RV travels around the USA
Where do go next spring, summer, and fall? That is the question. When we started this RV Journey about two years ago, the map was a clean slate. It was all wide open territory. Now we have about 31 states that we have visited at some level. So, for next year, do we want to repeat some places or head out to some new and unknown places? Man, this is kind of like work. But fun and exciting!
And here it is, late June! What in the world happened to the month? I often wonder at how swiftly time goes by. It seems to go by faster when we are busy and in an area with much to see and do. The Denver Colorado area certainly qualifies as having much to do, so here we are wrapping up our second and final week in the area. We have packed a multitude of activities into our time here plus have taken a few required down days to rest up a bit. Here is a recap of our week:
Our two week stay in Colorado Springs came to a quick end. It was a busy and fun couple of weeks, but that is the nature of our travels. We just get used to one location and then it is time to move on. Our next destination is due north once again to another beautiful Colorado state park: Chatfield. Located just south of Denver (pop 716,000 and 5,280 feet elevation) in the town of Littleton and on a lake. Sounds great! Until we had a failure of our hydraulic jack system and could not leave!
This blog update covers the final week of our two week in this beautiful area of the country. Colorado Springs, Colorado is about 30 minutes north from our campsite at Cheyenne Mountain State Park. In this update, I will cover our trip up to Pikes Peak, a drive to Cripple Creek, and lunch at Manitou Springs. We are fortunate to be able to share our experiences with our good friends, Calvin and Sue, also camping in the park with their RV.
A few months ago in this blog, I included some new hobbies that I had picked up over the winter. Namely wood carving and painting. I have been working on the carvings occasionally, but have started painting some landscape scenes as we have traveled to different locations. Places we have been…
We really enjoyed our short five day stay in La Veta, Colorado, but as always, there are more places yet to see on our calendar. Next up, we continue our journey due north to the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is just over 100 miles and is mostly interstate on I-25. No need to even fuel up the truck since it is at 3/4 full.