August Crowds?

Honeybee8888 wrote:
Busskipper,

Thanks for the detailed itinerary! We too love Colorado, and were at Turquoise Lake just last June! We also were in Ouray in, I think, 2015 and drove the Million Dollar Highway. We also camped at a NFS campground (Big Cimarron Campground; no hookups)-- on August 31, we and our friends were literally the only people there, and it cooled down a LOT at night! You are right, it's a fantastic destination, and may just be our alternative plan. I am going to plug in some of your suggestions and see how it all works out.

Thanks so much for your thoughts.
Debbie

In addition to Bill's suggestions for Colorado, somewhere along the way, if you haven't already, you could take a detour to the quiet side of Rocky Mountain National Park -- the WEST side. Entrance outside of Grand Lake, there's Timber Creek CG not too far in to the park, it's all first come/first served. Every time I've been over there, on weekend trips, it's never been completely full, there's always open sites. They cater more to the tent camper and popup folks, but I've seen some class A and C rigs there as well. The sites can be a it tight for bigger rigs, but you should be fine with the size of the rig in your siggy.

As an alternative, there's also multiple places to stay around Lake Granby/Grand Lake/Shadow Mountain Lake. Arapaho National Forest, there's a half dozen places to stay. H E R E - Grand Lake Area is the website for ANF. Stillwater, Green Ridge and Arapaho Bay are all spectacular places to stay, views of the lake and mountains from most sites.