Estes Park - Loveland
As many of you know, we lived in Estes for 8 years, leaving in 2003. But have been back and have stayed in touch with people as well. We have heard, local and from travelers, and have personally w...
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Lauren wrote:
As many of you know, we lived in Estes for 8 years, leaving in 2003. But have been back and have stayed in touch with people as well.
We have heard, local and from travelers, and have personally witnessed what I feel is the "demise" of the RV parks in Estes ...... deteriorating / lack of maintenance and getting more and more expensive.
I have recommended staying at Riverview RV Park down in Loveland - on the far west side and just the drive up the beautiful Big Thompson Canyon from Estes.
Yes, it was the Big Thompson that got the brunt of the last flooding and Riverview suffered a lot of damage.
But the road (Hwy 34)is fine now I am told.
More importantly, Riverview - and I talked to them just now - is nearly back to complete on the re-building.
As such, I would highly recommend people look to them when staying in the area.
(For the record, I have no ties - financial or otherwise - with Riverview.)
Being a local boy, I heartily agree with what Lauren has posted. The quality in Estes Park venues has declined in recent years, and prices have gone up.
Last weekend we were up in Estes, and went by the Riverview CG. It does look like they are trying to get back in business. Since they were heavily hit by the floods, they now have a "clean slate" for starting over, and it looks like they are taking their time in doing it right. From appearances, it looks like they've got the back side of the park operational, but still doing some work along the riverbanks. Still, since it was a better park in the past, it's one to consider today.
In Loveland, the Sculpture Invitational is coming up in August. It is definitely worth a stop to spend at least a day, or the whole weekend there. So much to see! Check this out:
Sculpture Invitational
This is also monsoon season. Aside from the floods of last September, the worst flooding in the state has occurred this last week of July and first couple of weeks of August (Big Thompson Flood of 76 and the Spring Creek Flood of 97). Right now, there is a flood advisory for all of Larimer County and particularly the High Park burn scar area near the Poudre Canyon. We had heavy rain for part of the day today, and more to come on Wednesday. This pattern is expected to continue for the next 7 days. Keep an eye on Wunderground.com or weatherbug.com for local conditions. Wunderground is best for Estes Park and RMNP.
