Volume 8 , Issue 40

Sheep Trailing & Heritage Days - Bayfield, CO

Have you ever been to Bayfield, Colorado? It lies about halfway between Durango and Pagosa Springs, near Vallecito Lake, in southwest Colorado.

The last couple of day in southwest Colorado has seen the water rising, raging in the mountain creeks with the recent rain. AND... more rain on the way with cooler temperatures. We hear from the mountain folks that a total of three (3) inches has created havoc up around Vallecito with overflowing, raging creeks -- overflowing some roadways, ditches and ponds.

Here in the valley south of Bayfield, Colorado our rain gauge showed a total of 3/4-inch. We noticed the Animas was a muddy, roaring, raging river with a few couragous rafters taking the challenge this Saturday morning.

BUT... the sun did come out between the clouds in this southwest Colorado community of Bayfield for the Sheep Trailing & Heritage Days this Saturday morning, October 7, 2006, 10:00 A.M. Crowds lined both sides of Mill Street from east to west with anticipation of the sheep that made their way through the town of Bayfield, Colorado. We overheard another say that there were 2000 sheep that made the trip down from the mountains earlier in the week. A smaller herd of sheep trailed from West to East on Mill Street for about 7 blocks or so before turning south onto Buck highway.

Also, we have stuck a few "MPEG" files of the sheep trailing, bagpipers and Scottish dancers that gathered at Bayfield's Park on the east side of town, old highway 160 & Mill Street after the sheep trailing.
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