Cabin on the Creek

Mike and I are retired and have traveled the western US and to Mexico several winters in the past, usually hauling ATV's, or more recently a small car behind our Host camper and GMC pickup.. Details: Summers are so wonderful in Colorado at our elevation of 8,300 feet that we have tended to stay home for these wonderful months. We have a parking area (max rig size: 34 feet) beside our smallish cabin in the mountains beside a creek. The national forest rises on the mountain behind us. Mike is a retired mechanical/construction engineer and enjoys working on his older race cars, one a MG Midget and a second, Ocelot. He races in "Vintage" category at Colorado tracks. He also makes laminated wood canoe paddles on occasion, which he did as a full-time business for many years. I (Pat) am a retired writer/editor/photographer, and enjoy working in my courtyard and gardens. We have an old railroad track beside our creek which is a wonderful walk mornings or evenings. We enjoy our visitors, and at one time ran a B&B. Within the past few years I have discovered alcohol ink painting and love it. We were whitewater rafters and have run the Grand Canyon in AZ, the Middle Fork of the Salmon in Idaho, the Yampa in CO and of course, the nearby Arkansas. We have two ATV's and go on mountain trails and twice have taken them down to Copper Canyon in Mexico. We love canoeing in the Ozarks and Mike enjoys fishing when he can. Our travels have taken us all over Mexico, as we tended to go to out-of-the-way places with our pick-up camper for a few days or a week before moving on. We also spent two months in Antigua, Guatamala housesitting! We speak just-adequate Spanish and love our friends that we have in Mexico. We have also visited Caye Caulker, Belize several times. I write a blog only when we travel: patbickeljones.blogspot.com Home Town: Salida is a wonderful little town that has evolved into an artist community, with many, many activities going on each weekend during the summers. Every Thursday, plus weekend nights, finds music to tap your feet at in several of the restaurants around town. Along with microbrews to be tasted everywhere. Our home is 12 miles west of Salida. Because we like to travel in state spur-of-the-moment, we'd appreciate your careful consideration before requesting a stay, so cancellations won't be necessary. Skills or Expertise to Share: Mike is an engineer with terrific problem-solving skills.