Colorado, Part 5~Blue Spruce RV Park

I can't say enough good things about Blue Spruce RV Park. We camped in this small park last year for about a week on our way home from the Ouray area. This year was an entirely different experience! We enjoyed last year but this year was extra special!

For one thing, we met so many very nice people and made new friends this year! Many of them camp at Blue Spruce for months at a time during the summer, and have done so for many years. 

A big portion of these return campers are from Texas or a neighboring southern state. This park and the entire area is a perfect escape from the Texas heat! We noticed that there didn't seem to be many folks under the age of 50 (or so) here except for some locals that camped during Labor day weekend. 

The cute Blue Spruce office and store.

The office from the playground. 

Another thing that made this year special was the park's many activities in which we participated. The park offers a nice variety of events all summer long, most of which are hosted by the park but not all of them. 

Some of the park's activities are below:

Weekly Events 

Pot Luck Suppers

Pancake Breakfasts

Bingo
Texas Hold 'em 

Tai Chi

Other Events

Karaoke
Left Center Right

Live Music Events

In addition, an on-site craft fair is held every other week. Many interesting creative folks can be found selling their fun and functional wares under the pavilion, in the area outside the pavilion, and in the event center. 

Event center

Pavilion

Not only are some of the craft fair exhibits 

held under the pavilion but pickleball,

 karaoke, live music and more occur here.

Moving right along, we find 
access to even more activities:

The pool room

Ping Pong

Exercise room

In addition to the above, a stroll around the park in the evenings may just lead you past (or to) various RV sites where a happy hour or some other get together is underway like the one below. Except for Joe & Linda, we met all these folks on this trip and they're all from Texas! 

(l-r) ~ Joe, Bob, Jeannie, Patty & Debbie

(l-r) ~ Jan, Lawrence, Wayne & Judy

Sweet Judy gave me a cute pair of shoes that 

I've been enjoying and getting compliments on!

Jeanne, Debbie, Jan & Linda

Jan is signing her book No Motive in Murdoch. It's fiction and based on a murder that took place in their hometown of Clifton, Texas in 1985. Jan and her daughter wrote it under the pen name J.L. Bass. 

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That's it for Colorado 2018 my friends!

If you missed any of the previous posts in this series, you can find them by clicking below:

Part 1

A Cool Airstream Tour & Chuckwagon Dinner

Part 2

Durango, Fish Fry, and This & That

Part 3

Jeeping & Pagosa Springs

Part 4

Pura Vida Cafe, Left Center Right & Fur Babies

For more info about Blue Spruce RV Park, 

you can view last year's post here. 

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The 2017 Colorado posts are in the archives on the sidebar of this blog and can be found in the months of August, September and October.

See you soon!

Smiles,

D~~~~

Blue Spruce RV Park & More ~ Part 6

It's a beautiful day (most days have been) as we pull into the inviting Blue Spruce RV Park which will be our home for the next week. 

The park is located just north of pristine Vallecito Lake. It's only 23 miles to Durango but it's a lovely 40-45 minute drive because you can't go very fast on the winding roads.

This park is love at first sight! 

This charming office is a welcome greeting.

Decorated with pretty plants 
and hummingbird feeders!

Across from the office is a little playground.

This tree carving stands in the playground.

The sign at the bottom of it says, 

"Raccoon and Firefighter."

Below are a couple of 

Vallecito Lake windshield photos. 

You can see the San Juan National Forest 

on the far side of the lake, and 

you can drive all the way around the lake too!

But we didn't!

Back at the park, here's a view 

down one of the RV park's three roads.

The cute, little laundry facility.

The day after we arrived, 

the park held a craft fair.

They hold craft fairs every 

couple of weeks all summer long.

I don't have any pics of the actual 

craft fair but some of the it was held in

the park's spacious event lodge seen here.

And some of it was in the pavilion.

It was really neat!

One side of the park butts up to the "rock walls of the National Forest" as the Blue Spruce website puts it.

Below is one of the rock walls. 

Other areas of the wall are much higher.

We knew we mostly wanted to hang out in the park while we were here but we (hubby & I) did go into Durango twice. While there, we roamed through the various shops on the main drag and ate lunch.

One of those days two, 
we enjoyed lunch at the 

Diamond Belle Saloon 

in the historic 

Strater Hotel.

It's definitely a cool walk 
back into the old west!

Be forewarned, we entered
the Diamond Belle looking normal 

(for us) 

and came out looking like this!

Thank goodness it wore off after a few hours!

During our days in the park: 

Geo & Joe washed trucks one day.

These two pics were taken out the RV 

window which explains that screen look.

And strolling through the park several 
times a day was a routine event.
The natural beauty was captivating!

The towering pines, cool air, and 
tranquility were tailor-made for savoring!

One morning, we all went for a walk 
on the main road by the park, and stopped 
at this shallow stream on a little side road.

Photo op!

 Harley holding Linda up 
and Tootie anchoring Joe down.

As soon as we finished our photo session,

George spotted two "wild horses!"

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Can you see them on this end of 
the grass at the end of the road?

Fearless Joe & Courageous Tootie 
didn't hesitate to go for a wild ride! 

Those crazy daredevils!

That's it from Colorado.
We most definitely had a grand time!
We loved this RV park so much, 
we booked for next year before we left!

Be back very soon with posts from 
Maumelle Park in Little Rock, AR, 
Percy Priest Lake in Hermitage, TN 
as well as the 
Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg
area once again.

See ya then.

Smiles,
D~~~~