On to Pagosa Springs!

With the truck repaired . . . hopefully . . . we packed up and set out for Pagosa Springs on the morning of Tuesday, February 10.  As you might imagine, we had a certain trepidation thinking about the miles of nowhere we were to drive and a truck that had been acting up.  Every shift on every hill brought a quick glance to the control panel for the dreaded red wrench light!

But, the truck performed well!  It pulled the fifth wheel with absolutely no problems!  No red wrench light!  No wildly shifting gears.  And no "limp home" mode!  We left Santa Fe around 11:30am and by 4pm we were setting up camp at Happy Camper RV Park west of Pagosa Springs!  And the drive was beautiful!

Now, Happy Camper is definitely not a RV resort.  It is a small park west of Pagosa Springs, but it is one of two campgrounds open during the winter in the area!  Basically, it is a gravel lot with hookups and very small RV spaces. Our 38' fifth wheel with four slides fully occupies the whole camping spot!  If someone was to camp next to us, I think our slides would touch and we could probably step from our door into their door!

But it is winter, and not many people camp in Pagosa Springs in the winter.  So, we actually occupy two camping spots!  One for the fifth wheel, and one to park the truck and set out the dog fencing.  When we arrived and set up camp, we were the only "transient" campers in the park!  Yes, believe it or not, there are some "permanent" campers even in Pagosa Springs!  About a dozen permanent camping spots are occupied.  But again, this is a bare bones campground.  No picnic table.  No concrete pad for the RV or patio.  Right next to the highway.  But, it is open 12 months a year!  Besides, we are not here to enjoy the campground, we are here to enjoy Pagosa Springs and the area - and ski at Wolf Creek!