Day Five - Royal Gorge or Bust! BUST!

Before leaving Colorado Springs, I got to talk with a Facebook friend and fellow author, @Charlotte Raby!  She and I have a short story in an anthology:  "It Was A Dark and Stormy Night" compiled by Joyce Norman and it's available on Amazon.com!  We talked a bit and figured out we didn't have time to meet!  We'll try again next time! 

We've been hearing a strange noise outside for the last couple of days.  Discovered what it was!  WOODPECKER!

  Amazing how much noise one little bird can make.

Today we're off to Royal Gorge and it's about 50 miles from here.  We decided to move campgrounds so we wouldn't be driving so much.  We drove the 50 miles and pulled into Royal Gorge!  There was plenty of room for RV's to park.  I grabbed my camera (not fixed, changed lenses) and off we went.  Met with a great stop sign!  $26 per person to walk the bridge!  Of course, the admission covered the amusement park, but not much was running and we just wanted to see the bridge.  One lady saw our confusion over the situation and told us to go past the last flag and there was a viewpoint.

There was a train there.  David is an engineer.  What can I say?

Well, Royal Gorge ranks right up there with visiting the meteorite  crater in Arizona.  Don't go!

Now we have a new dilemma.  Do we find the campground we wanted to stay in or keep driving.  We keep driving.    We were headed to Montrose, CO the next day, so we kept driving until we got almost there.  Found a great campground next to a river.  Perfect!

Our spot had lilacs in bloom all around it.  Deep purple lilacs everywhere.  The scent was great - for about 10 minutes.  Then it began to smell like room freshener.  We walked up to the office to ask a question and were given free ice cream.  This place was getting better and better.

Lilacs!

After dinner we took our chairs and sat by the river.  We spotted lots of birds and even saw a couple of rafters coming down the river.  One of the rafts even had a dog posted on the front.

It started to get dark so we decided to turn in.

There's a better day ahead!

Jenny :)