We stayed at Lake Pueblo State Park‘s Northern Plains Campground for five days, with just an electrical hookup. We’ve found state parks seem to have lower water pressure at their potable water station than other campgrounds — it took 20-30 minutes to put about 45 gallons of water in our tank. After we got settled in, friends who live close to the park dropped by to visit and loan us their kayaks!
The next day, we waited until around 4pm to take the kayaks out, so the sun wasn’t quite as brutal. It was fun to paddle around the lake for a couple of hours. (Well, Randy was out a couple of hours, I took out before him and laid on a picnic blanket in the shade for a while!) And the water was cool enough to feel refreshing as it dripped on us from the paddles. It ended up being more enjoyable than I imagined and didn’t feel as hot on the water as I expected.
This was definitely the hottest we’ve been since going full-time in the RV! There were no shade trees or afternoon thunderstorms to cool off the RV, so it would get up to mid 80s inside, even with the air conditioner running all day. When we were home, we’d put the awnings out to shade the sides, which helped some. The temperature in the evenings was awesome, so one day we waited until almost dark to ride our bikes on the trail going around the lake.
We spent one day sightseeing a bit in Pueblo. We didn’t find a ton of stuff to do, but there was enough to pass the time. We especially enjoyed the Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and spent over two hours roaming around. It focused mostly on military aircraft, including a huge B-29 Bomber, which was cool. But there was also a large space/NASA exhibit. Besides the normal rocket and space shuttle info, they had some fun collections of things like space themed lunch boxes, collector plates and toys. I thought the can of Pepsi adapted for space travel, with a cheese-whiz type spray top, was interesting.
We also walked around the riverwalk area and went in the Center for American Values before meeting our friends for dinner at the Brues Alehouse. After dinner, we did the little historical excursion boat ride on the river, which was relaxing and slightly informative. Once it got dark, we walked down Neon Alley then headed back to the RV. It was a long day & I was tired!
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