{"id":8576,"date":"2022-06-29T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/?p=8576"},"modified":"2022-07-25T19:23:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T02:23:21","slug":"haviland-lake-san-juan-national-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/2022\/06\/29\/haviland-lake-san-juan-national-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Haviland Lake, San Juan National Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The drive from Silverton to here was beautiful, no \"\"<\/a>worries during the ride on the MDH to here at all.<\/p>\n

When we arrived at the campground, it was very interesting.\u00a0 \u00a0There was a small earthen dam we had to \"\"<\/a>drive over, one very narrow lane with an angled curve halfway across.\u00a0 As I got to that, I wished I had unhooked the car, but it was too late to do that at the time.<\/p>\n

The lake was beautiful with all the trees and a few folks fishing from the banks. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>We drove a ways into the park and found the camp host who told us how to get to our site.\u00a0\u00a0 We arrived unscathed, dodging the tree branches as best I could, \"\"<\/a>and our site was very nice and turned out to be a double-wide site, even two electrical pedestals.\u00a0 This was dry camping, no water or sewer here.\u00a0 And lots of room to park the car!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This had to be the most peaceful park we’ve been in.\u00a0 Cool breezes and just a bit of background tree rustling noise from that.\u00a0 Otherwise extremely quiet.<\/p>\n

I was talking to a friend while there and he mentioned a great Mexican place down in Durango, about a 20-minute drive from where we were, so I added that to our to-do list for one of the days coming up.<\/p>\n

The next morning our coffee pot died on us, so I got the brand new one, still in the box, out from under the bed storage and set it up.\u00a0 Low and behold a part was missing.\u00a0 And of course it was the part required to use the K Cups we use while traveling.\u00a0\u00a0 I had bought it at Walmart while in SLC as that coffee maker was exhibiting some unreliability when we were there.\u00a0 Having a backup seemed like a good idea.\u00a0 I bought a cheap Farberware model for about $40.<\/p>\n

Now that I found it was missing a critical part, I started searching for the receipt to bring it back to a store in Durango.\u00a0\u00a0 It was not to be found anywhere.\u00a0 Apparently it had been put in the trash.\u00a0\u00a0 So I called the support number on the instruction booklet and Walmart answered the phone.\u00a0 A sinking feeling was observed right then.\u00a0 But I told the person on the phone what the problem was and about the missing receipt.\u00a0 She said she could help!\u00a0 That was a bit shocking.\u00a0 She said she needed the date of the purchase, the store zip code, and the last 4 digits of the card I used.<\/p>\n

I looked up the zip code on Google, logged into my CC Card website and retrieved the date, and then gave her the digits, date and zip code.\u00a0 She then said she found it\u00a0 (Really, they keep all that?)\u00a0 and asked for my email address so she could send me the receipt.\u00a0 Wow, it worked!\u00a0 I returned the one with the missing part and bought another one, and checked it first to make sure all the parts were in it this time.<\/p>\n

The best part of all this is this is the best K Cup coffee maker we have used!\u00a0 And it was less than half the price of the broken Keurig maker.\u00a0 It immediately starts brewing and is done before any other of the prior coffee makers even started pouring into the cup.\u00a0 A lot earlier!\u00a0 It also has a water tank, so there was less work to do for each cup.\u00a0\u00a0 And as a bonus, it holds taller cups than any prior models we have owned in the last 5 years.\u00a0\u00a0 (Travel Mugs!)\u00a0 We don’t use the\u00a0 K cups when home, but I will never buy another Keurig again after using this Farberware model.<\/p>\n

Here is a link to the old model: \u00a0Keurig K Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is a link to our new one so you can see it.\u00a0 Farberware K Cup Brewer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I called the Mexican place to see if we could bring Dusty and they said sure.\u00a0 We drove down and saw a small outdoor covered patio.\u00a0 I went inside to let them know we were here and that we had our pup with us.\u00a0 There was no issue.\u00a0 It wasn’t till after we ordered lunch that I noticed that there was a sign on a tree just outside the patio saying No Dogs on Patio. ??\u00a0\u00a0 After a while longer two more small groups of diners came in there with their dogs.\u00a0 The food was excellent!\u00a0 It’s difficult to get decent Mexican food outside of SoCal, but this was an exception.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>On the way back we decided to stop at a hot water vent right on the side of the road I had seen on the way down.\u00a0\u00a0 It was very interesting, not something you see on the side of the road often, and in my case, never before.\u00a0\u00a0 Pretty cool.\u00a0 (or actually warm)<\/p>\n

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The next day we were off to traverse Wolf Creek Pass and onward to South Fork, Colorado.\u00a0 (No, not the one where JR lived.)<\/p>\n

Just outside this campground was another group campground.<\/p>\n

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June 27th thru 29th<\/p>\n

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The drive from Silverton to here was beautiful, no worries during the ride on the MDH to here at all. When we arrived at the campground, it was very interesting.\u00a0 \u00a0There was a small earthen dam we had to drive over, one very narrow lane with an angled curve halfway across.\u00a0 As I got to … <\/p>\n

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