We started or day with the pancake breakfast here at the campground.  They have pancakes, eggs, biscuits, gravy and sausage, and it was pretty good and nice to not have to cook breakfast or go into town to eat.  After breakfast and walking Lucy and Bailey, we went to see the fish hatchery in town.  It's been years since I've been to one, and it's just unbelieveable the number of fish they raise. 

The babies

 They also have a wildlife museum there with all kinds of stuffed animals and birds that are found in the Durango area. 

The hatchery is right on the Animas River, which runs through the center of Durango.

 After the hatchery, we drove out to Vallecito Lake, about 20 miles or so from Durango.  We just took a drive through enjoying the scenery and watching for wildlife. 

An area destroyed by fire

There were hundreds of these geese in the water.

Not sure if I've mentioned it before, but the weather here is beautiful.  It's sunny, and windy... ALL the time, and there is virtually no humidity.  I never thought I'd miss the 70% humidity of Missouri summers, and I know I'll be complaining about that in another few weeks.  We haven't seen a drop of rain since we left Kansas 2 weeks ago.  The humidity here has been around 20%, and everything is dry dry dry.  There are no burn warnings everywhere, so no campfires.  And it's easy to see how when a fire does get started it spreads so quickly with the wind blowing like it does. 

After our drive around today, we came back to the camper and let the girls get a little air outside.  I know they miss their back yard to run around in and chase rabbits!

The girls would love to go play with those horses!

 In a little while we'll be leaving for the Chuckwagon Dinner.  It's an outside show, and they have rows and rows of tables and play some music while you're eating dinner.  They say they can serve 700 meals in half an hour!  That should be fun to watch lol  After dinner they put on a music show.  They have shops and different things to see there too. 

Not sure what we'll be doing tomorrow.  We've got a jeep rented for Tuesday and will be going up to Silverton and Ouray, about an hour or two from Durango.  We'll be taking some mountain trails, too and hopefully won't get stuck or lost!  But for now, tomorrow looks like it's going to be a rest day!