Today we decided to drive and see some more cabins in the woods around Pagosa. We found some really cool places, but we have no idea just how expensive they might be. After the cabin tour we decided to drive the Blanco Basin Road into the forest. This was a pretty long drive down gravel forest access roads again. The road ended at the Fish Creek Trailhead. We got out to play around the creek for a short while. There were a few trucks but we didn’t see or hear anyone. The creek was very pretty. We headed back toward town but only got a few miles before we were stuck. A Semi Truck with a Bulldozer on a flat bed dropped the back end of his trailer off of the corner at a hairpin turn. We were on the only route in or out of the forest. Uh Oh. I got out to examine the situation and the truck driver said “well your timing stinks”. There was a small spur of the road a couple of miles back and we decided to get out and explore that area a little while the two truck drivers figured out what they were going to do. There wasn’t much to see at the other trailhead but Maverick enjoyed running around for a while. When we returned to the Semi Truck about 45 minutes later they were just cleaning up after recovering their trailer. They drove the bulldozer off the front of their trailer and used it to drag the trailer back onto the road. After a couple of minutes we were able to get around them and head back to town.
After making it back to town we decided to eat at the Roadhouse Grill. The food and service was excellent. By this time we were beat so headed back to the coach.