Our first day at Pine Point at Vallecito Reservoir was filled with just exploring the nearby lake. It was also about time all of us showered so we took the opportunity to do so. Mais included only she scored an outdoor bath. About a month ago a company called Stokke reached out to me to try one of their products and I knew instantly the FlexiBath would be perfect for our trip. Now I’m no influencer but I’ll be damned if I wasn’t going to take them up on their offer! And I’m so glad I did cause she is obsessed!
The next morning we decided to pack up and go do a hike. The Vallecito Creek Trail. 2 years and 1 day ago I hiked this trail with a little baby strapped to my chest. This year she was heading up on daddy’s back and asking for mama to “hold you” along the way.
We only made it around 2 miles in this time but found a great little beach we climbed down to for her to run around. The hike itself is pretty steep and narrow so she didn’t get to run around on it as much. The beach area turned out to be PERFECT. She’s been loving chasing butterflies and when we got to it we saw about a dozen flying around and she spent the next hour just chasing them and talking to them. It was hilarious. “Oh what you doing” “Oh there you are!” “Oh you try to kiss me!” (I told her when they land on her or get super close they’re giving her butterfly kisses 🤣)
As it got close to nap/lunch time we decided to head back in hopes she’d pass out in the truck on our way to our next boon-docking spot in Silverton. No. Such. Luck. So we stopped in Durango and got a few things from the busiest Walmart I’ve ever been in. Including a butterfly (aka fishing) net. You will also see a theme of going to a Walmart or grocery store every like 4-5 days. When your fridge and freezer are the size of a school locker you can’t get too much at a time and on the road you always need something you forgot ….batteries, medicine, command strips, a butterfly net….lol
The drive to Silverton was a typical rainy drive. I felt like it always rained this time of year when we were in the area. But the Million Dollar Highway is epic so it’s always worth it and the rain leaves almost as fast as it comes.
We found boon-docking at Kendall Camping Area just outside of town. Being Friday it was packed but we found a spot next to the pit toilet. Not ideal so we parked and contemplated Matt driving around to find more options leaving us at the trailer. (Mais had a no nap meltdown so it was a 911 escape to get her out of the car seat)
After a few minutes in the trailer I started smelling whiffs of poop. I tried to not let it bother me but finally looked at Matt and said, nope I can’t. He goes, “Yah, it’s pretty bad Let me go look.” 2 minutes later Maisey looked at us and goes, “Change diaper”. Ummmmm yeah…that was our own kids poop we were smelling. 🤣 Matt went ahead to see if there were other spots while I changed a VERY smelly diaper and when he came back said we’re probably best here. Especially since we could smell absolutely nothing. 🤦🏻♀️
Driving Miss Maisey 