Mueller State Park Colorado

 
 We arrived at Mueller State Park this afternoon. This is an absolutely beautiful place -- at elevation 9500 feet, we can really appreciate the mountain scenery. The first picture I took while I was standing by our picnic table. The picnic table has a sign prominently displayed that says "Warning! Bears are attracted to food and odors" and cautions against leaving anything out. We'll have to remember to empty the outside dog water dish at night. The wind is whispering in the pines and the air is fresh and crisp. We hope we won't get campers close to us and probably won't during the week. Weekends might be busy with Colorado Springs 35 miles to the east.

The drive up here on Hwy 24 was spectacular, with amazing views. Hwy 24 is a good road, four lane most of the way -- there were some steep grades but "Bertha", our truck, handled it well. I call her "Bertha Big Buns" because she is rather hippy with her dually rear end, but we are glad of all that power when we are towing "Homer", our 5th wheel.

We reserved a 40 ft pull through site -- sounds good, but the 40 ft is in a tight "C" shape. Doug had to do some maneuvering to get us to fit. The back of the rig is hanging over a hillside, and the slide-outs are touching the pine trees on both sides, but we made it. The payoff is getting to live close to nature and breathe mountain air for two weeks.