La Veta, CO for a little down time in the mountains. Part 1

As SARS-COV-2 is getting under control and stores are beginning to reopen we decided it was time for a little trip. Due to the pandemic we did choose to make the drive up and back in a full day each instead of an overnight along the way. 13 hours one way is clearly the outside of our limit for being in a vehicle, but we managed to make it eating only the food we brought with us. 42 MPH sustained crosswinds hit us for 5 hours of the trip up so we were especially tired on arrival, but we found our little home-away-from-home to be very comfortable and restful.

Formerly St. Benedict's Episcopal Church
this is now a little rental house available on
AirBNB. It is also for sale so you can find
it on realtor sites too. It's a shotgun lot with
off street parking in the back accessed by an alley.

Seen from the front door.

Embedded in the front porch. 

The moon hangs in there well into the morning. 

Sam made the game table his office. I made the dining table
my puzzle station. Getting in and out of those pew seats
was a tight fit. 

On the wall outside the back of the building. 

Outside the kindergarten building.

Part of the interpretive trail built and maintained by the
high school students. 

Russian Olive Tree. Not really related to the typical edible
olive tree, but reportedly the Russians do marinate the fruit
and eat it. 

La Veta's first school bell from 1887.

Sam "visits" with Charlie Masinton, one of the first business
owners in Va Veta. 

                                   Small town but take your pick of a church to attend.

Hard to see if from a distance but this is current art as
several of the images are wearing proper masks. 

Charlie's Market is the local grocery store. It also has an
ice cream parlor. 

The poppies grow wild here.

We enjoyed the 1 mile trail around the lake.

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