Buena Vista RV park

We are now settled into our summer home at Valley Mobile RV Park just two miles outside the town of Buena Vista. We will stay here for almost three months. We were looking for a place to sit out the hot summer months and still be within a day or so of Denver, where our family members live. There are no affordable decent places close to or in Denver. We love the state parks but they will only let us stay for two weeks. With the high fuel prices, we need to stay put for a while and put down temporary roots. Valley Mobile was recommended to us by friends in Texas. The location is good, the weather wonderful -- always cool at night and upper 80's during the day if the day is sunny. If the day is cloudy, so far the temps are in the mid 70's. And of course the low humidity which makes a huge difference. We have had enough of the sticky muggy Nebraska summers.

This is not a fancy place but it is neat and tidy, quiet, well maintained and the owners, Sandra and Don Trojanovich, are super nice people. We have full hook ups, concrete patio with picnic table, and a small grassy yard. We are close to town and a nice grocery store. The price is very reasonable by Colorado standards. This area is arid, so what is not watered is dry dusty scrub. We have two young baby trees in our "yard" -- sure wish they were larger.

We got in on Sunday, and on Monday we were invited (along with everyone else) to a Mexican pot luck get together at the rec hall. There was tons of great food and a chance to meet some of the other folks.

The photo with the wagon is taken from the front of the campground, facing west and you can see Mt. Princeton, one of the Collegiate Peaks. I also took a photo from the rear of the campground - you can see some foothills. There are also mountains on that side as well. Buena Vista sits in the Upper Arkansas River Valley. The Arkansas River is a whitewater rafting mecca, so they get lots of summer visitors. The other picture is of the laundry building.
We are looking forward to exploring the area and "cooling our jets" for a while before our fall travels.