Ditching the Car for Camping

03-31-2006, 01:54 PM

Sounds like you had a wonderful time, Kit. Looking forward to the pics!

Your post also made me glad that I live out West. Last September I had a National Forest campground all to myself! The colors were changing and the scenery was spectacular. I stayed there because the campground was sited near the towns of Cortez and Mancos that I was scoping out for present move, at long last.

I'm a little old to back pack, but I have discovered the joys of 4 wheel drive roads and dry creek beds on BLM land. I generally follow a 4-wd drive road until it intersects with a creek bed, follow that for a while until I find an interesting looking spot to pull off. I carry about 10 to 20 gallons of water in the back of my car, have a little tent that I can put up in 10 minutes, a folding cot plus air matress and viola' - home, sweet, home!

I build myself roaring campfires of dead pinon and juniper branches - always in plentiful supply, and throw on a little sage just for the atmosphere. The stars are always spectacular and the distant cries of coyotes provide music to dine by. I usually bring along a few books and my journal and spend a couple of days reading and taking contemplative walks around my "estate." MY wildflowers! MY mountains! MY meadows! MY nighthawks and coyotes! I feel like the wealthiest, luckiest woman alive, and its always hard to go back to civilization.

03-31-2006, 01:54 PM	#6
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Sounds like you had a wonderful time, Kit. Looking forward to the pics! Your post also made me glad that I live out West. Last September I had a National Forest campground all to myself! The colors were changing and the scenery was spectacular. I stayed there because the campground was sited near the towns of Cortez and Mancos that I was scoping out for present move, at long last. I'm a little old to back pack, but I have discovered the joys of 4 wheel drive roads and dry creek beds on BLM land. I generally follow a 4-wd drive road until it intersects with a creek bed, follow that for a while until I find an interesting looking spot to pull off. I carry about 10 to 20 gallons of water in the back of my car, have a little tent that I can put up in 10 minutes, a folding cot plus air matress and viola' - home, sweet, home! I build myself roaring campfires of dead pinon and juniper branches - always in plentiful supply, and throw on a little sage just for the atmosphere. The stars are always spectacular and the distant cries of coyotes provide music to dine by. I usually bring along a few books and my journal and spend a couple of days reading and taking contemplative walks around my "estate." MY wildflowers! MY mountains! MY meadows! MY nighthawks and coyotes! I feel like the wealthiest, luckiest woman alive, and its always hard to go back to civilization.

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