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Check List for Navajo Adventure!

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The List:

  • white or light colored shirts and jackets [much cooler in the sun]
  • sunglasses & backups [high altitude, closer to UV rays] just sayin’
  • hats/headgear that firmly attaches, and clearly covers
  • jacket-light windbreaker  [occasional high winds; breezes and coolness in evening–temp drops at night]
  • closed toe shoes for hiking, and tromping around the river
  • casual shoes for around water, cabin, travel
  • swim stuff–we swim in it all the time. It’s essential to cool off on hot days.
  • sunscreen
  • lg towel [beach, cabin, shower]  Dries out in an hour in the dry, arid air.
  • lip balm/sunblock [trust me]
  • sunscreen
  • cash for personal use [marinas; convenience store 1 mi outside park; day trips on land]
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The Elements:

  • Air is very dry; day temps/70-90s–night temps/50-65s; 6000 ft altitude; high, gusty winds possible; rainstorms possible
  • Terrain where pinion/cedar grow in sandy, rocky, volcanic soil with cactus, yucca.
  • Water is generally clean and great to swim in–actually essential on very hot days for cooling down

Cautions:  Dehydration [dry air]; Sunburn [closer to the sun, dry air]; Overheating [dry heat]

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f 5, 2015 by LLR Roth Boys Fishing

Roth Boys next Adventure: Fly Fishing Below the Dam

Jun 11-13
2nd weekend in June

Interest is growing in fly fishing on the world class fly fishing waters below the dam!

Some of us, not being well versed in fly fishing, need to do some pre-learning and come prepared to FISH!

SO  ‘Fly Fishing Lessons’ link is added below.  There are many videos available on YouTube as well.

click for  –  Fly Fishing Lessons

http://llroth.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/San-Juan-River-Navajo-Dam-to-Lower-River.pdf

f 18, 2015 by Roth Boys Fishing

Henderson Store

Nice half day excursion south of Santa Fe on the Turquoise Trail [Hwy 14], past the feedstore cafe [San Marcos Cafe], through the funky town of Madrid, and on to Golden–mostly a ghost town with a brief, but colorful history of gold mining in the Ortiz Mountains.

For 3 generations, the Henderson Store has been a resource for supplies for the mining community, and a commerce outlet for nearby pueblo jewelry, pottery and rugs.  Stepping into the Henderson Store [also known as Bill & Vera’s] is a step back into time with many interesting mining relics and stories.

Look around in Santa Fe, but buy high quality, reasonably priced Native American rugs, jewelry,  and pottery at Henderson’s Store.  You won’t be disappointed!

The Henderson Store

Tell them Lynn & Karen sent you!

f 11, 2015 by New Mexico Rio Grande Valley

Trains to Navajo Lake

The trains use to follow the San Juan River through the valley, before the 28 mi long lake was created in 1965. The railroad was used to take supplies down to help build the dam near Farmington, NM. The the tracks were taken out as the lake filled. The railroad that wound its way through the Jicarilla Apache and Southern Ute reservations was abandoned; and very quickly was dismantled–erased from the land.

Board @ Mt. P:  Ride to Denver; rent a car and drive beautiful Hwy 285 through central Colorado, south across South Park, San Luis Valley, towards Wolf Creek Pass, where you cross the Continental Divide again.

Pagosa Springs is the last of the good cell phone contact, grocery store of any kind and general city services.  Another 45 minutes west then south, puts you at Navajo State Park, your terra firma destination.

Board @ Ft. Madison:  Ride through Kansas City, Newton, KS, La Junta, CO then southwest to Santa Fe, NM.  Rent a car and drive north through Abiquiu, to Chama, NM.  Keep going up to Pagosa Springs then, west and down to Navajo Lake.  OR drive from Santa Fe to Farmington, drive up on the west side of the lake to the north end, at Navajo State Park.

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f 6, 2015 by Roth Boys Fishing Travel