Meeker, CO

We left Saratoga in the morning...not too early you understand, as we are not on a schedule! Made it as far as Meeker over Battle Pass and the Sierra Madres. That was a pretty good pull, but no snow, so we were happy. We were also happy we are driving "The Big Horse" as Mike Kelly named our pickup. Meeker sits right on the White River, (a beautiful trouty looking river I might add), so we set up in the Rim Rock Campground and got our 5 day CO fishing license and went to chase the wily trout. Well, chase as we might, we didn't get a stinking flash! Didn't see one fish and didn't turn any either. My are we humbled. The water was absolutely gorgeous tho, so we still had a wonderful time. We threw dry flys and nymphs and not a bit of interest. We were about to think there were no fish in that water, but in town we saw pictures of some catches, so decided we just didn't find any stupid fish, at least that we could fool! Our campground was a little South of Meeker a couple of miles and while driving home the first night we noticed several people stopped along the road, glassing something in the field but we didn't stop to see what it was. The second night, we saw it, a beautiful almino buck deer, grazing in a private field. He was as white as snow and sported a pretty nice rack. We hope he makes it through the upcoming hunting season. Bow season just ended so evidently he had sense enought to hang on the private fields and hopefully they told their hunters to let him keep on being a treat for others to see. Spent two nights in Meeker and went downtown and poked around the second morning, while getting the oil changed in "The Big Horse". Found a very fun gift-coffee shop on Main St. next to the old Meeker Hotel, and then, one of the highlights of our day... we spotted the Mountain Man candy man! We flagged him down and preceeded to shop his van in a mild frenzy! Got some of our favorites from him, so we can deal with the munchies when they hit. We fished the White again, with the same results. So... we are off in search of new adventures.