We pulled out of Bear Creek Lake, Indian Paintbrush Campground in Lakewood mid-morning Friday October 27, 2017 and traveled the short distance to Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado Springs. A wonderful park across from a Fort Carson Army Base … Continue reading
Just before leaving Arizona, we were invited for dinner and a tour of Amanda Sihler’s frog farm. Amanda is the published co-author of the Poison Dart Frog book. She is also nephew Kevin’s sweetheart. The tour was fascinating, especially listening … Continue reading
Left Loveland RV Resort on Thursday November 3, 2016 in route to our winter home in Mesa, AZ. We had a nice uneventful drive to the Walmart in Trinidad, CO. Managed to walk the 2 miles in to downtown along … Continue reading
This large live oak tree outside the Colorado Bend Headquarters is reportedly over 800 years old. Some say it may be older than 1500. None of the staff was here when it was a seedling, so only core tests can … Continue reading
Colorado Bend State Park has a lot of whitetail deer, not to mention many feral hogs, and a few exotic species. There are 4 weeks of deer hunting, but only 24 hunters per week. The 4th week of the … Continue reading
We’re supposed to have Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday as off duty days, but generally we still wind up doing some of the chores around the park. However, the Monday before Thanksgiving (November 24) we made a 180 mile circle around … Continue reading
We took a 3 mile hike with our host neighbor Tywla Tuesday (Nov 18); starting here at the maintenance site where we hiked on the former access trail to get to the main trail. The main trail is a new … Continue reading
When we first looked into serving as Park Host at Colorado Bend State Park, we didn’t understand how it could be on the “Colorado River?” It just didn’t make sense to someone familiar with the river and all that goes … Continue reading
Typical morning sunrise we see out from our camp site space. Fantastic! We have been running and going so much, so have abandoned making any new posts. It’s time to catch up. We had several comments from an earlier post … Continue reading
Took a moment to stop and view the area in route to the Gorman Cave here at Colorado Bend State Park. Connie and Jason standing on the rocky ledge that looks down to Dog Leg Canyon. Quite steep and very … Continue reading
Tuesday afternoon, a beautiful day, we ventured on a hike to get acquainted with just a couple of the many trails; Spicewood Springs and Spicewood Canyon. Very picturesque hike. Can you make out the Colorado River in the far background … Continue reading
Drove from Ed’s sister’s place in Stephenville to our first host assignment in Colorado Bend State Park (CBSP) Texas on Tuesday October 7. The closest town, other than Bend, is Lampasas, a city of 7000. It does have a Super … Continue reading
It’s not Alaska, or even Colorado, but some pretty interesting views traveling south to Stephenville along US84 toward Sweetwater where we meet I20. We saw countless acres of cotton and wind energy turbines, with a few RR tanker cars mixed … Continue reading
Said our goodbyes to Cheri and Mom after a 2 week stay in Cheri’s Loveland Driveway. Then off to Shannon/Tim’s driveway in Lakewood on Saturday September 27. Enjoyed spending time with Shannon and Faith Sunday. CSU Tim was in Boston … Continue reading