Camping At Buffalo Peaks

 Between all the dr appts and family events, we have only camped once this summer!  So it was definitely time to pack the 5th wheel, hook up the trailer with the razor and head out!  We decided to go to our old standby, Buffalo Peaks!  This particular area has 2 sides to it and we usually go to the one side every year, primarily because the other side is closed until June 15th for elk calving AND there was a fire that went through there 3 years ago! 

The only problem is that there are hardly any camping spots on this side that we can fit into!  We pulled into the area for a ways and then dropped the razor off so we could go look for spots.  Of course the one we wanted was taken - there were several way back in but it would have taken us close to an hour to get that far back on the rough road and just wasn't worth it - so we settled for a spot that was just OK - but we knew we had the side by side to get everywhere else so it's not a problem!

MOSQUITOS - there were mosquitos where we camped - yikes!!  After the first couple of bites, I opted to stay inside, set up and just relax until it was time to hit the trails in the razor!    And as soon as we took off, I started noticing the beautiful wildflowers - WOW - there were just hillsides of them and I couldn't stop snapping pictures of them!  Glenn said there were so many because of the ash from the fire and all of the rain we've been having!

Columbines - our state flower!  SO PRETTY!!

Glenn had fun looking for mushrooms - he picked an entire bagful!!  They were just huge from all of the rain!

The hillsides were just gorgeous and even though I kept snapping pictures, they couldn't capture the beauty of just seeing them!

We had a great time on the razor driving places we hadn't been for a while!  I LOVE these pink flowers!

Yes, it clouded up and rained but we were back to the camper by that time!  There was quite a lightning storm!

It must be lunch time if Glenn is getting the lunch bag out - we sat among the wildflowers and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!

The last morning before we headed home, we did a trail that goes around and you end up where you started!  We were almost to the creek and we met 3 guys on motorcycles (and they're usually going pretty darn fast!)  We had barely gone 1/2 mile and there lying in the middle of the road was a cell phone!  I got out and picked it up and we both knew it had to be the last motorcycle rider!  It was locked and there wasn't much we could do but continue on our way and hopefully would run into him again before we left!

After a nice ride, we stopped at the intersection and talked about what to do with the phone - Glenn had watched for their tracks and knew they weren't in our camping area at all.  He decided we would go over towards the road that led to the highway and that was a wise move!  Just as we got over there, we saw a single rider going back over the same route we had just come from!

So we waited right where we were (above picture) and sure enough, about 15 minutes later, the rider came by!  I walked up to him and asked him if he was missing something and oh my gosh, he was SO excited we had his phone!  He thanked us over and over again - we visited for a while - he was from CA with 2 buddies and their wives were driving a car with their luggage and they would all meet each night at a hotel.  He gave us his card and insisted we send him an email when we got home so he could give us a little something for our time spent trying to track him down!  It's nice to meet up with GOOD people in this world!

A few days after we got home, I did email him and he responded right back - he was back home and once again thanked us for finding him!  Told us to check our email as he was sending us a little something - and sure enough, there was an email from Amazon with a $100 gift card - wow - wasn't expecting that at all!!  But he certainly appreciated his phone as he's a realtor in CA!

Anyway, a great trip with beautiful flowers!!