Cousins
Woke to overcast skies and cold temps. Mountains that we saw yesterday were obscured by clouds and snow showers. Had thought to take road along base of hills to Colorado Springs and then on to Denver area. Could not see hills through snow falling on them so opted to go east and up valley. Had a few very light flurries as we went to Pueblo but they cleared and as we went north clouds broke to mostly sunshine.
About two and a half hours north to Highland Ranch and Chatsworth State Park. Very nice open space adjoining the southern edge of the greater Denver area. Great facilities. Close to 200 camp sites. Most with full hookups and concrete level parking pads. Walking paths, marina, picnic areas, even a model airplane flying area. This park is full with campers and day visitors every day all summer long. No problem getting a spot now though. The loop we were in had several RVs AND three or four tents. More on that later.
I have three cousins who live in Highland Park. One is my age and has lived here for years. The other two are younger and have young families. They all came here by different life paths but all ended up living within a mile of each other. We went to visit one who had recently purchased a house. He was doing some remodeling while his wife and son were visiting relatives in California. I helped him with some sub floor installation while Sue went to visit with my other cousins. All cousins and available families got together for dinner at a nice Mexican restaurant and afterward walked down several stores to a neat frozen yogurt place. We spent nearly two hours there talking about anything and everything. Fun evening.
We got back to the carbus about 9:30 and it was already cold – near freezing. Just driving by those tents made me shudder.
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