Tag: colorado

Colorado Travel, Camping, & HAIL!

I traveled to the mountains just south of Denver to meet some friends. The most exciting event there – golf ball (plus) sized hail. It was amazing, destructive, and loud! Definitely the biggest hailstones I had ever seen. I included a video in addition to the photos in the gallery.

We decided to vacate that camping site and headed up through Colorado to Steamboat Springs, a place I hadn’t been to since the 90’s (a ski trip). We found the public land camping areas were still snow-covered so we ended up spending the night along a street in town, something I didn’t think was possible. But it went fine and we moved along the next morning.

The next day brought beautiful Colorado views while traveling across the state. Having parted ways with my traveling companions, I enjoyed one of my prettier campsites next. The sound of rushing water along with Colorado views can’t be beat.

Two videos are below the photo gallery.

COLORADO. MAY.

Swallows along the route. I felt like I was in Hitchcock’s “The Birds”
The biggest hailstones I’ve ever seen

COE & Wildlife Area Camping + Bent’s Old Fort NHS

I used an app to find Conchas Lake Corp of Engineers campground in New Mexico on my way to Colorado. There were only a couple people camping there and I looked everywhere for a place to pay but couldn’t find one. So, I assumed they were not charging. ‘Site with a lake view for no charge was nice.

I headed into Colorado next and found a camping site at Two Buttes State Wildlife Area. This site was in the middle of nowhere and it was wonderfully quiet and surrounded by wildflowers. I stayed for a few nights and saw one other human.

I stopped by Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site, a former trading post on the Santa Fe Trail. Unfortunately, it was closed but it was worth a stop to read their kiosks and walk around the outside of the Fort. I would have enjoyed exploring this site; maybe another time.

Video at bottom of post, below gallery.

NEW MEXICO/COLORADO. MAY.

Two Buttes State Wildlife Area

SD, NE, CO Sights & Travel

SOUTH DAKOTA, NEBRASKA, COLORADO. AUGUST.

Agriculture, wildlife, sunsets, domestic animals, a transported wind turbine rotor blade in a precarious situation – I never know what I’m going to see around the next curve or over the next hill – but I know it will be interesting and new.

(see photo captions for more info)