The road was not one of the best that we have been on since we started driving these Forest Service Roads but it was still ok. The road did end after about 5 miles and there was a huge, deep canyon with rock walls at its end. This is part of the West Clear Creek Wilderness and there is actually a creek at the bottom that has cut this huge canyon. We were at the eastern end of the canyon - see Clints Well on the link - and it was nearly impossible to get a clear shot of the canyon through the trees. The drop off from where we were was steep and we didn't want to get too far down the slope so here is the best we could do:
The picture doesn't do justice to the scene of this huge canyon in the middle of the forest.
There were huge pine trees in the area we stopped and Josie was excited to see so many pine cones on the ground. There were all sizes and she was reminded of the days we owned our flower shop and had to buy these from suppliers that did exactly what she started to do - pick up the good ones and stash them for Christmas.
The difference is we don't have the room to store this kind of stuff. She said that we were probably missing a good opportunity to gather these pine cones and sell them to shops at Christmas time. I don't think that is in our future.
It was a pleasant trip and we stopped at the Long Valley Cafe at Clints Well afterward to grab some lunch. The day then ended with Josie doing some laundry and Bob defrosting the freezer in the rig - fun jobs.
Our schedule was changed today. We will start at 1 PM and work until about 9 PM since one of our staff wants to go to a motorcycle rally in the afternoon. The late hour is a result of the restaurant staying open until that hour. This will be the latest that we have worked and it gets pretty close to our bedtime so we'll see how that goes...
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