Our time to leave Colorado is fast approaching…this is the last weekend that our campground will be open…we lock the gates on Monday at 1:00 pm. We should be completely full for the next 4 days…this is good because it means we won’t be cleaning sites every morning…most people coming in will be here until Monday.
We have had a lot going on this summer with Bob’s situation and the passing of our sweet Little Buddy Moore but bottom line is that we have enjoyed our time here at Peak One Campground. Our campers have been wonderful…there are always one or two stinkers but mostly good. The area is just beautiful and Bob has really enjoyed the root beer floats from A&W.
My sister and brother-in-law came in from Texas this past weekend to spend a few days with us…and to beat the 100+ degree temps that are having at home. We drove over Loveland Pass and I got this picture of Tom and Bob. It was quite chilly at that altitude…I hurried back to the car after snapping the picture.
Another day we headed south of Frisco to Buena Vista, CO…a nice little town with a cute historic district…luckily Bob was able to find some Blue Bell ice cream to keep up his strength. While riding around, Tom spotted what he first thought was some yard statuary…but then it moved!
The gentleman that owned the house came out and shook more apples from the tree for the mule deer. He told us that he had lived there for 2 years and the deer keeps coming back to eat…he actually touched the deer on the antlers and got him to eat out of his hand. He said that as soon as the animal starts to shed the velvet on his rack, he would not get close to him as the deer would start to get aggressive because it would be rutting season for him. It was so cool to be able to get this close to see this animal.
It was a tough day for Tom and Cissy…
We have had no reports of any bear in our area all summer but in the paper earlier this week there were reports of 2 bear sightings within just a few miles of the campground. Unfortunately one of the bears was killed on I-70 at the Frisco exit which is only 2.5 miles from us. The other report was of a sow and her 3 cubs…the sow was also killed on the highway and 2 of the cubs panicked and climbed a utility pole and were electrocuted…the third cub was captured and removed from the area. We have hundreds of ground squirrels (look like chipmunks to us) and black crows but that has been about it for wildlife…we did see 2 rabbits late one night in the campground.
We have worked with some great people this summer…meet “the kids” Jim and Betty…they are a part of our maintenance team. They are our hippies…they live in a converted school bus named Rocket, use an outside shower and have been sleeping in a tent all summer. Jim runs the bus on used grease that he collects from a couple of businesses. They are so cool!
Moving on.
