We stayed at Lightner Creek Campground for four nights while we explored the Durango area. After driving around town to get our bearings, we parked in an Albertson’s parking lot near the river and walked along the Animas River Trail. We decided we’d like to bring our bikes with us Read more…
We stayed in Cortez, CO for four nights at our first Boondockers Welcome site. It was a great experience with hosts (Mack and Kay McInnes) that went above and beyond to make us feel welcome! When we mentioned to Kay that we were heading to Albuquerque for the Balloon Fiesta, Read more…
Unfortunately, the weather was cold and rainy on the day we visited Ouray so we didn’t get as many scenery pics. It started raining right as we were getting ready to hike to the Box Canyon Falls. We decided to eat our picnic lunch in the truck while it rained, Read more…
We thoroughly enjoyed all the magnificent scenery while driving on the Million Dollar Highway from Ridgway to Silverton. There weren’t many options for things to do in Silverton, so we decided to do their most popular activities: touring the Old Hundred Gold Mine and Mayflower Mill. Instead of taking an Read more…
After getting suggestions from the Visitor Center, we rode the Gondola up and over to Mountain Village. We walked around there for a while, then got off the Gondola at the peak and found a spot with awesome views to sit and eat our picnic lunch before heading back to Read more…
We finally made it to Rifle Gap State Park on the last night of our five night reservation. Thankfully, we were able to cancel the other nights and get most of our money back. No issues with the truck, but we never noticed issues with it before either. We arrived Read more…
We enjoyed our stay at Chatfield State Park, even though it rained an entire day while we were there. It gave me an opportunity to do some cleaning and programming, since we stayed in the RV all day. Randy was glad to be near enough to Colorado Springs to attend Read more…
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 Read more…
We stayed four nights at the San Luis Lake Campground, which was about 25 minutes from the Sand Dunes and had a bit of a weird vibe, feeling abandoned. Evidently, it used to be a state park and later became a wildlife area. We had to have a fishing/hunting license Read more…
When I learned our friends, Brian and Missy Gamble, were going to be tent camping near our route, celebrating Missy’s birthday, I changed our plans a bit to hang out with them! We stayed four nights at the Chalk Creek Campground, about 10 minutes from Buena Vista. The campground bordered Read more…