Tuesday September 19. Saratoga HotSprings. The day started with a beautiful sunrise at our campsite at Saratoga Lake, but the wind quickly built, soon blowing a constant 20mph with higher gusts. With the weather forecast saying higher wind through the day, we decided it was another day in the van.
After breakfast, we loaded up and drove south to the small town of Encampment WY, and visited the Grand Encampment Museum. This museum was surprisingly large for such a small town-it appears to be well funded and many volunteers. We took a tour with our guide ,Marvin-he has lived his entire life in Encampment. Some of the Interesting things on display here are the two-story outhouse, some reconstructed pioneer homes, a folding bathtub(like a Murphy bed), and many other artifacts from the early days of copper mining. They also have a 60' tall fire lookout tower, so we had to climb it! After our tour, we saw several large buck deer roaming the streets of town, and then stopped in the nearby town of Riverside, for lunch at the Mangy Moose Saloon. Tasty food and friendly people.
We took a drive up Michigan Creek, and stopped at the Colorado State Forest State Park visitor center. Apparently we were in the moose viewing capital of Colorado. We didn't see any moose, but there was a very cool moose sculpture out front, made entirely of barbed wire.
Soon we went in search of a camp for the night, and ended up Denver Creek CG, which gave us a little shelter from the wind. Jo made gourmet 3 cheese grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup for dinner, and pound cake with blueberries and strawberries for dessert.
It rained a little at night, and woke up to some ice and frost, which soon melted as the sun hit it.
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