When we got to our campground in Montrose, Cedar Creek RV Park, their office was closed since it was Sunday. They had our site info in an envelope with our name on it that was taped to the door. But to our surprise, there was an RV parked in our site and the owners were not there. We called the number for the campground and had to leave a message; but thankfully someone was checking the messages and called us back within a few minutes. The manager dude ended up coming to the campground to try to get things sorted out, but couldn’t get in touch with the RV owners, who were supposed to have checked out that morning. Since the park was full for 4th of July weekend, and since we needed a long site with 50 amps, he had trouble finding another place to put us. After almost an hour of dealing with it, we finally got parked in a site and got settled in.
That night, we drove around a bit to see what Montrose had to offer, then went to a nice restaurant called The Stone House to celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary. Woo hoo! We both enjoyed the food and atmosphere and our waitress was very helpful with giving us info about the 4th of July activities happening the next day in town.
We started the celebration on the 4th with walking about a mile to a spot where we could watch a parade. It was a typical small town parade that was entertaining enough to watch, especially since we found a spot in the shade to sit. When the parade was over, we walked back to the RV then drove to the Museum of the Mountain West. It was a really cool museum with an impressive collection of old buildings and artifacts. The founder started collecting stuff when he was four years old, so most of the items were from his personal collection. We did the guided tour and learned some interesting history along with seeing the recreated western town. Super cool and highly recommended.
We had time after the museum to go back to the RV and rest for a while before going to the evening festivities. We drove the truck to a parking lot in town, then rode our bikes about a mile along the Uncompahgre River Trail to the beautiful new amphitheater. The Air Force Academy Band played first, then a the Girl Named Tom (winner of The Voice) played. It was an awesome venue with great weather (a little hot at first, but perfect once the sun started going down). There were food trucks and people played volleyball and spike ball in the back of the park, so it was a fun atmosphere. And of course, when it got dark, they shot off fireworks. It was nice to not have to deal with parking and traffic afterwards; we rode our bikes back to the truck and drove back to the RV with no hassles.
The next night, we went to see the Minions: The Rise of Gru movie at the Star Drive-in Theatre. I had never been to a drive in theater before, so that was cool to do. Some people brought camping chairs and sat outside their vehicle. The person next to us put a bunch of pillows in the bed of their truck and laid down to watch. We tuned our radio to hear the audio and sat inside our comfy truck to enjoy the show. Lesson learned: Wash the bugs off your windshield before going to a drive-in movie! đŸ™‚ I’ve liked all the minion movies and this one did not disappoint — it was cute.
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