Fruita Update

 It was mostly cloudy with on and off rain for 4 days. That doesn't happen often. The Fall colors in the neighborhood were great last year. Not so much this year as the wind and rain didn't help. It was great to have rain though. More needed!

Crested Butte - The Town

 See previous post for the description of the day. These pictures are from our walk around town.

Inside the history museum:

Downtown 1915:

Model they have of the town:

I had bindings like this back in the day. We wore our hiking boots with this type of binding;

Outside the museum.... Crested Butte 2026:

Driving home along the Gunnison River and near the Blue Mesa Reservoir:

Blue Mesa Reservoir is about 17% full today:

Crested Butte - Oh Be Joyful Trail

 A second day in Crested Butte today. We started with the Oh Be Joyful trail. Some marginal driving to get to this trail but only 2 miles so we just went very slow. This is a great trail. Waterfalls, streams, and mountain views. Today we didn't have the weather on our side. It rained steady for about 1.5 hours. Some thunder and lightning. It was 40 degrees so it felt a lot like Vermont! We stayed with it and were glad we did. When it stopped raining the views opened up. It didn't turn to blue sky but it was pretty good. Snow on the higher peaks from last night.

After the hike we walked around the town of Crested Butte and ended up at the historical museum. This was interesting. Some old town pictures and mining photos but the good part, in my opinion, was the old ski equipment and the early mountain bikes. Lots to see here.

We spent some time standing under trees when the rain really picked up:

Cows not making much progress at one of the trailheads: