Horsetooth Reservoir, CO

8 – 10 Oct 2010

Lat/Long:  Coming Soon

Location:  Horsetooth Reservoir, CO

Electric Hook Up:  Yes

Water Hook Up: No, but within 5 yards

WiFi: No

Bathroom: 25 yard walk, vault toilet

Shower:  Yes, 2 bucks for 6 minutes – showers are clean and very modern

Reserve on web at: https://www.larimercamping.com/

Site:  I53

Last trip of the season with our little T@b.  We decided to keep it close to home but go somewhere we wouldn’t normally go –Horsetooth, CO it was.  Just west of Ft. Collins hidden in a valley up against the front range.  Reservoir is really low, but even with the lack of water – we survived.  ;)

 

Got a great spot in a cul-de-sac.  There are hardly any campers out this weekend (which we kinda hoped for).  When we got here Friday there was ZERO people on our side of the campsite, but a few have trickled in.  For the most part we’re all very scattered. 

We have enjoyed and I’m sure the dogs have enjoyed the lack of neighbors.  Less to bark at, less for us to listen to.  We took Kayle down to the dock to swim Saturday – she was pooped afterwards.  Dog loves water no matter what the temperature.  She dove in time and time again after her precious ball.  Chase has been ultimate watch dog, as always.

Had a great wake up call early Saturday morning.  Kayle gave a bark (she must have heard him)…and then we smelled it.  Skunk…close, like right under us or right next to the wheels.  It was so strong.  Friday evening we saw a fox that was just a little smaller then Kayle—HUGE.  But very pretty.  Made me nervous b/c he just stopped and looked at us (keep in mind he was about 20 feet from us).  But he ran off after Kayle went into full alert. 

 Drove up about 10 miles into the foothills.  Ran across this weird little place.  Creepville USA for sure.  Had a open field full of random stuff.  Across the street in the “this and that” store was a whole bunch of “this and that.”  Was bizarre stuff, old time dress up costume stuff, red hat society stuff…and then everything in between.  One section of the store said, “Please remove your shoes before coming into this room.”  That’s about when we did an about face and left.

We’re sad to put the bullet into storage, but thankful such a wonderful few months.   We are so thankful to our seller, you know who you are—you rock, we’re enjoying heck out of this thing!  We plan to do some maintenance on it Monday before we roll back into the gates of Buckley, but we are already looking forward to next year already!