Arrived at Cheyenne Mountain #43

Well, we fit. We had scoped out our spot here at CM ahead of time and we weren't sure our trailer would fit. Barely, just barely. The description on the reservation website says the pad is 30 feet long. Uh, no. We measured it - 26 feet. Our butt hangs over the end and the tongue extends past the front, but we made it work. Whew. 

We have a nice view from our back window. 

And here is home sweet home for the next 14 days. 

And for the curious, yes, that is NORAD right up the side of the mountain. 

Later, gator. 

Saying farewell to A18

We are moving on today and saying good bye to campsite A18 at Chatfield State Park. (Wanted to get that number in there so we can remember it - good spot!). 

We are heading to Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado Springs where we  will stay for the next 2 weeks. 

This is the only photo I had to post. Buck will probably not be happy. He has been enjoying his time away from the grind. :)

See ya down the road!

Kinda Quiet

We have been in laid back mode the last few days. Mostly just soaking up the cooler air and knocking around town. 

We did go to an art festival today. It was in beautiful Cheesman Park, near downtown Denver. Bought a humongous loaf of sour dough bread with a tasty dipping sauce - no art. 

I have to say, Denver has some beautiful parks and an abundance of them. 

We stopped at Whole Foods on the way back. Exceptional and pretty store. Lots of local produce and meats. 

And the flowers ...

And lastly, I have gone to the Colorado side. I bought a pair of Keen sandals. This seems to the the state shoe. They are wonderful. :)

Try not to notice the rash I seemed to have developed since being here. :-/

Bye, bye Anna

Today was Anna's last day with us in Colorado. We put her on a plane headed for Austin at 9pm. We will miss her keeping us on our toes. And just plain miss her!  We took her out for a good-bye dinner at Hops and Pie. It is a funky little pizza place in Denver that also specializes in craft beers. Yum. 

Gonna miss ya, sweetie!

Kindle, Breckenridge and Estes

Well, we have been hard at it again with a busy couple of days. We did spend one easy day at the campground and did a little shopping. That day Anna and I worked on and finished a cover for her kindle. It turned out so cute!  Here, look:

The next day we took Anna to Breckenridge. It it a stunningly beautiful town. It is also very tourist oriented and expensive to shop there. We ended our day there by eating at our favorite restaurant - Bubba Gumps.  Yum-o!

The flower gardens and planters all over Breckenridge are breathtaking. I could hardly stop myself from wanting to take a pic of every one. 

And lastly some of our food...

Yesterday we ventured out to Estes Park. Anna has a friend from her college time in Oklahoma who lives there and she got to spend some time catching up. Ishi and Anna look like movie stars in this first photo. 

Estes is beautiful too...

Our plan for today is to just chill out at the campground... We will see if that goes ;-)

  

Busy, busy, busy

If you want to hit the ground running and keep moving while traveling, take a young person with you. They never get tired. We arrived at our based camp for our first 2 weeks on Tuesday. Since then we have explored the lake via kayak, gone thrifting at the local thrift stores, visted a quaint little town in the mountains, shopped in old Colorado City, visted the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and Helen Hunt Falls. All in 2.5 days. Whew. 

First stop was the lake. We took turns in the yaks. Anna was a beast and went out every turn. The lake is small and full of motor boats, but still fun. :)

I should digress and show our current homesite. Love, love, love this campground. The spots are very roomy and we chose one that is exceptionally private. 

If you enjoy watching birds you would love it here. Robins, Magpies, Wrens, Crows, Hawks and Herons are just the ones we can identify. Need to put a Colorado birD guide on my wish list.  Also a few critters around - prairie dogs, bunnies and chipmunks. 

We looked at the map and decided to do a little exploring. We chose Georgetown, Colorado. Good choice. Very quaint and smack in the middle of the mountains. The drive was gorgeous too. 

Today was our adventure to the zoo and the falls. Climb, climb, and climb some more. (The altitude is still a challenge for me)  The zoo is a masterpiece and I will want to visit again and again. If you have a thought to visit Seven Falls- skip it and go to Helen Hunt Falls instead.  The drive is amazing and it's free. 

That is all for now!  Will BBS. 

Paradise aka Colorado

To quote my friend Molly, "Welcome to paradise.". We arrived in Colorado Springs yesterday afternoon road weary, but happy. First, I will review our campsites while in travel mode. In Amarillo we stayed at the Overnight RV park. We had stayed there once 2 years ago and will if we need to in the future. Very clean and well run. Not fancy, but for an overnight while on the road it is great. Nice trees, clean bathrooms, friendly staff and fairly level pull throughs. 

Our first night in Colorado was spent in the springs at Fountain Creek RV Park. The same benefits as the park in Amarillo, but some serious traffic noise. Would only stay there as an overnight as the zooming cars and loud trucks would drive me insane. 

Today (July 16) we spent them morning in CS showing Anna around a bit. We did a quick tour of Garden of the gods. Such a lovely place. 

We had to be out of the RV park by noon, so we headed on to Littleton - Chatfield State Park.  Such a nice state park!  And so huge!  I will post more photos in a couple of days, but here are a few we took today. 

This is the reservoir - about 20 feet low, but still nice. 

I haven't seen carp this big since I was a kid. At least 20 pounders. I think they thought we were going to feed them. 

For now, off to bed. Oh, and covering the windows tonight. The sun rises a little after 5 am - geez!

Just testing

Wanted to test using the iPad to post while we are traveling, so here goes!