Good News, Bad News

First the bad news.  Wayne went to the Pagosa Medical Clinic on Friday for a cough and cramps in his ankles.  The staff there took his blood pressure and oxygen levels and everyone went into a panic.  His blood pressure was very low and so was his oxygen level.  The good news is that he left the clinic with medication for his bronchitis and oxygen for his oxygen levels.  Bad news—the doctor suggested that we leave soon for sea level as this altitude is making his heart work too hard.  Good news—we can have another week here. 

Instead of staying here until August 14th we will leave on July 19th and go to Albuquerque to have the generator worked on.  Hopefully we will head to Texas on the 20th and be back at sea level by the end of that week.

In the meantime we are trying to pack in some experiences.  Today we drove over Wolf Creek Pass to South Fork and back.  Here is a picture heading out of Pagosa Springs.

 

We stopped at Treasure Falls to take a picture.

There are plaques telling about the History of Treasure Falls, The Legend of Treasure Mountain and a diagram of the interpretive walking trail which we did not take.

 

There is a tunnel through one of the mountains along the way.  There is a roadway that goes around the outside of the mountain as well.  I guess it is in case there is a wreck in the tunnel because it was closed.

The scenery is spectacular.

 

I think this is another waterfall but I couldn’t get it to zoom in close enough.  If not, it is some of the snow that is still on the ground.

If Wayne is feeling good tomorrow we will try to drive up to Williams Lake.  He will see the doctor again on Monday.