Vallecito

Near a town called Vallecito, Bosch pulled to the side of the road to watch a squad of low-flying aircraft come screaming over a mountain that rose to the southwest.

The Black Ice Connelly, Michael, 1956- 1993

The next morning I allowed the animals a couple of hours after sunrise to feed and fill themselves; and then, descending from our camp, we entered at once the pass into the dreaded Vallecito.

Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains 1916

The mountain rises directly from the north end of the Vallecito, and is the dividing ridge between the waters of the Del Norte and the Arkansa or Rio Napeste of the Mexicans.

Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains 1916

This renders the passage of the Vallecito exceedingly difficult and dangerous, as animals are frequently buried in the snow, which is sometimes fifteen or twenty feet deep in the hollows, and four or five on the level.

Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains 1916

A creek called Sangre Cristo - blood of Christ - winds through a deep cañon, which opens out at one point into a small circular basin called El Vallecito-the little valley.

Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains 1916

The Vallecito was covered with snow to the depth of three feet, to all appearance perfectly level, but in fact full of hollows, with fifteen or twenty feet of snow in them.

Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains 1916

In the old note-book he kept of that sojourn we find that, with Jim Gillis, he made a trip over into Calaveras County soon after Christmas and remained there until after New Year's, probably prospecting; and he records that on New Year's night, at Vallecito, he saw a magnificent lunar rainbow in a very light, drizzling rain.

Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

Christmas and remained there until after New Year's, probably prospecting; and he records that on New Year's night, at Vallecito, he saw a magnificent lunar rainbow in a very light, drizzling rain.

Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

Vallecito - Items were stolen from a property on Camp Nine Road and Ponderosa Way.

Weather 2010

Vallecito - Items were stolen from a property on Camp Nine Road and Ponderosa Way.

Weather 2010