After a couple of delightful city days we're back in the boonies. By the way,
it's easy to see why Fort Collins is rated as one of the top places to live in
America. Great urban planning (wide streets, sidewalks, landscaping), and a beautiful
and very active old downtown. We spent July 4 downtown enjoying music, but a huge
storm came in around dinner so we skipped the fireworks.
Spent two nights at Pawnee Campground at Brainard Lake. Less than an hour south of
Rocky Mountain National Park. RNMP campsites are generally poor but the views are great. At Pawnee we are over 10,000 feet compared to 8,000 at RMNP. The trees are untouched by the beetle desease while RMNP campgrounds have many trees cut down. Pawnee is on the list of top 100 campgrounds in Colorado. Second in beauty only to Chambers Lake.
A little cool at this altitude: 39 when we went to bed, made it to perhaps 70 Tuesday
and dropped into the fifties. Very nice hiking. One alpine lake (Monday hike) was only one mile in. One Tuesday did a five mile hike past Long Lake, up to Lake Isabell right next the Isabell glacier.
This concludes the first part of our trip along with the northern portion of the state.
Heading south Wednesday.
PS Neighboring camper grew up in Radford. Met a Mom that went to Duke.
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