East Portal Reservoir, Estes Park CO

Lat/Long:  40.32778, -105.57722

Location:  East Portal Reservoir, Estes Park

Electric Hook Up:  Yes

Water Hook Up: Yes, but not at all sites

Bathroom: 100 yard walk

WiFi:  Nope, not even a cell signal

Shower:  FREE!!!  Beware, the website says there are NO showers…

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

Site:  A67

Yet, another great weekend spent away…from the grid.  This place is soothing to soul, for real.  This time we picked spots that were right next to each other as Cole and Ashley camped with us.  The spots are kinda out in the open, not as nice as A01 – but we turned the T@b around so we faced the door of their camper, so it’s ideal to say the least.  

Took a nice walk Saturday, walked all the way into the YMCA park – didn’t see any wildlife like we did last time.  But, when we got back we had a deer RIGHT by our campers.  Thank goodness all four puppies were tired, Ashley and I were able to get right next to it to get some pictures.

Coleman did a lot of little maintenance things that we needed help figuring out.  Fixed the track on our ceiling fan, taught us how and where our furnace was and checked our battery.  Which we learned is why we were blowing a fuse every time we hooked the thing up (it was pretty DEAD).  But, he’s a lifesaver as we are planning a big trip to the North Rim in September that will require dry camping…with use of the furnace as it gets SUPER cold there at night.  I swear we are always learning something new about this trailer with the help of our friends.  We sure love it to death. 

We plan to come back in a few weeks.  This time we couldn’t find sites next to each other (as Cole and Ashley will be coming up again too) which is a bummer, but I think we’ll be pretty close to each other which is great.  We have another trip after that in late August…at A01!!!  Woo-hoo!  ;)

Got some interesting neighbors Saturday night.  Oklahoma honeymooners (which we named “Two heart Palm Tree” based on their airbrushed license plates that you would get for 10 bucks at Myrtle Beach) is the story we decided to make up.  Their stay involved a pack of Budweiser, small tent and a charcoal starter.  They made for quite the people watching. 

This place is a best kept secret for sure.  People are nice, environment is GREAT, super quiet, super mellow – right up our alley.  If you are reading this—don’t share this spot with people we are trying to escape from!  ;) 

Happy Trails, see ya next time!