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Explorer II

Oct 17, 2015

Sept. in Colorado: a month of dry camping & boondocking

We've done a lot of camping and hiking over the last ten years, but I have never seen any place like Colorado -- they sure have a lot of different mountain ranges! Most of the trip was dry camping, with a little boondocking toward the end. Anyway, here are links to our four blog posts, with more than 100 pictures in total -- that sounds like a lot, but it is an average of three or four a day:

Part I: Rocky Mtn. Natl. Park (both east and west sides)

Part II: The Maroon Bells and Beyond (including the Independence Pass area)

Part II: Ouray, Silverton, and Telluride

Part IV: Cimarron River and the Silver Jack area

And just to whet your appetite, here is a shot of the Maroon Bells with changing aspens, a touch of snow on the peaks, and a reflection in the lake:

Tiger4x4RV
Nomad
Oct 17, 2015
X2 on that definition.

I'll check out those 100 photos later when I have time. Surely they are as wonderful as your photos always are.
profdant139
Explorer II
Oct 17, 2015
To me, dry camping is camping in a campground with no hookups. Boondocking is camping way out in a national forest or on BLM land, not in a campground. But there are many folks who use the term "boondocking" to include staying in a parking lot.
2oldman
Explorer II
Oct 17, 2015
Very nice. What's the difference -to you - between dry camping and boondocking?