So, Why Did We Go There?

The Thursday before Memorial Day weekend, we headed east from Pueblo.  Why?  All serious RV travelers know how important it is to make reservations early, I mean way ahead of time, for holiday weekends.  I did that, I thought.  

In January I made reservations for our time in Cherry Creek and Chatfield State Parks in the Denver area and in St.Vrain State Park north toward Fort Collins where we stay each summer when we visit Colorado. My only mistake was making a reservation for Memorial Day (May 31) but not for the weekend days leading up to that holiday.  Ooops!  We looked at the map and made a reservation at the KOA in Limon for  Thursday through Sunday.

The scenery driving east to Limon included green, I mean really green, fields and barns.  Parts of Colorado have had more rain so far this year than all of last year.  The fields are really green and beautiful in the eastern part of the state.

We saw wind generators on many of the hills.

Many towns have water tanks.  We saw this one at Ramah.

Look at this large brick grain silo.

We had some great views of the snow capped front range of the Rockies.

The water tower in Kiowa.  One day we drove west from Limon through Elbert County and into Douglas County were we visited our former home of Castle Rock.  John was born and raised there and we owned and operated the family funeral home there from 1975 to 1984.

Another great photo of the Rockies as we drove through the forested parts of Elbert and eastern Douglas Counties.

This was one view of the rapid growth in the Castle Rock area since we left there.  None of these homes had been built in 1984 when we left.

This is the rock outcropping that gives Castle Rock it’s name.

The last time we were in Castle Rock was to tour the funeral home and our house before the new owners tore it down.  We realize how the new facility they are building will greatly improve the facilities and the service to the public.  But it was still sad to see the 100+ year old building gone.

Back in Limon, we were parked very near this great scene of grain elevators.

Below are two of the murals we saw during a walk in downtown Limon.  

We enjoyed our Memorial Day weekend in Limon and the excellent KOA campground where we stayed.  My mistake led to a good weekend in an area we haven’t spent much time in before.