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Here we are sitting by our smoky little campfire this weekend. We arrived at the campground mid afternoon on Friday. This particular campground is only a little over an hour from our home and we had our pick of campsites. Camp fees were a real deal - $8.00/night because the water was turned off. We had plenty, though, as yours truly anticipated the lack of potable water and made sure our supplies were adequate. There was a stream close by, so we dipped our little red cooler jug in just in case we ran out. We boiled that water and used it to wash dishes.Saturday, we rose late, breakfasted, packed lunch and took an 8 mile hike. Back at camp, we rested, read and then drove to Ward, Colorado about 10 miles away. It's always interesting to visit Ward. It's a scroungy little hippie populated mountain town. (One very interesting factoid about Ward from Wikipedia is that Ward boasts the highest concentration of Ph.D holders in the U.S. - is this really true? If so, it's hard to believe.) There is one little General Store and lots of junk and junk vehicles of all descriptions. Here are some pictures I took there. Gives you a little bit of an idea of the flavor of this town. Wikipedia gives a pretty good description of the town and history, but the photographs there make it look nice - which is doesn't.
Later, back at camp, we dined on a sumptuous dinner of grilled chicken and vegetables, we washed up in delightfully warm water, put things away for the night and watched 'I, Robot'. At least, Merle watched it. I read some more.
I basically did not sleep that night and that's kind of unusual for me when sleeping in the camper. Our sleeping quarters are so comfortable, I typically have no trouble getting my zzzzzzzzzz's. However, it was not to be, so I listened to the ever increasing wind outside (and inside, for that matter - Merle, the Windy One), got up twice to go to the bathroom on my little potty seat outside the camper and thought about too many things. Each time I went outside, there were little drops of icy rain falling.
Later, back at camp, we dined on a sumptuous dinner of grilled chicken and vegetables, we washed up in delightfully warm water, put things away for the night and watched 'I, Robot'. At least, Merle watched it. I read some more.I basically did not sleep that night and that's kind of unusual for me when sleeping in the camper. Our sleeping quarters are so comfortable, I typically have no trouble getting my zzzzzzzzzz's. However, it was not to be, so I listened to the ever increasing wind outside (and inside, for that matter - Merle, the Windy One), got up twice to go to the bathroom on my little potty seat outside the camper and thought about too many things. Each time I went outside, there were little drops of icy rain falling.
I think I did start to doze toward early morning and around 7:00a, when we took a peek outside the windows, we saw that a very light blanket of snow covered everything! .JPG)
We turned on the camper heater, luxuriated in the warmth for awhile, then got up, got coffee and started packing up. By the time we left, the wind had died down and the sun was shining, but it was still pretty cold at 36F.
We turned on the camper heater, luxuriated in the warmth for awhile, then got up, got coffee and started packing up. By the time we left, the wind had died down and the sun was shining, but it was still pretty cold at 36F.Oh, and here's the cute caterpillar Merle found crawling across the campsite our first day. I took lots of pictures of it and we watched it make it's way into the forest. I looked it up on the Internet and it is a Spotted Tussock Moth caterpillar. It is also called a Yellow Woolly Bear and I much prefer that name.
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