June 11, 2014 Colorado Springs and Friends

After saying our “see you laters” to Bruce and Sue, we headed east following the Arkansas River:

The Arkansas River headed south near Canon City and we headed north shortly thereafter.  Notice the topography changes:

Check out this house on the hill:

And how about this guy – Yikees!

We arrived at the Elks in Colorado City and got their last hookup (water and electric) site – Yea!.  One of the main reasons we are here is to reconnect with some long time friends – Ann and Norlyn – who we have not seen since our trip in 1997.

So later afternoon, we all got together and got caught up – what a great time.  We had dinner at a local restaurant – the Hogan.

Great meal, great friends, life doesn’t get any better than this.

We expect to be here until next week, doing some sightseeing and spending more time with Ann and Norlyn so stay tuned and enjoy today.

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled: 90 Miles

Routes Traveled:

Colorado: FR-006; US-50; SR-115; I-25; Fillmore Street; Nevada Avenue: Commerce Street; Tejon Street

 

June 9–10, 2014 Coaldale Colorado

We left Blue Mesa Reservoir this morning and headed east on US-50.

Our last look at the edge of the Reservoir:

As we traveled, we noticed water, water, everywhere – most streams were overflowing their banks:

We passed farms and ranches:

And started our slow trek up to Monarch Pass:

The road became steeper:

The snow is getting closer:

WOW- Check out our elevation:

Here we are at the top – the highest our RV has been!:

We stopped for a little while to check out the little store and museum at the top, then off we went DOWN!:

Awesome scenery, isn’t it!

We went past this mine – no signs so we were not sure what they were mining:

Beautiful Aspen trees:

The Arkansas River was running strong:

We made it to Coaldale and followed the directions for Cutty’s Hayden Creek RV Resort – an RPI Park.  After a mile, the paved road became a dirt road and we thought “were the directions correct?”

But we kept on going and finally found the resort.  Here is our site – a little tight but nice to be in the woods again – .

After setting up, we took a walk around and made our to Hayden Creek:

Later in the afternoon, Andy started a campfire – we cooked supper over the fire and enjoyed the rest of the evening watching the sun set, the moon rise, watching the fire:

And watching these guys come thru the park:

Stats for today: 114 Miles

Miles Traveled:

Routes Traveled:

Colorado: US-50; FR-006

Tuesday morning found me doing laundry.  After lunch, we went to the lodge to use their Wi-Fi – Yea! I was able to get on with my computer.  So I did a little updating of my blog, some emails and then our friends, Bruce and Sue came in.

We enjoyed the rest of the day getting caught up with each other over another great campfire.   

Tomorrow we are heading to Colorado Springs so stay tuned and enjoy today.