Greta and I were set to leave Mission: Wolf after volunteering a little while, and it just so happened our good homies Brittan and Flo were planning to leave at the same time for a road trip up into the Dakotas. We only had two nights before we had to be north but that didn't stop us from having a week's worth of good time with them.
We stayed a night at Joyful Journey hot springs in the San Luis Valley. There's a reason Gregory Alan Isokov made a whole album about this gem on the other side of the Sangre de Cristos from M:W. Speaking of gems, Joyful Journey is a dope spot. Somewhere comfortably between a bougie springs resort and somewhere low-key, remote, more peaceful. For me at least. They have a lovely geodesic dome greenhouse they keep obviously take good care of and use as much as they can from it for the meals they serve. If you're having dinner? It's just one meal, so hope you like it. lol. But odds are you will I haven't ever left disappointed.
After a night there we drove and camped just north of Salida. It was someone's little own personal camp spot carved out for whoever got there first. Lucky we were. We had driven past a couple full spots and weren't panicking yet but might have been close to it. Fun time. Good friends. It ended too soon.
this kale plant was a tree! Never seen one so big
our new camper, "Nancy", in all her glory
