Colorado to Oregon

1,200 miles, that’s how far we’ve traveled since our last entry. 7 different campgrounds, 300 bug bites, and some 100 fish bites later, we have paused for a brief moment to record our travel stories here once again. Thank you so much to everyone who checks this and is interested in our lives, we appreciate your comments and prayers so much!
From Katherine and Creighton’s house, we drove through the Colorado mountains and fished on the Cochatepa River. They were biting at everything we threw at them, jumping out of the river as we hunted them down in their little holes (and this coming from Camille so you know the fish were pretty desperate). Ryan and I trekked through the tall grasses and muddy grounds, enjoying the abundant wildflowers. The river had perfect casting conditions, snow-capped Rockies in the background, and the setting sun made the fields glow as we experienced the adrenalin rush of the fish biting our lines (and the mosquitoes biting our bodies unfortunately). We were blessed to visit Ryan’s “grandmother in-law” (his Uncle’s mother) and we spent a day visiting her cabin in the mountains and feasting on berries and homemade cinnamon rolls. We traveled to the neighboring town of Ouray, hiked to an abandoned mine and went to church. We camped in the forest on the west fork of the Cimarron River exploring the 60+ mile dirt road and finally settling down right by the river in the forest with no one around for miles. The fish there were absolutely beautiful and ready to “be educated” (since we throw them all back, we figure it’s a learning experience for them ; ).
From Colorado, we hurried through Utah into Idaho where we camped in the mountains with natural hot springs about 100 feet from our camp spot. After soaking under the stars, in the early morning light, and every other chance we had, we were ready for the road, drove to Oregon and here we are. As for us personally, Ryan had a pretty bad sore throat which has since subsided and we are realizing more and more that a huge highlight of our trip has been seeing and communicating with all of our friends and family. Hope we’re not boring you all too much. Maybe next time we’ll throw in some really exciting stories just to keep you interested…they just might not be true…

Sending our love,

Ryan and Camille

Camille enjoying one of God's gifts to mankind on a hot summer day.

The hot stream and tubs we camped next to in Idaho.

The desolate but stunning section of Southeastern Utah.

The beautiful country side driving into the mountains.

The windy dirt road out in the Colorado Rockies where we camped.

Camille fly fishing on the Cochatepa river