Monday, August 6, 2007
St Vrain State Park, Longmont, CO - July 13-22
While CO state parks are generally expensive, with Willie's Aspen Leaf (senior) pass, it is quite economical to stay in the state parks. Great progress continues to be made on this park. Gone are the trashy visitors with no respect for the environment. Work continues on a full-hookup loop, which will open shortly. In the meantime, there are two electric-only loops, the old third loop having been shut down and planted over with native vegetation and a waterway dug through it -- we can't even tell where the old sites used to be. St Vrain SP is still, and will probably always remain, a weekend-destination only park for people in the Denver metro area. It is still too close to I-25 and the traffic noise, but they hope to alleviate that with more vegetation and some earthen berms.We were in "winding down" mode while here, still trying to see friends, but also taking time to enjoy the park. Of course, as usual, we got really busier than we would have preferred at the end of our stay. Due to some follow-up medical for both us and the cats, we will be returning to St Vrain SP in late Sept for a brief stay. We have already made a reservation for our favorite campsite. We are looking forward to seeing friends again!
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 10:15 PM 
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