Hot. Denver is hot. The freeways are a mess. Merge lanes merge directly into traffic. The average speed on city streets is 10mph over the posted speed limit. Traffic “safety lights (cameras) everywhere. Did I mention it was hot?

We stayed in Cherry Creek State Park. The campground has been updated with new tables and new parking pads. There is also something that bites through clothes that will leave a welt the size of a quarter on your shoulder, back of neck and side of face. They fade away but for a while you look like the elephant man. If we come this way next year, or anyway for that matter, maybe it would be better in the fall.

We visited grand-kids and got them fixed up for school then stopped in Ft. Collins to see Debbie’s brother and family. Lots of fun there.

Tonight we are at 8400 feet in the Ashley National Forest with a meadow out our picture window. It was cloudy but I am hoping it will clear so I can see the stars.

There are a lot of trailers up here. Most have no occupants. It is dispersed camping so it is ok but just strange. Does someone rent them out? Do their owners work in town and then come here after work? I haven’t seen this before.

Presley loves the big meadow. Signs of cows and some bear scat. It is bear county but I don’t know why it would be out in the open. We love our National Forests!