Headed West....

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   We are headed from Northwest Ohio to Denver Colorado on the 19th of this month. We will be in Denver for a day before experiencing our first ever dry camping outside of Buena Vista. Hot Springs swimming to follow. While in the area we are taking our Jeep up to the ghost town of Tin Cup. Then we leave Buena Vista & head to Ouray to camp at the KOA there. we will be camping next to a mountain stream there. More Jeep trail riding & hot springs swimming. Then off to Pagosa Springs to camp in an old KOA campground. The name eludes me. Our campsite here is on the bank of the San Juan River, at the foot of the San Juan mountains. Then over Wolf Creek Pass, back to the Denver area for a week of day trips, ending with watching the July 4th fireworks in the mountains. Then head for home. 

 Anyone have any places of interest that needs to be seen? We have vacationed there almost a dozen times. This being our 3rd camping trip out there. 

 I normally wouldn't post when I'm leaving & returning on a public forum, but I have a family member that will be living in our house full-time while we are gone. And she knows how to handle a multitude of weapons. Plus the dogs are her "early warning system". 

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Hairy Podders Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 Mar 2014 Location: Northwest Ohio Online Status: Offline Posts: 217	Topic: Headed West.... Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 12:38pm
	We are headed from Northwest Ohio to Denver Colorado on the 19th of this month. We will be in Denver for a day before experiencing our first ever dry camping outside of Buena Vista. Hot Springs swimming to follow. While in the area we are taking our Jeep up to the ghost town of Tin Cup. Then we leave Buena Vista & head to Ouray to camp at the KOA there. we will be camping next to a mountain stream there. More Jeep trail riding & hot springs swimming. Then off to Pagosa Springs to camp in an old KOA campground. The name eludes me. Our campsite here is on the bank of the San Juan River, at the foot of the San Juan mountains. Then over Wolf Creek Pass, back to the Denver area for a week of day trips, ending with watching the July 4th fireworks in the mountains. Then head for home. Anyone have any places of interest that needs to be seen? We have vacationed there almost a dozen times. This being our 3rd camping trip out there. I normally wouldn't post when I'm leaving & returning on a public forum, but I have a family member that will be living in our house full-time while we are gone. And she knows how to handle a multitude of weapons. Plus the dogs are her "early warning system".
	Darryl, Julie & Lindsey Cooper & Libby- Devoted Canines 2014 RP178 2006 Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon

fwunder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676	Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 12:58pm
	Sounds like a fabulous trip. From my new favorite travel guide: NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nist-f1-cesium-fountain-atomic-clock Only if you have the time, of course. fred
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techntrek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062	Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 1:41pm
	Nice. Looks like we'll just miss each other, I'll be arriving in Denver on the 6th. Like you we have a family member staying at our house, much easier to take care of the animals, etc.
	Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual

GlennZippy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 19 Feb 2013 Location: Colorado Spring Online Status: Offline Posts: 44	Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 4:33pm
	Other stops worth mentioning: New Belgium Brewery tour in Fort Collins is great, but get a reservation. That's an OK drive from Denver so a day trip would work well. Sand Dunes National Park is worth mentioning. Bring a couple of cardboard boxes to slide down the dunes. Since you will be in the area, Silverton is a fun day trip. It's a bit out of the way from your areas, but Dinosaur National Monument is a great day and generally not very crowded. If you had the time, I'd add a trip to Grand Verde National park and then up through Utah via 191 to see Arches and Canyonlands National parks. I might ditch a couple of days in Denver to make that happen... If you do that then look into the National Parks pass.
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Hairy Podders Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 Mar 2014 Location: Northwest Ohio Online Status: Offline Posts: 217	Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 6:24pm
	We've spent a day in Silverton & thought it was great little town. Also the Silverton-Durango railroad. Beautiful scenery! We had a private, back country tour of Mesa Verde by a friend that works there a few years ago. Very cool. BTW, the KOA in Cortez is very very nice. Dinosaur is on our to do list, someday. Never been to Utah. That is going to be another trip, another time. We need to spend a few days in Moab... I have always wanted to visit Sand Dunes National Park. Maybe this year. I want to do some more whitewater rafting & the wife wants to search out wineries. The New Belgium tour sounds fun! Thanks! Keep ém coming! Doug, too bad that we will miss each other. We will be coming home on I-80 from I-76 in Colorado. BTW, the visitors center in Colorado on I-76 is very nice! Free coffee!
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COSPod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 20 Jan 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 38	Posted: 12 Jun 2014 at 11:51pm
	Grand Junction and Palisade is the big winery region in Colorado. It'd be a doable day trip from Ouray, though it'd be a long day, my guess is 2 hour drive from Ouray to Palisade. Been a few years but there's a nice brewpub in Ouray, they have a rooftop patio, great views of the surrounding mountains. There's a few hikes just south of town, and I think a waterfall as well, but I'm recalling you had to pay for the waterfall access. Ouray is cool town though, you can pretty much just sit there and look up. If you do rafting, Buena Vista is probably the spot, or daytrip out of Denver. The SW part of state didn't get as much snowfall as central/north part, so the flows wouldn't be as good down around Durango, Ouray or Pagosa. Lots of daytrip options from Denver, no shortage of good breweries. I'll give a plug for Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs, lots of things to see in the area.

RPodWeGo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Jul 2012 Location: Salt Lake City Online Status: Offline Posts: 112	Posted: 13 Jun 2014 at 9:33am
	I did not see Rocky Mt National Park mentioned. Steamboat Springs and that general part of the range is delightful too.
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techntrek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062	Posted: 13 Jun 2014 at 11:21am
	That's where we'll be after Denver, north to RMNP, then south.
	Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual

Keith-N-Dar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447	Posted: 13 Jun 2014 at 6:21pm
	I see on the web most of the camp grounds are closed this year so they can repair flood damage. I want to go that way this fall Doug, so please post what is and will be open by fall in RMNP.
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Hairy Podders Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 Mar 2014 Location: Northwest Ohio Online Status: Offline Posts: 217	Posted: 13 Jun 2014 at 9:26pm
	We are hoping to make a trip into RMNP. We've never been in the park. Though we've been to Estes Park a couple of times. The drive from Idaho Springs to Estes Park is a scenic drive.
	Darryl, Julie & Lindsey Cooper & Libby- Devoted Canines 2014 RP178 2006 Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon