Mother Nature teased us last night with a few seconds of drips. We ignored her and by seven it was really raining. We laid there thinking of all the things we left out getting wet and got up to rescue what we could. What a mess!
When it looked like it was going to clear, we took a drive West on 520 past the construction zone of the new dam at rio grand reservoir. If we had kept on going we would have ended up in silverton.
Skies cleared and we packed up looking for our next site. Many of the campgrounds were closed so we decided to boondock. We eventually found a place off south clear creek road that is most likely used by hunters. Rick rebuilt the fire ring for our much needed hot fire. We enjoyed a quick meal and sat around the fire. We have seen six people since we left south fork three days ago.