jefe 4x4 wrote:
Pez,
There are just so many great spots that I have personally been to, it's really a matter of point-and-shoot. My only admonishment for July/Aug. is to get up high, above 7K feet elev. to beat the heat. So, the San Juans, the Sangre de Cristos, all around narrow gage country, like Ouray, Silverton, Ridgway, Lake City. We camped at Molas Pass once, and it's above 10K feet and nice and cool with so many jeep trails.
regards, as always, jefe
OK, jefe, thanks for the recommendation on spots. There must be a lot of them in the areas I described.
We're not too worried about DRY heat, after living in Mexico for over five years. In past years, even with no shade from trees, we are pretty comfortable down to about 4000 feet.
One benefit of traveling in August/Sept; we almost never have to deploy our shade structure. The sun is already low enough on it's return south that the camper is always casting a large shadow in SOME direction. We position the rig, accordingly, for afternoon shade on our outdoor setup.
Some shade and a breeze, even in 90+ degree heat, is fine with us.
