Lazy Days Boondocking by County Road 305

Sunday, July 28

Lazy day, but did do a quick ride to The Castles to get them all in a pic:

closeup of the far castle

No more moose sightings to report.

Monday, July 29

Lazy morning mostly. A short recce walk around the camping area vicinity to see if the moose was still around and confirmed the moose is gone.

I did find a water hole which probably induced the moose to hang about before perhaps.

Then I spotted this:

Pretty sure it's not an old abandoned mine entrance, there's a wheel barrow and a plastic bucket just past the metal plate barrier.  Still, it seems to have been collapsed shut just a couple of feet further on, so not sure what the purpose was for this excavation.

I also had to repair the post that anchors the spring that pulls the kick stand up on the TW200.  The head broke off while I lifted it to oil the chain, which is better than it breaking while riding!

I ended up grinding off the stub, drilling a pilot hole and for now, using a self-tapping screw to hold the spring.  I'll get a harder screw later, or something similar, perhaps a shoulder bolt.

In the afternoon, a ride on Yagi to do a recce of CR376A. It would prove to be not for the VRRV with some technical spots causing me to ride slowly.

99% of the weekend campers were gone! I spotted only two occupied sites, one remaining f on the weekend. I'm thinking they left via CR 315 perhaps, as it's very doable with just 2WD and decent clearance. Though there is a smalls trench of sharp looking rocks just short of US285.

A view of the campsite, with the porch shades in place:

Tuesday, July 30

Nothing but relaxing at the campsite today, listening to audio books and enjoying the temperate weather while Metro Denver bakes under a heat advisory.

Tonight's sunset, for which I was late: