Grand Mesa - Lake Of The Woods Trail

 Today we went up to the Grand Mesa to the Lake Of The Woods trail. Hiking was comfortable at about 60 degrees. Very nice trail with a mix of pine trees, aspen, and some open fields. Mostly a shaded trail that goes by multiple lakes. Most or all are controlled reservoirs. Two we went by were full. Two others were nearly empty. There are also some connecting streams. Very nice walk in the woods up on the Mesa!

SKIING: This should be on the list. Probably can't get the .5 miles into the trail parking but should be able to park on 65 and ski to start.

Cow in the woods!

Mostly dry reservoir:

Liberty Cap, Ute Canyon

 Nice day to be out there. Up the direct route to Liberty Cap and then started down the Corkscrew trail. A short distance to the cutoff to the Ute Canyon trail. An out and back a mile or so into the canyon and the return by Corkscrew Trail. Some water still flowing in the canyon. 

River Bike Ride

 The river has been up the last few days. Brown from runoff. We definitely can use the water. We rode our bikes on the bike path out to Loma and then in the path near the riverfront in Fruita.

Mcinnis Canyons - P1, F2, F1

 We started at the Pollock Bench trailhead and headed counter clockwise on the P1 loop. At the back of the loop we took F2 to F1 to get back to the parking lot. Nice day and nice hike. 

After that we drove to the Wildlife Refuge at the end of the road. They have a lot of open fields and access to the Colorado River. The river was high today. A lot of muddy looking water. I guess it rained hard somewhere up stream.