Monday, August 12, 2019

Boondocking in Colorado


When you drive through Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska 
you see lots of corn fields. 
So we decided to try to find something interesting in Kansas,
and the answer to last blog's question:
Monument Rocks or Chalk Pyramids 
in western Kansas. It is south of I-70, near Oakley.
No winner to the trivia question. 
We know that was a hard one 
since most people don't get off of I-70. 

We stopped in Golden, Colorado on Saturday to go to the 
Farmer's Market. Scott's favorite jerky is there and we picked
up veggies and Palisade peaches. Yummy!
Please don't be this guy! 
We are still shaking our heads about this RV, with a car on a dollie.
They parked and slept the night on the on ramp to I-70 just west 
of Denver! They have one of their slides out and the curtains
pulled in the front. Amazingly, there wasn't an accident!
On our way to St. Mary's Glacier, which is west of Denver, 
we found this large, stone pig. 
One of the many roadside attractions you can find 
in the good old USA!
Here is the very rocky trail head.
Just under two miles with a steady incline. Oh boy!
It was worth the climb to see this beautiful mountain lake
and glacier at about 10,500 ft. elevation.
It is a favorite spot for the locals to hang out.
Kids brought saucers to slide down and some people 
hiked over just to get a snowball. 
You may have to zoom in to see the people. 
We spent two nights boondocking at Clear Creek Reservoir 
which is southwest of Denver near Granite. 
Boondocking is camping without any hook-ups. 
Since we have a self contained RV and a generator,
 we don't need anything except a place to park. 
Some of the apps we use to find dispersed camping areas are:
Campendium, FreeRoam and Boondocking. 
The views have been spectacular and you are not crowded. 
The dispersed camping is just over the pine trees in the center. 
This was another great place to stay in the Colorado mountains!
It was too cold to get our tubes in the water, but we enjoyed 
just sitting along the shore on the blanket relaxing.
The ground squirrels sure were entertaining, 
especially watching them check out to see 
if there were any vittles left in the pan. 
He found something!

Do you know where this is or have you been here?
Let us know. 
Answer in the next blog. 

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