Summer Camping in Colorado

WOW did it feel great to take off on Monday morning - it was our first REAL camping trip in the mountains this season!  The traffic was steady but at least it was going in the other direction!  Unfortunately summer brings road construction!

We headed towards Gunnison and were planning on camping in Pitkin - we have a great spot we have stayed in but it was already taken................so we continued on (all 65 feet of us) on this very narrow, rocky road and were praying we wouldn't meet anybody as we sure can't back up.  We had no idea if there were any other spots that would be large enough for us and the road sure wasn't getting any better!

Luckily we found a spot that would work pretty well!!  Glenn unloaded the ATV and went up further to see if there was anything else and there wasn't - so we set up camp where we were at and it actually turned out to be a great spot - you could hear the stream rushing by and to me that's always soothing!

We hopped on the ATV (and yes, I absolutely love our new ATV with my high seat - not only can I see better but it's SO MUCH EASIER to hold on and handle the bumps!!) and we were off!!

We hadn't been on too long when it started sprinkling!  Just in case, we stopped and put on our rain gear!  Oh, and checked the map!!

 This was one of the road signs we came upon in this one section where there were some houses!

 Oh the aspens - I can never take enough pictures of the aspens!!

 It was a gorgeous evening and we were able to have a campfire since the wind had died down!  It was chilly out!!

 Brats and potato salad for dinner - easy enough!!

 The next morning was gorgeous and we saw some beautiful country!!

 We stopped on top of this mountain and it was so windy out!!

 More aspens - I've already decided we need to come back here for fall!

 And I FINALLY saw the columbines!!  I had been watching but hadn't seen any around our house - guess it took us going higher up to the mountains to find them!  The wind was blowing so hard I had to hold it because it wouldn't stand still!

 Check out the backdrop for this photo!!  It may be one of my favorites for the year!!

To Be Cont'd.........................