Creede CO and Wolf Creek Pass

Sunday, July 15, 2018

First thing this morning, we realized we failed to take pictures of our camp site and the grounds.

This is a pretty RV park, but unfortunately it does not have sewer at it's sites. There is a honey wagon that will come around for a fee or else you use the dump station. The site is wide and mostly level. We are only staying 3 nights so no problem to be without sewer hookups.

There were 2 of these gazebos along the Rio Grande river. Nice place to sit and enjoy the outdoors.

This is part of the river that runs through the park.  We did see several people fishing at different times.  The headwaters are in the San Juan Mountains a little west of Creede and east of the continental divide. The Rio Grande River does flow through Del Norte which is where the RV park is. 

This morning we decided to drive to Creede and then on over Wolf Creek Pass.

 We had to drive through the town of Del Norte. This large metal elk is on a tall hillside at the edge of town.

After we turned onto the road towards Creede the road followed close to the Rio Grande River.

 Fly fishing is very big here. We saw several people out fishing along our drive.

 The drive up to Creede is stunning. Pictures don't do it justice.

This is one of the 2 main streets in Creede. Cute little town!!

This weekend the woodcarvers were having their annual rendezvous.

There were all kinds of items for sale.  This is only one table. The gathering was held in the entrances to the old mining tunnels. Obviously the tunnels were updated with electricity and the walls were covered in concrete. Restrooms were even installed at the back.

There were several kinds of classes and various kinds of carving artwork for sale.

 There was even stone carving. This buffalo was for sale.

This is the front entrance to the caves. There was also a mining museum that was free to go through. Creede was the last silver boom town in Colorado in the 19th century. The town leapt from a population of 600 in 1889 to more than 10,000 people in December 1891. Yet in 2010 the population was only 290.

As we drove back down CO-149 we stopped to take pictures along the Rio Grande River.

The whole drive along the Rio Grande River was impressive.

This is the first of 2 tunnels we went through on our way to Wolf Creek Pass.

 The views along this part of the drive were also awesome. 

 Tunnel number 2 before we reach Wolf Creek Pass.

We made it, but it is raining so we did not get out. Nor did we take as many pictures. Guess that is a reason to return to this area.

This was taken from the Jeep window through the rain.

Again more fishermen. However they were fishing in this little lake in the rain, not fly fishing.

More gorgeous views. We took more pictures on the way down off Wolf Creek Pass because the rain had stopped .

 The south fork of the Rio Grande River ran along side the road as we got closer to the city of South Fork.

More stunning rock formations!

 The south fork of the Rio Grande River had many stunning areas.

Here we are coming down off Wolf Creek Pass headed towards South Fork, CO.

We stopped at Ramon's in South Fork, CO and had dinner.  Great dinner and fantastic service.

Below are the cloud that evening.  Very interesting.

What a beautiful and wonderful day!