I had not planned on0 leaving home till tomorrow morning but Martha pointed out that traffic would be much less on a Sunday since I had to take I-25 most of the way towards the turn to Red Feather Lakes.
About two and a half hours later, I was at the same spot I camped at last time I was here. I took Yagi off the rack and rode about 8 miles to explore other sites to see if they were available.
All the creekside sites along Deadman Road were occupied darn it, oh well.
Kind of surprising, as I had seen more RVs, travel trailers, campers and cars with camping gear streaming out and away from the area as the weekenders went home. I think a lot of them had been in the North Fork Poudre Campground.
I have very slow signal via cellular, but I have Starlink so if I need faster than texting speeds, it's available.
The above speed test was with the dish inside the bunkhouse of the VRRV where it rides all the time. Not bad!
Some views of the campsite:
A quick litter pickup had me thinking that the previous camper had done a pretty good job. But then I ran into a full bag of garbage that had been left behind, torn into by animals and the contents spread all over!
Sadly, based on the diapers I found, the idiot who left the full bag has bred, continuing to pollute the gene pool.
On a different note, I experimented not running the propane refrigerator while driving, it's safer apparently in case of an accident.
I've been driving the VRRV several years now with the propane on with no issues, there's no federal law against it and you're supposed to shut off the propane when at gas stations.
I have been remiss about shutting it at gas stations.
Anyway 4 hours later after I shut off power to the fridge, the inside had gained 20° F both in the freezer and main compartment. Not bad but not great. It was 41° in the freezer and 56° in the main compartment.
This was with the addition of three ice blocks used for the transport of medicines in the main refrigerator compartment.
Tonight's sunset was pretty good, add in some post-processing to bring out the colors more....you get this:
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