Back Home from Mueller State Park

We didn’t want to leave Mueller State Park ... especially not bright and early. But once we got the notification that our Amazon delivery was arriving today — earlier than scheduled — we really had no choice. We just didn’t want the box to sit outdoors.

So, we scrapped our plans for one last hike; broke camp — which was easy enough to do since we just had an electric hook-up; dumped our tanks; and got on the road.

The short drive was easily accomplished and before we knew it we were back in Colorado Springs where the temperature was already into the high 80F range. Luckily for us, this was forecasted to be the last of a string of 90F+ days. By noon, with the Cruiser tucked into its spot at the storage facility for a few weeks, we were having lunch at the stix & brix.

We always enjoy our camping adventures. In fact, thinking back on our RVing adventures over the past 10 years, I’m hard pressed to come up with any but good memories. That said, some places have spoken to us more than others. Mueller State Park was just such a place. Somehow it spoke to our souls from the moment we drove into the park. No sooner were we settled into site 132 on Monday that we were already talking about returning.

And that is exactly what we will be doing ... returning to camp at Mueller. I tried to get a site for mid-September, adding a stay at Mueller to our already planned trip to Estes Park. No luck! Then I tried to add a stay at Mueller before our trip out to Ouray in early October. No luck! The place is just that popular. I got lucky with mid-October dates, however. I guess we’ll just have to be patient a bit longer.

In the meantime, we’ve got a camping trip coming up that will take us out of state, so I’ll be spending my time planning for it.Read more