Colorado Springs Arrival


We left the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Forrest on Wednesday and traveled to Colorado Springs and the Mountaindale RV Resort.  We had a great site that was big and had a lot of space.  It also had a great fire pit but I was not able to use it because it rain the first night and threatened the next night so I gave up.  We had Melanie come for a visit on Friday morning and she stayed until Sunday morning and went home.  More on that later.  The below photos are of the welcoming committee that came to welcome us to the neighborhood.  We had about 6 to 10 deer come through the area that was just behind the RV and they were close.  That one big boy was something to see.  He is an Atypical which means his horns are all screwed up and not the symmetrical.  These are the types that make all the sporting mags and get the  hunters all stirred up about hunting.  His horns are still in velvet and he will work the next few weeks scraping them to get it off.  We also had a flock of turkeys join us almost every day while we were there.

















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