Heavenly Camp Trip

We just came back from a camping trip to Grand County, up Hwy 40 near Granby. It was such a beautiful place, we couldn't believe it!

It didn't start out that way, we had never been there and decided to take a look because others have said it's a great place to camp and ATV. We drove into our first spot down a road marked 106 and found nothing but trees all cut down and logging trucks everywhere. They were there taking down all the trees destroyed by the pine beetles. It was ugly and sad. Luckily Kurt looked a bit further on the map before we left home and saw another location called Homestead. After much discussion, we decided to try that out; it's gotta be better than seeing all these dead trees!

We drove in and it looked promising but we were not sure which way to go from there. We stopped a couple that happen to be out "moose watching" and asked if they knew of any other camp spots but they were unable to help us. We ended up in a great big meadow with no trees around and wind whipping through us.

It was looking like that that was going to home for a few days so we unloaded and went for a short exploration ride and it was a good thing we did!

Through our ride we came upon this site that was next to a creek about 8 ft. across but shallow enough to wade through and just man made waterfalls everywhere and surrounded by lodgepole pines and lush green vegetations. It was questionable whether or not we could level there but I knew we had to try so we ended up dropping the trailer at the beginning of the trail and just taking the RV and ATVs with us.

We were able to get some shooting in and Evan especially wanted to shoot; so Daddy let him have a go at it. The trails were rough but not tough; although there were a few spots that I had to have Kurt take over. More so because I let my fears get the better of me but I just didn't want to chance it!!

We stopped at some old cabins here and there; hard to believe that a family of 5 or 6 or even more lived in these tiny cabins, talk about claustrophobia!!

On our last day we were able to finally spot a moose; no bullwinkle but maybe next time!

The weather was perfect; couldn't of asked for any better!


The best part was that it had a built in ramp for the boys to jump their ATVs! Needless to say, this is now our favorite camp spot!!