Saturday, October 05, 2024

Boondocking near Montrose, CO

Thursday, October 3

We all left the Little Molas Lake Camping Area yesterday, seeking warmer temperatures both in the early morning and late afternoon!

Time was spent in Montrose, CO by all, doing chores, dumping tanks, laundry, etc.

I arrived at the proposed BLM dispersed camping area on County Road 90 first and after a few minutes managed to snag a good enough spot.


Lori and Chris Z joined up with me shortly Martha herself arrived after doing chores in town.

Friday, October 4

Martha and I took the Honda CR-V for a short ride to the South Rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.  The light was bright and flat so not many pictures came out.  To be honest, I've been to this park before and just wasn't seeing much that caught the eye.

Anyways, Martha did get her National Park Pass Stamp and we admired the dark rock walls of the canyon as they plummeted down to the Gunnison River below.

Tomichi Point


The Overlook at the Visitor Center

Sunset Point

The entrance fee is now $30 for a motor vehicle, good for 7 days.  Fortunately, I've got the Interagency Pass, so no cost to us for a blah picture day.

Returning to camp, we planned to rest the afternoon away.


3 comments:

Oz said...

Did you shop at the Russell Stover’s outlet while in Montrose? 😁

redlegsrides said...

We missed it , Oz, darn.....

Spat said...

Ahh familiar area. The Black Canyon can be funny to get good light for photos, sorry to see it wasn't at it's best for ya it is very scenic. You know there is world class rafting and rock climbing. If you go the north rim camp ground you can get right to the edge without any guard railing (spoooky) and watch climbers scaling the canyon walls. Haven't found a good place to view the rafters, may need to ask a local...