Colorado and more high altitude camping
Our first stop in Colorado was at Ranger Lakes Campground, State Forest State Park.
Elevation 10184. The picture on the right shows the devastation caused by the pine beetle.
From here we went to Rocky Mountain National Park. Along the way we crossed over the
continental divide for the 4th and 5th time, first going from east to west while driving south
on highway 125. Then, once in the park we crosed from west back to east on highway 34,
known as the Trail Ridge Road at 12183 feet, the highest paved pass in the US.
Lake Granby and the Colorado-Big Thompson project. The kind of thing we used to do in this country. Dig a tunnel through the Rocky
Mountains to take water from the snow on the west side and send it to the east side. See https://www.northernwater.org/what-we-
do/deliver-water/colorado-big-thompson-project for more information.
Climbing up the trail Ridge Road
Approaching the summit. Our GPS shows us at 12,034 ft, still a hundred feet to
go. Sadly, the summit parking lot was full so no room for thirty feet of camper
Views around Aspenglen Campground, Rocky Mountain National Park, elevation 10395
At St. Vrain State Park, CO elevation 8811 feet. Chosen not for it’s beauty but for it’s closeness to
Tanya. We met her and Keith for a very pleasant dinner at Collision Brewing Company & Restaurant
At Cherry Creek SP, CO elevation 7935. We spent a
couple of days here visiting with Harry and Mary Ann
but somehow we didn’t take any other pictures
Our last stop for this trip in Colorado. Graykin Industries, a metal worker Harvest
Host spot, our third for this trip. In Nathrop, CO elevation 7775
Some fall color while driving around in RMNP
