We decided to dry camp at Alumafandango, so we never connected to electric or water (there was no sewer) while we were there – Tuesday through Sunday. Our AM Solar power system kept up with our electric needs 100% – we had 100% battery charge when we left. We ran…
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Today we took our midday break and headed down to the Royal Gorge Bridge & Park in Cañon City. The route was along the Gold Belt Scenic Byway and it was a beautiful drive. We decided to stop first for a bite to eat and chose (out of convenience) the…
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Today after we finished most of our work we headed out for some lunch a little exploring. We backtracked a few miles to Divide, CO to check out a spot we'd seen on our way to Mueller State Park. The place is tiny — called Smokin' Q, and advertises smoked…
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We left Alumafandango this morning and headed south a bit. We are now at Mueller State Park with a cool view of Pike's Peak. Gorgeous park! This is our new spot: We have no AT&T cell service, medium weak Verizon data service, and no Sprint, so we'll see if we can work…
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We had a nice farewell dinner last night with the Alumafandango gang over in the main pavillion, and then several of us hung out in The Breezeway for the rest of the evening telling stories. (Here's a shot approaching our little compound (see the four tiki torches in the center…
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Kevin got a nice overall shot of the Alumafandango compound today with the hexacopter. He'll be doing another one of these at dusk tonight. (Click to enlarge.)
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Last night we took our party over to the amusement park for unlimited ride night. We had a blast. More fun at an amusement park than I remember having any other time, really. First, here are some photos of the cool signage at night: And here's my attempt to photograph…
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The Lakeside Amusement Park staff let some photographer types go up in the Zoom to get some photos from above. The amusement park taken from the Zoom: Then we did a little open house touring of some other Airstreams. Here are a few of our faves (that I happened to…
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The week before Alumafandango here in Denver we were checking the weather and it was supposed to be in the 90s every day. With no hookups, parked in a dirt lot for a week, and having to work a good chunk of each day inside the Airstream, we guessed it…
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Here's what we did today so far: (1) This morning we went on a tour of the Timeless Travel Trailers shop. (Cool.) Then (2) we came back to the Airstream and grabbed the camera gear and walked around the amusement park while it's still all closed (they open tomorrow for the…
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