vi-yeh-see-toe, and means little valley in Spanish. A wilderness area begins in the back of the camp ground, and the trail follows the river into the San Juan Mountains. The camp ground is almost 9000' above sea level, and is much cooler than Oklahoma. Hey! It's cooler than Bayfield. Many people hung humming bird feeders on their campers. Some had one on all four corners. There were so many humming birds that the feeders looked like lights with bugs swarming around them. There were a number of different varieties of these tiny birds, and they fought like tigers to be king of their chosen feeder...one of the best screen savers I ever experienced. I've traveled all over the country over the years, and Vallecito pulled me back again more than any other place, and just in Colorado there are a number of other places that are nothing short of wonderful.

Charles M. Cook - 2005-07-31 00:29:49

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