Last time, I talked about camping and hiking in Trinidad Lake State Park. A great day trip from that park is the newly formed Fishers Peak State Park. The park is only open sunrise to sunset. There is no camping and no office there. You pay your entrance fee atContinue Reading
In my last post, I reviewed Trinidad Lake State Park in Colorado. Today, I will share our experience hiking the trails, as well as give you a few tips to make them more enjoyable. Levsa Canyon Self-guided Trail One of the hikes you can take is the one mile LevsaContinue Reading
We often use Trinidad Lake State Park as a jumping-off point to begin or a last stop on our journies to and from Texas to Colorado. Campgrounds The state park has two campgrounds. We have never camped at the South Shore campground. This campground has ten sites with no electricity. Continue Reading
Mike and I enjoyed our visit to this little-known national monument in 2020. You can read about our visit here. We returned this past September to enjoy more of this park. First, we enjoyed a beautiful picnic at Barksdale Picnic Area. I think they were letting the area grow aContinue Reading
Here are a few tips to make your hikes a little more enjoyable in Mueller State Park. 1. Take a map It is very important that you have a map with you on these trails. They trails overlap, and sometimes loops take parts of 3-5 trails. Although they occasionally haveContinue Reading
My favorite hike at Mueller State Park is probably the Raven Ridge Overlook hike. You start this 1.5 mile round-trip hike at the Overlook Ridge Trailhead, where there are several trails you can take, including one that includes part of the Lost Pond hike. At the trailhead, you will seeContinue Reading
After several days of more strenuous hikes, Mike and I decided to put on our inner child and enjoy the Dragonfly Children’s Nature Trail. Notice that you have to cross the main road to get to the second half of this short trail. Educational We learned quite a bit throughContinue Reading
This hike is one of my favorite ones in Mueller. When we do it again, we are going to hike it at dawn to give us a better chance to see wildlife. As always, we took a picture of the trail numbers at the trailhead, which by the way, isContinue Reading
We enjoyed our hike on the Lost Pond Loop, which is a 2.9 mile trail, marked moderate. I would say, though, that this trail was harder than some of the others we took that were called moderate. Important Map Details The Lost Pond Trailhead is the beginning of several differentContinue Reading
I talked about this 4 wheel drive road last summer in my post about Eleven Mile Canyon. The road is also called 393. We drove this beautiful road again, and I thought it would be helpful to do an in-depth post about it since I was not able to findContinue Reading