Hawk Springs Again!

Back from another two nights at Hawk Springs State Recreation Area.  Again, the mornings and evenings were cool and wonderful, while the afternoons were hot. A quick dip in the lake took care of that. The second time hitching, unhitching, popping up and popping down was easier than the first, as expected. The big difference…

Rain Storm and Great Blue Herons

On the east slope of the Rocky Mountains, summer thunderstorms swell up in the afternoon. When a storm seems especially dark and menacing, I turn on my weather radio. Such a storm came up the second afternoon camping at Hawk Springs, and the radio told me of a damaging storm with quarter-sized hail and 60…

Hitched

…to my camper that is! I made it back to Fort Collins, CO on Sunday, and U-Haul had all the right parts for the hitch. First thing Monday morning, I drove towards Denver to pick up Half Moon, my pop-up camper.  A friendly technician showed me how everything works, and he had me disassemble and…