Trinidad Lake State Park

Wednesday

March 14, 2012
Trinidad Lake State Park

Another state park, this one in Colorado.  A good choice for an overnight stay or longer. Most of the other RV parks in Trinidad are behind motels, near I-25. The State Park is your best choice if you are in this area.

Colorado State Parks are more expensive than Texas or New Mexico.  There is a $7.00 parking fee per vehicle (per day?) unless you buy an annual pass, and the RV site fee was $20,  I paid $27 for one night.

Site #15 is wide and deep,

larger than my backyard in Illinois.
Step a few yards behind the RV for a view of the lake.

I was looking for a trash can in the morning

and the ranger said they had a "BEAR" problem.

The dumpsters were in a locked area behind the ranger station.

No trash cans around the campground.

This is a very large park, only a small portion of the RV sites were open this early in the camping season.  The sites are electric only with a few pull through sites with full-hookups.  Some of the sites are small, originally created for tent camping.  I was originally assigned site #14, but backed into #15 instead.

Site #14 had a very narrow driveway, a long narrow site, there was a pole right at the end of the drive and a deep culvert that had to be crossed over. There were only 3 RV's in the entire campground. I decided to back into site #15 instead, if I had someone directing me, I probably could have backed into #14. I called the ranger station and told them to change my site number, no problem with this. The sites are all irregular in shape.

After I was set up, I went for a walk on 2 of the trails to see more of the park and the lake, the campground is on a high bluff over the lake.  You can drive or walk around to the fishing area if you want to spend some time closer to the water. There is a large day use area with an amphitheater and many covered pavilions.

Trinidad Lake (iPhone video)

The End!

Raton Pass

I arrived at my daughters house last Thursday.

I saw a window of opportunity with the weather
 and decided to head to Denver NOW

rather than wait until closer to the time I will start my seasonal job.

I signed up for text messages from the
 Colorado Department of Transportation.
CDOT Traffic Hotline  303-639-1111

This morning, I received a text that Raton Pass is closed.
 Here is a picture from one of the websites.

I drove over this pass on Wednesday
 and stayed overnight at Trinidad Lake State Park in CO.

I had clear and sunny skies and perfect weather when I went over the pass.

March 20, 2012 @ 10am

Raton Pass (I-25)       elevation 7,834

Trinidad, CO                    March 20, 2012

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I just have to keep up the good thoughts

and positive images.

"The weather will be perfect when I head out

on April 9th to my job in the Four Corners area."

POSITIVE THINKING!!!

Clear and Sunny skies for travel on April 9th!