Stories of our travels aboard our converted school bus.
After an extended visit with family in the Denver area, we were ready to hit the road again and decided to spend a weekend checking out the neighboring city of Longmont. We stayed at the Boulder County Fairgrounds and though it wasn't a very scenic campground, it was affordable and centrally located to a whole bunch … Continue reading Travelogue: Longmont, CO
With just about every RV park from Colorado Springs to Denver booked solidly for the Fourth of July weekend, we traveled up to the mountains to pay my sister, Elyse, and her husband, Chris, a visit. Chris & Elyse are super cool people and their neighbors were very understanding about the 35-foot blue bus parked … Continue reading Travelogue: Conifer, Boulder, Evergreen, & Aspen Park, CO
Wanting to visit Colorado Springs, we stayed at Cheyenne Mountain State Park just 7 miles away from downtown. This was our first experience trying to lock-down a campsite before a major holiday weekend, and boy did we learn a thing or two about planning! Just about every campground near Colorado Springs was booked solid for … Continue reading Travelogue: Colorado Springs, CO
Trinidad Lake State Park - Trinidad, Colorado After leaving Texas, we headed west through New Mexico and took the Raton Pass up into Colorado. Raton Pass was our first real opportunity to see how our bus would perform on real grades and higher elevation. It wasn't great - we chugged along at 20 mph for … Continue reading Travelogue: Trinidad Lake, Colorado
Caprock Canyons State Park We stayed in the Honey Flats Campground for just one night, and regret not reserving more nights in this park. It's an amazing landscape that we wish we could have explored more fully. We'll definitely come back here on our next pass through this part of Texas. The campsites are close … Continue reading Travelogue: Caprock Canyons, QuitaqueTX
Our first stop after leaving east Texas, we stayed in Abilene State Park. We had a tumultuous first ride in our bus that included driving through downtown Dallas at rush-hour and all three of our pets loudly meowing & barking for the first two hours of the drive. None of the fur-balls were quite prepared … Continue reading Travelogue: Abilene, TX
We Got Schooled 