July 10, 2010
We’re headed today for the Taylor Dam, north of Gunnison and Almont, Colorado. Taylor Dam is renowned for its massive rainbow trout. These trout get huge feeding on gazillions of freshwater mysis shrimp that are flushed from the lake through the dam. After seeing magazine articles and DVDs about this place, we had to make it a destination. Most of the day was spent enroute and then trying to locate a suitable camping spot. A campsite for us must have a level place to park the truck (our bedroom) and have room enough behind to pitch our 10x10 tent. Even though this is made tougher on the week-end, we were able to secure a perfect campsite in a National Forest campground near the dam. The Lottis Creek campground is forested with lodgepole pine, and aspen, and also is home to a nice assortment of wildflowers. The camp hosts are very cordial and keep the place in tip-top shape. So we will end up staying here four days in all. The temps at night are in the high 30s, so we are in fleece morning and evening. We are entertained day and night by countless birds and chipmunks scurrying around. The bird pictured is a gray jay – most people we asked didn’t know the real name, but rather by its commonly used title, the “camp robber”. They move from site to site looking for food to pilfer.
It is so dark out here, that on a night like tonight, you can be entertained for hours just watching the infinite display of stars on display – Charlcie witnessed the first shooting star of the trip.
The day began ominously enough due to another dunderhead moment by me – I left my cell phone at the Cliff’s and had to retrace about 20 miles – thanks to Tom, Jennifer, and the boys for coming to our rescue!
July 10, 2010
We’re headed today for the Taylor Dam, north of Gunnison and Almont, Colorado. Taylor Dam is renowned for its massive rainbow trout. These trout get huge feeding on gazillions of freshwater mysis shrimp that are flushed from the lake through the dam. After seeing magazine articles and DVDs about this place, we had to make it a destination. Most of the day was spent enroute and then trying to locate a suitable camping spot. A campsite for us must have a level place to park the truck (our bedroom) and have room enough behind to pitch our 10x10 tent. Even though this is made tougher on the week-end, we were able to secure a perfect campsite in a National Forest campground near the dam. The Lottis Creek campground is forested with lodgepole pine, and aspen, and also is home to a nice assortment of wildflowers. The camp hosts are very cordial and keep the place in tip-top shape. So we will end up staying here four days in all. The temps at night are in the high 30s, so we are in fleece morning and evening. We are entertained day and night by countless birds and chipmunks scurrying around. The bird pictured is a gray jay – most people we asked didn’t know the real name, but rather by its commonly used title, the “camp robber”. They move from site to site looking for food to pilfer.
It is so dark out here, that on a night like tonight, you can be entertained for hours just watching the infinite display of stars on display – Charlcie witnessed the first shooting star of the trip.
The day began ominously enough due to another dunderhead moment by me – I left my cell phone at the Cliff’s and had to retrace about 20 miles – thanks to Tom, Jennifer, and the boys for coming to our rescue!
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