Oh Richard! It sounds great! I want to come pretty badly, so if we have
it in July, let's do it at the end of the month. My brother is getting
married on the 14th. (Yippee for him!) I'm modestly familiar with the area
and it would be a lovely place to rally.
Jodi
Laramie, WY
At 11:07 AM 1/26/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Greetings VACers:
>I have a proposal for the VAC Rally in the Rockies -- first off, let me
>say that I don't have a trailer yet, but I have lived in Colorado for 30
>years, and have traveled pretty extensively across the state. In
>addition, I have planned and led a lot of car caravans, including a
>two-week-long trip following the Oregon Trail from Independence, MO to
>Portland, OR. First, I would strongly recommend against holding the
>rally in September. Our weather in September can be very fickle -- more
>than once, I have conducted "fall color" trips where the fall color was
>white. The ideal time would be in late July, when the weather and
>wildflowers are at their best, and more importantly, school is out, so
>the kids & grandkids can come along (teachers, too). My proposal for
>the location is Monument Lake Park, 46 miles west of Trinidad on Colo.
>SH 12. Here is the park's URL: http://www.sangres.com/monumentlake.htm
>Besides easy access from I-25 and beautiful scenery, the park has full
>hookups as well as dry camping, bathhouses for those with older
>trailers, a motel and cabins for people who can't bring their trailers,
>a store, and a restaurant (and bar!). Activities include fishing in the
>lake (stocked), pedal boats, hiking, mountain biking, four-wheeling, and
>lots of opportunities for sightseeing nearby.
>Here is a possible schedule of events:
>Thursday: arrival day; get-acquainted potluck spaghetti supper in the
>evening.
>Friday: tour of the Scenic Highway of Legends, a 120-mile Colorado & US
>Forest Service Scenic Byway. Here is their URL:
>http://www.highwayoflegends.org/
>Saturday: AM: sightseeing tour: possibly to Trinidad or Raton, NM; PM:
>trailer "open house"
>Sunday: potluck breakfast.
>These are just some ideas -- there would also be plenty to do at the
>Colorado City KOA. As for Camp Hale, I have camped there & love the
>area, but there is only a small USFS campground, with pit toilets only.
>This campground is pretty heavily used, also. BTW, one of the people on
>this list lives very close to Monument Lake -- he may have some thoughts
>on this proposal.
>Best Regards,
>Rich
>Denver, CO
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