Recap 12 days in Colorado/Wyoming

2canoe

Thought some might be interested in this.

Recap--12 nights

9/6/15---Big Creek Lakes in Routt National Forest near Walden, Colorado--no services, vault toilet, $5 with geezer pass (The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass)

9/7/15--second night at Big Creek Lakes

9/8/15--Maybell, Colorado City Park--electric hookup with water and sewer dump available, bathhouse with showers and flush toilets--$31 for site, grey water dump and 2 showers

9/9/15--Gates of Ladore in Dinosaur National Monument--no services, vault toilet, $4 with geezer pass

9/10/15--Atlantic City Campground near Atlantic City, Wyoming--water available, vault toilet--$3 with geezer pass

9/11/15--Sand Mesa Campground at Boyson State Park--no services, vault toilet--$17

disappointing--campgrounds on east side of reservoir a little better

9/12/15--Eagle RV Park commercial campground in Thermopolis, Wyoming--all hookup! and a clean laundry and bathroom with showers.  $28 for best space in park #19.

9/13/15--second night in Thermopolis

9/14/15--Saratoga Lake City Park outside of Saratoga, Wyoming--no services, vault toilet--$10

9/15/15--second night at Saratoga Lake

9/16/15--Green Ridge, National Forest Service campground on Shadow Mt. Lake near town of Grand Lake, Colorado--water available, flush toilets available, vault toilet nearby--$9.50 with geezer pass--Space #30

9/17/15--second night at Green Ridge

12 nights with average of cost $13.25 per night.  2 nights with full service, 3 nights total with electric, 6 nights total with water hookup or available

Meals--Breakfast--3 days of scrambled eggs with bacon bits,  rest of time oatmeal with raisins, almonds, brown sugar--one breakfast out in Grand Lake

Lunch--Peanut butter and jam sandwich

Snacks--crackers, cheese, apple or carrots with wine

Dinners--i was able to pack most of what we needed for varied dinners with only two of the backpacking quality--two dinners out, Maybell and  Thermopolis.

Three stops for groceries.  Mostly fresh meat, pb and j and bread.

oh--weight lost 5.4 lbs.  If you don't have it with you, you don't eat it.  Also the paddling and hikes helped.

Cyclonic

Sounds like it was a great trip.  Hope you took lots of pictures too.

2canoe

A vault toilet is an outhouse with a vault that can be pumped out.  This is a step up from a regular old outhouse that is just a pit in the ground.
A "geezer pass"  is a pass available to those over 62 years of age.  You can get them at the Forest Service or National Park Service. or I think online.  Try www.Recreation.gov/pass
Free entry into National Parks and reduced fees.  Totally worth the $10 for a lifetime pass.

DurangoTaB

Geezer pass...greatly reduced fees to National Forest campgrounds...50%!

Nomad

Great log - Thanks

Photomom

Thank you for this. I'm starting to compile a bucket list and I've put some of these places on it!