Awake: 5:40am Temp 65 sleep 6+38 partly sunny elevation
4500 ft overnight @ Stratton, Colorado.
This is another “close to the Interstate campground” that specializes in:
easy off-easy on RV customers. Last evening, this small campground of 33
RV sites, swelled 3X’s the number since we pulled in. Maybe the
threatening weather had something to do with it, but this sort of setup;
level ground, preferably asphalt or gravel, with pull thru lengths of 55’
& good electricity, 30, 50 amps…..will attract our attention. We have yet
to try the Flying “J” fuel stops for overnight stays, the Wal-Marts, the
road-side rest stops, etc. A lot depends on “what’s to see & do” in the
State we are in?
Anyway, we leave the Marshall Ash Village RV Park in Stratton, CO. @
7:35am. Smooth roads continue.
Arrive @ the Flying Saucer Campground in Denver, CO. @ 10:30am.
Today’s travel: 2+55 time 156 miles 18.4 gal used 8.51 mpg
53.5 avg speed.
With Kathy’s good help, I back into the same site as we had last September
15th. This campground of 15 acres has been family owned since 1946. Jenny
(a granddaughter of the man who started this campground) tells us as we
check in, that the land across the street to the east is being converted
to a shopping mall next yr. Hmmm!?
Katrina calls & leaves a msg. She will be getting out of her Masters
program early today & invites us to join her & a friend to the Cherry
Creek Arts & Crafts festival this afternoon @ 4:00pm. We respectfully
decline: dark clouds threaten rain & we’re not quite ready to jump into
vigorous activity today.
Next call: Marge & Tom just arrived in town from Grand Junction, CO. We
make plans to rendezvous for breakfast tomorrow & will include our Katrina
& their daughter Kathy.
7:15 dinner: Chicken Monterey, cauliflower, mashed potatoes, mixed salad &
toast.
There are a lot of tall, old trees in this campground so….no satellite TV
& we read our respective novels.
Today’s temp=85 Lights out: 10:26pm
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