Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

From Colorado Springs we went to the Denver area to visit family and get some work done on our Freightliner chassis. While there, we went to the Rocky Mountain National Park to get up-close to the snow covered peaks, spring-time swollen rivers and wildlife.

Rocky Mountain National Park

Wow, the magnitude of the Rocky Mountains is stunning. These are big mountains, snow covered, and rise into the Colorado blue skies.

There were elk and deer everywhere. They were shedding their winter coats. Elk are more than twice as heavy as mule deer. The new spring male antlers were covered in velvet. In the wild, elk can live 10-13 years.

Even though there were plenty of roads and areas to explore, Trail Ridge Road was still closed for the season.

Elizabeth, Colorado

A rural community, that’s now encroached upon by Denver, but still has a small town feel. We enjoyed visiting with Mark, Samantha, Sarah, Henry and Grant.

We love their homes, community and the time catching up.

Casey’s RV Hideaway

We stayed at the city of Elizabeth’s RV park, which is next to baseball fields and a rodeo fairground. It was a spacious beautiful location situated within Ponderosa Pines. They had 50 amp service, water, dump station, and no internet but great Verizon signal.

Brighton, Colorado

Jim, Maggie, and Jimmy live in Brighton. We enjoyed catching up with family. Jon, Christy, Alexis, Christine, Rebecca, Matthew and Aiden came to visit.

St. Vrain State Park

What a beautiful location. The campground is near I-25 in Frederick/Longmont, but we hardly heard the highway. We were near a couple of lakes. They had 50 amp service, good water pressure, sewer, no internet, but good Verizon signal.

Transwest Truck and Trailer RV of Frederick

We needed warranty work done on our Freightliner chassis. Our steering would lock up at slow speeds when making 90 degree turns. We also lost air rapidly while driving. They fixed the air leak, after removing the fuel tank then welding it back in. We lived in their parking lot next to I-25 for days. When they couldn’t back the coach out of the shop, we stayed at a Best Western, enjoying a full sized shower and bath tub. Jake was in heaven being able to run down a hallway and roll on carpet. H also enjoyed the prairie dogs at Transwest.

The steering problem took 8 days to fix. They finally ordered a new steering gear box. Unbelievable, but they fixed it. Unfortunately, it cut off a week of our Rocky Mountain National Park and Black Hills, South Dakota travels.

The best barbecue we had in Colorado was at Georgia Boys Smokehouse in Longmont.

I went to high school in Golden, college in Boulder, and medical school in Denver…that was over 30 years ago. Wow, the population has increased. I love Colorado. It still feels like home, beautiful and like nothing else.