Mile High

Bear Creek Lake Park

Last night, Saturday, just as we were getting ready to go to bed the wind came up.  I had thought about putting the awning down earlier, but forgot, and now at 11:30pm I had no choice.  Well, better than getting up at 2am to do it like has happened before.  Since TLE had already entered slumberland, I went out to tackle it myself, and had it down in just a few minutes.  Normally I would need TLE's help, but the direction the wind was coming from (behind the coach) made it more manageable for me.

Sunday morning dawned very overcast, and I think there was a hint of smoke in the air from a fire somewhere.  I got TLE up around 7am as we wanted to be on the road by 9am.  As we pulled out of Terry Bison Ranch I glanced down at the dash clock and saw that it was exactly 9am.....are we getting good, or what?

We quickly transitioned to I-25 south toward Denver, a scant 108 miles away, and our specific destination of Bear Creek Lake Park located near Lakewood, CO, just a short distance from downtown Denver.  Our first stop of the day, though, was the CampingWorld in Longmont, CO, about half way to Denver.  I needed a new fresh water hose, and some additional connectors for our sewer hose.  They were having a sale, and additionally we are members of the President's Club, so we got everything for around $30....normally this stuff would have cost close to $60.

The drive initially was mostly flat, and downhill as we decended from 6,000' at Terry Bison Ranch to around 5,000', but once we turned on to I-76 we were headed west and began to climb up to 6,200' again before descending to Bear Creek Lake Park just off SR470.  The park has an RV section with enormous pull throughs, and back in spots.  The back in spots look to be over 80' long, and the pull through spots are over 80'.  Since we are seniors we got the $19/day price for 50amp electric.  There is no water, or sewer, so we utilized the dump station on on way in to take our holding tanks to zero.  We had filled up with 150 gallons of fresh water at Terry Bison Ranch before we left, so we are set for 3 days here.

Last evening we visited with more college friends from back in the late 60's, early 70's, Tom and Jeanette.  They got married, like us, right out of college and have remained so for 41+ years!  We spent around 6 hours at their lovely home talking, and enjoying a great meal.

Just as we were getting ready to go to bed, again, the wind suddenly came up....this time TLE was still up, so she helped me get the awning down.  This night I am so glad we did.  Our neighbor chose not to put his awning in, and during the night it was ripped away from his trailer, and this morning it is in the trash bin.  It pays to be conservative!  That's a $1500 bill for sure.

Today we will try to hookup with friends we met through Newell ownership, David and Denise, who just returned from Europe yesterday.  Looking forward to touring around downtown Denver, and maybe tomorrow we'll head over to Golden, CO to visit Adolf Coors.

Thanks for stopping by!