A Lynx, Some Turkeys, Many Mule Deer, Oh My!

OK… So I didn’t get a shot of the Lynx. Yes, it may have been a Bobcat but it was as big as a midsize dog and hustling away looking like a furry cheetah! I was so surprised, my camera just lay beside me in the car. Today was a day of critters with deer, turkeys, the Bobcat/Lynx, Chipmunks, three different kinds of squirrels, a Great Blue Heron, a mouthy Magpie that was really blessing someone out at a picnic table and of course free-range cattle.

Today I explored Pagosa Springs. The town gets its name from the hot mineral springs that flow beside and into the San Juan River. I have included some shots of the springs as well as one of the big resorts built around this natural phenomenon that has been attracting people to its healing hot springs since the 1800’s. The water is crystal clear and very warm (around 110+). The minerals collect as the water evaporated forming domed structures. Interesting.

Not being the hot springs kinda guy, I headed to the mountains again, this time to Piedra Falls, a beautiful 65′ two level falls. This falls still thunders through the v-cut volcanic rock unlike the two falls I saw yesterday. As fortune would have it, the skies filled with clouds and I was able to get the cottony falls shot I was looking for. Check out the new additions to the gallery.

My trip back to Pagosa was rainy but beautiful. Another wonderful day in the San Juans of Southern Colorado.