Pitkin ATVing

Excitement was in the air - it was FINALLY time for the two of us to take the 5th wheel and head out camping!!  We'd had enough rain so we weren't worried about fires and the burn ban was down to a Stage One!

I told Glenn he could choose where we were going as long as it was west bound!  But I was secretly excited when he didn't do the turn off for Snow Blind camping but kept going - I knew then we were heading to Pitkin!

As we were driving, Glenn proceeded to tell me that he had forgot to pack the grill...................and when we camp, ALL of our meat gets grilled outside, not in the camper! How he forgot to pack that when the list was right on the counter was beyond me.  So he said he would have to cook over an open fire - which meant IF there was still a stage one fire ban in the county we were headed to, we would have to camp in the campground vs wilderness camping as stage one means no open fires UNLESS you're in a campground.

I was just fine trying out the campground - we had discovered it the year before and it was a heavily wooded campground with lots of pull through campsites.  Sure enough, when we got to Pitkin there was a sign saying it was a stage one fire ban so no choice but to use the campground so we could cook outside!  We found a great pull through spot which makes it easy to set up camp!

It was so much fun to get on that ATV and ride for 2 1/2 days!!  Because of the rain, everything was nice and green - beautiful country!

Unfortunately 2 of the days were rather hazy from all the smoke coming in from Calif.  And still one larger fire in Colorado!  But it didn't take away from the ride!

Tomichi Pass was closed due to a rock slide - that didn't bother me as it's a steep trail that I'm not fond of anyway!!  One day we went to Tin Cup and had pie and coffee in their only restaurant and that was fun!

Glenn did a great job of cooking over the open fire and it was fun to roast marshmallows!  He also enjoys just walking around the campground - met the neighbors on one side of us who are from Tx. and after talking to them for a while, found out friends of theirs used to be our neighbors!!  Small world!

He also met a couple from Pueblo West who were driving a 4 x 4 razor (a 2 seater OHV).  Glenn has talked about going to that type of vehicle instead of an ATV - mainly because our ATV doesn't have power steering and he thinks the ride is a lot smoother in a razor.   The couple was kind enough to let us borrow it for a while and take it for a spin - I agree that it's a smoother ride and found it just as fun as the ATV so we may be going with something like that in the future.............

Here's the bridge and stream we walked across every evening on our walk!  It was a wonderful 3 night camping trip and I'm already looking forward to the next one!