Thursday 9-16 We're Home - Summary

 

After three weeks on the road we're back home. We traveled 2276 miles and other than Larry breaking his elbow we had a great time. We visited two states Texas and Colorado, three National Forests, three city parks and Aspen Ridge RV Park. 

On the way to Colorado we camped at Hamlin City Park in Hamlin Texas, Texhoma Park in Dumas Texas and Del Norte Park in Del Norte Colorado. 

 

Hamlin City Park

Texhoma Park

Del Norte Park

We spent sixteen days in Colorado. We started off at Big Meadows Campground in The Rio Grande Forest for eight nights. While there we hiked the trail around the lake, Old Service Road and the Archulets Wilderness Trail for a total of 37.5 miles. We took two motorcycle rides going to Beaver Creek Campground, South Fork and the surrounding area. We used our solar panels because we didn't have power and they worked great. I walked around the campground to complete my daily goal for steps. We saw a few deer and a Pika in the rocks.

 

 

Big Meadows Campground

Grouse

Larry resting during a hike

 

Cascade Falls

We stayed at Aspen Ridge RV Park for a night.

 

Aspen Ridge RV Park

Next was Lottis Creek Campground in the Gunnison Forest for five nights. During our stay we hiked 21.5 miles using the South Lottis Creek Trail, it went to Henry Lake. We did two motorcycle rides, one to Lakeview Campground and the other one was to looking at the surrounding area and campgrounds. I walked around the campground to get steps.

 

Larry crossing Lottis Creek

A beautiful blue jay

Crossing Lottis Creek

 

Someone camped by the lake

Ready to ride

Our Fourth place was Matchless Campground in Pike-San Isabel National Forest for two nights. I walked around the campground to get my steps. This campground was in a parking lot with the actual site in the trees.

 

Turquoise Lake at Matchless Campground

On the way home we stopped in Dumas Texas at Texhoma Park for the night and Hamlin City Park in Hamlin Texas.

We got home around 1:00. We unloaded the Minnie, well actually because of Larry's injury I unloaded most of it while he worked on getting an appointment with Scott and Whites Orthopedic folks. They are very busy, actually tried to put him off until November. They also require you to have x-rays before you arrive, we thought they could simply request them from the hospital that took them or possibly they would take their own, nope, they will not contact whomever took them. Can you believe with all of today's technology this can't be done electronically. Larry had to call the hospital in Gunnison which said they could fax the report from the Radiologist and the x-rays would be put on a CD and mailed, there is no method to send them electronically. After a few phone calls they did agree to send them overnight but it was after 2:00 and since Leadville is so small and so far from anywhere the shipping company only comes once a day and we had missed them, the CD should ship tomorrow. 

In the evening we got caught up with some YouTube videos. I did some laundry. I continued watching the 15th season of Silent Witness. I ended up doing 29,000 steps, which put me in 5th place in my group.