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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 3871360" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>If one wants to really get away from it all, I recommend a national forest campground called "Purgatoire River Campground that is located west and north of Trinidad, CO. In our cases, we like to be away from so many others and really rejuvenate ourselves. Purgatoire River Campground is 3 1/2 miles off of the highway, has lots of trees around, and the Purgatoire River runs right through the edge of the campground.</p><p></p><p>While the kids were at home, we tended to go up right after wheat harvest was done and spend a week. There are developed sites, but no hookups for RV's. Not unusual to see deer and maybe be visited by bear.</p><p></p><p>This particular campsite even has a small tributary stream that flows into the Purgatoire River. The way the site was developed, they put in a culvert right under the RV parking site, and we could look out the RV's door and see that small stream.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-DQMchsr/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-DQMchsr/0/57f4140f/X2/DSCN5482-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Purgatoire River</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-b47NvH6/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-b47NvH6/0/44069120/X2/DSCN5753-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Another different site, but it doesn't have a stream all that close to it.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-TgKLQZH/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-TgKLQZH/0/10d3a58e/X2/DSCN0815-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>This meadow area has developed sites that are big enough for people to bring in their horses and horse trailer and get them parked. (And yes, that silver thing is a bear trap complete with bear inside.)</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-Q6TKjjJ/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-Q6TKjjJ/0/32140a42/X2/DSCN5489-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Another view of the Purgatoire River. Youngest son and I donned rubber boots and walked down the river taking pictures along the way.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Walk/i-dKRmPQR/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Walk/i-dKRmPQR/0/2cf922d9/X2/DSCN5722-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>In addition to the camping, one can take day trips to the Great Sand Dunes National Park, Zapata Falls, and what is now called "Cordova Pass." When we first started going camping up there, Cordorva Pass was known as "Apishapa Pass." (Apishapa means "stinking water.") From a trailhead on the Apishapa Pass road, one can hike up onto the side of the West Spanish Peak. Most people just hike up to timberline at the right side of the mountain. Some have gone all the way to the top, but if one does that, one better know what the weather is going to be like. West Spanish Peak is no place to be during a lightning storm. The two peaks are the highest peaks in that immediate ares.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Apishapa-Pass-Area/Apishapa-Pass-Mountain-Trail-Area/i-49Wb5Zw/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Apishapa-Pass-Area/Apishapa-Pass-Mountain-Trail-Area/i-49Wb5Zw/0/ab875dbf/X2/DSCN5680-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>East and West Spanish Peaks in Winter. East is to the left and west to the right.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Colorado-Highway-12-Highway-of-Legends/i-CC87dQ5/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Colorado-Highway-12-Highway-of-Legends/i-CC87dQ5/0/464b97de/X2/DSC_3727-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 3871360, member: 7900"] If one wants to really get away from it all, I recommend a national forest campground called "Purgatoire River Campground that is located west and north of Trinidad, CO. In our cases, we like to be away from so many others and really rejuvenate ourselves. Purgatoire River Campground is 3 1/2 miles off of the highway, has lots of trees around, and the Purgatoire River runs right through the edge of the campground. While the kids were at home, we tended to go up right after wheat harvest was done and spend a week. There are developed sites, but no hookups for RV's. Not unusual to see deer and maybe be visited by bear. This particular campsite even has a small tributary stream that flows into the Purgatoire River. The way the site was developed, they put in a culvert right under the RV parking site, and we could look out the RV's door and see that small stream. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-DQMchsr/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-DQMchsr/0/57f4140f/X2/DSCN5482-X2.jpg[/img][/url] Purgatoire River [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-b47NvH6/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-b47NvH6/0/44069120/X2/DSCN5753-X2.jpg[/img][/url] Another different site, but it doesn't have a stream all that close to it. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-TgKLQZH/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-TgKLQZH/0/10d3a58e/X2/DSCN0815-X2.jpg[/img][/url] This meadow area has developed sites that are big enough for people to bring in their horses and horse trailer and get them parked. (And yes, that silver thing is a bear trap complete with bear inside.) [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-Q6TKjjJ/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Campground/i-Q6TKjjJ/0/32140a42/X2/DSCN5489-X2.jpg[/img][/url] Another view of the Purgatoire River. Youngest son and I donned rubber boots and walked down the river taking pictures along the way. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Walk/i-dKRmPQR/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Purgatoire-River-Walk/i-dKRmPQR/0/2cf922d9/X2/DSCN5722-X2.jpg[/img][/url] In addition to the camping, one can take day trips to the Great Sand Dunes National Park, Zapata Falls, and what is now called "Cordova Pass." When we first started going camping up there, Cordorva Pass was known as "Apishapa Pass." (Apishapa means "stinking water.") From a trailhead on the Apishapa Pass road, one can hike up onto the side of the West Spanish Peak. Most people just hike up to timberline at the right side of the mountain. Some have gone all the way to the top, but if one does that, one better know what the weather is going to be like. West Spanish Peak is no place to be during a lightning storm. The two peaks are the highest peaks in that immediate ares. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Apishapa-Pass-Area/Apishapa-Pass-Mountain-Trail-Area/i-49Wb5Zw/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Apishapa-Pass-Area/Apishapa-Pass-Mountain-Trail-Area/i-49Wb5Zw/0/ab875dbf/X2/DSCN5680-X2.jpg[/img][/url] East and West Spanish Peaks in Winter. East is to the left and west to the right. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Colorado-Highway-12-Highway-of-Legends/i-CC87dQ5/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Colorado-Beauty-and-Attractions/Colorado-Highway-12-Highway-of-Legends/i-CC87dQ5/0/464b97de/X2/DSC_3727-X2.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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