July 11, 2025

We wanted to escape the heat and smoke so it seemed the only direction was north to Grand Mesa. Went up the Surface Creek Road, then on over to Neversweat and around to Big Meadows. Then we followed the road (on which we’d never been) on around back to the main Cottonwoods road. We stopped at a pretty little lake I’d never heard of…Fred DeCamp Reservoir. There were a few people there. It was extremely dusty and very busy all over up there. Grand Mesa is not much fun anymore due to the crowds. I’m glad I was able to live in a time when you could roam all day up there and not see anyone. Those days are gone there and most everywhere in Colofornia. After supper at home we headed up P77. Only saw one deer. They’re putting mag on the main road so we didn’t venture far on it. Saw Kellen, Rikki, and Katelyn on P77. Afterward we met Garrett and Ryan at Freddie’s for ice cream.  No photos - only shot video.