San Juan Skyway (6/16)

The Skyway is a must if you're in the SW corner of CO. This is what we thought Wolf Creek Pass was going to be! You can start anywhere on the loop, the four "legs" are:

Cortez – State Highway 145 North

At Placerville – East on SH 62

At Ridgway – South on US 550

At Durango – West on US160

That last one was either Barb having a problem with the camera or the wind was blowing way hard!

The last was sunset against the range just to the East of McPhee.

You’re almost always surrounded by mountains, going up one, or going down one, or running along the bottom of a large canyon beside the San Juan River. ~ 230 miles of mountain passes. We averaged 15.35 mpg in the RV for the day – I was impressed.

We started just north of Cortez where we’re camping, did ¾ of the loop and then ate an early supper in Durango before the last, easy 60 mile leg back to our campground. We ate at Jean-Pierre’s – very French and good baked goods (Jean-Pierre is a real person and a baker). One thing we’ve noticed is that trying to buy good cheese and summer sausage on the road in the south west is tough. I’ve stopped 3 or 4 times at stores with Deli on the window or above the door and it’s never a Deli. One had fried stuff under heat lamps and most just have pre packed Armour, Kraft, Hormel stuff. Next trip I’ll have sausages from Meisfeld’s in Sheboygan hanging in the shower! And can you freeze cheese?

Tomorrow to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon!