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Show wes-northwest. Present-day directly north from Colorado La Plata 21 and I, County County As brush forks off almost Road the 125 forks road climbs the hil I from that road toward Hesperus. and sage Hesperus, the vegetation changes from pinion, juniper, some cottonwoods and and brush oak with to tal I pines interspersed west-northwest toward 141 Road La Plata forest." "leafy aspens--Escalante's La Plata Valley I, they had a fine view of the their made way to camp and the entrance to La Plata Canyon. Again, they it and leave to intended on the La Plata at about the point where they excel and fine There is pasturage proceed to the drainage of the Mancos. Plata La leaves it Canyon. after lent places to camp all along the La Plata and we tend to Bolton has them camping near the present site of Hesperus the who Russon campsite farther south places agree with him rather than to camp was right at ace I best i r the that p We be I i eve on the La Plata. the hi I I they had to see could where from they the site of Hesperus and Mancos skirt to get to the drainage. From the Showers top of the hil the afternoon in low 40's to middle 30's at common are night would be August and the temperature cause for complaint. in of RESEARCH METHODS We retraced our route on La Posta Road to its County Road 21 I. This road skirts Moving We turned on through a pass into Ridges Basin. 140. Colorado Together 125 to its junction with route of the expedition from the Animas River to A reenactment of the expedition could use site. almost exactly the route of the padres. August On the junction with 10 lOth, although Padre Fray Francisco begun unti I he could breathe necessary to tarry awhi Ie better--the steady rains, the weather's inclemency, and the great humidity of the place forced us to leave it heading north; after going little by more than a league we turned and turned west through very pleasant narrow valleys with dif woods, very abundant with pastures, with two about after and and blooms ferent flowers, northwest. We traveled one league very thick downpour caught us again. Padre Fray Francisco Atanasio got worse, the trai I became impossible, and so, after very the painfully traveling another two leagues to we found ourselves obliged to halt at the leagues a west, -49- Plata the La Plata River camp these roads and fol low Atanasio awoke in bad condition because of a he had rheumy flow in his face and head which it was and the day before, experiencing a La to the north and goes to La Plata County Road these roads parallel the Mountain |
