We had a heat wave today...it was all the way up to 79 degrees...really is so much better than yesterday afternoon's 59 degrees. We are in the monsoon season so it rains every afternoon. Wish I could send some of this cool, wet weather home to TX.
Yesterday we said goodbye to the YCC kids. They have done such a great job...lots of hard work. Great Kids!!!! A farewell lunch with the staff and kids.
Today we drove some of the back roads to Creede. We went by Terrace Lake...it is the victim of old gold mines. The area mines used arsenic in mining. This killed all life in the lake and river when the retention lake dam at Summitville broke letting all the arsenic flow down river and into the lake. Several years ago they were awarded "Super Fund" monies to clean up this mess...they succeeded!!! Cleaned up the river and lake, then Mother Nature took her course, they stocked the lake with trout. The trout, the river and the lake flourished. Unfortunately, the dam broke again so they had to drain the lake. There are still no fish but the grasses and flowers are starting to come back.
We stopped in Creede at the mining museum. They were having a rock and mineral show so the tours of the mine were not available today. I did buy a couple of polished stones for necklaces.
The buck is one of our nightly visitors. He is so pretty.
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