We have just returned from a couple of weeks in the Northwest, 9 nights in the trailer, 3,997 miles.
TLDR: Great camping (in a great trailer), lots of mountains, canyons, and desert.
-Camped 3 nights on my brothers place in rural New Mexico.
-Camped at Bandelier National Monument, NM. Nice quiet campground though parts are under construction. Very cool Indian cliff dwellings.
-Camped in the northern section of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Decent campsite on top of the bluffs above the confluence of the Red River and the Rio Grande. It is a significant hike to the river and back.
-Took an incredible trip on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. We got on at Antonito, CO, had lunch in Osier, and on to Cumbres NM for a night in a B&B. We retraced the route the next day. The train winds around in the mountains along the New Mexico/Colorado border, crossing it 11 times, going above 10,000 feet, through hand dug tunnels, canyons, and lots of wildflowers, elk and antelope. Very spectacular and a cool steam train.
-Camped at the Aspen Glade Campground in the San Juan National Forest in Co. Nice camp next to the Conejos river, but a lot of mosquitoes.
-Visited the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Amazing dunes with a wide river to wade in, but very popular with lots of others enjoying it too.
-Camped at the Big Blue Campground in the Ucompahgre National Forest. 12 mile dirt road over a 10,000 foot pass down a spectacular valley. Camped near the Big Blue creek, very nice, only one other site occupied, but many mosquitoes.
-Camped at the Juniper Campground in the Colorado National Monument. Spectacular drive up from Grand Junction. Campground nice but weather is very hot. We plan to come back another time, but in spring or fall.
-We had a reservation at the Bowery Campground in the Utah Fishlake National Forest, but we arrived there at 1:00 and there wasn't much to do there. It was a decent camp site but we just had lunch there and blew off the reservation and went on.
-Camped in the Baker Creek Campground in Great Basin National Park, NV. This is a beautiful place and our campsite was great, isolated, creek access, lots of trees and wildflowers. Definitely a place to come back to.
-Now back at home, washed the trailer and sheets, and put away stuff. It's good to be home, but we are planning our next trip.
Donkeys in Oatman, Arizona
Outside Holbrook, Arizona
Cactus flowers, New Mexico
At the Lewis Auto Museum in Moriarty, New Mexico
Bandelier National Monment, New Mexico
Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument
Wild Iris, somewhere in New Mexico
Aspen Glade Campground, San Juan National Forest, CO
Parked at the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad station in Antonito, Colorado
Steam Engine!
Going 'round the bend
Aspen Glade Campground, SanJouan National Forest, Colorado
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
Big Blue Campground, Ucompahgre National Forest, Colorado
Colorado National Mounument, near Grand Junction, Colorado
Sunrise at Colorado National Mounument
Capitol Reef area, Utah
Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Baker Creek Campground, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Baker Creek Campground, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Mount Wheeler, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
TLDR: Great camping (in a great trailer), lots of mountains, canyons, and desert.
-Camped 3 nights on my brothers place in rural New Mexico.
-Camped at Bandelier National Monument, NM. Nice quiet campground though parts are under construction. Very cool Indian cliff dwellings.
-Camped in the northern section of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Decent campsite on top of the bluffs above the confluence of the Red River and the Rio Grande. It is a significant hike to the river and back.
-Took an incredible trip on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. We got on at Antonito, CO, had lunch in Osier, and on to Cumbres NM for a night in a B&B. We retraced the route the next day. The train winds around in the mountains along the New Mexico/Colorado border, crossing it 11 times, going above 10,000 feet, through hand dug tunnels, canyons, and lots of wildflowers, elk and antelope. Very spectacular and a cool steam train.
-Camped at the Aspen Glade Campground in the San Juan National Forest in Co. Nice camp next to the Conejos river, but a lot of mosquitoes.
-Visited the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Amazing dunes with a wide river to wade in, but very popular with lots of others enjoying it too.
-Camped at the Big Blue Campground in the Ucompahgre National Forest. 12 mile dirt road over a 10,000 foot pass down a spectacular valley. Camped near the Big Blue creek, very nice, only one other site occupied, but many mosquitoes.
-Camped at the Juniper Campground in the Colorado National Monument. Spectacular drive up from Grand Junction. Campground nice but weather is very hot. We plan to come back another time, but in spring or fall.
-We had a reservation at the Bowery Campground in the Utah Fishlake National Forest, but we arrived there at 1:00 and there wasn't much to do there. It was a decent camp site but we just had lunch there and blew off the reservation and went on.
-Camped in the Baker Creek Campground in Great Basin National Park, NV. This is a beautiful place and our campsite was great, isolated, creek access, lots of trees and wildflowers. Definitely a place to come back to.
-Now back at home, washed the trailer and sheets, and put away stuff. It's good to be home, but we are planning our next trip.
Donkeys in Oatman, Arizona
Outside Holbrook, Arizona
Cactus flowers, New Mexico
At the Lewis Auto Museum in Moriarty, New Mexico
Bandelier National Monment, New Mexico
Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument
Wild Iris, somewhere in New Mexico
Aspen Glade Campground, San Juan National Forest, CO
Parked at the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad station in Antonito, Colorado
Steam Engine!
Going 'round the bend
Aspen Glade Campground, SanJouan National Forest, Colorado
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
Big Blue Campground, Ucompahgre National Forest, Colorado
Colorado National Mounument, near Grand Junction, Colorado
Sunrise at Colorado National Mounument
Capitol Reef area, Utah
Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Baker Creek Campground, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Baker Creek Campground, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Mount Wheeler, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
