Hi
We have been here at Lower Beaver National forrest campground for three weeks now. It is 5 miles into South Fork where there are a few restaurants, a gas station and a grocery store. The grocery store has just about anything that one would need to live up here from grocerys to rv supplies, fishing supplies, some clothing and repair parts for cars trucks and boats.
It is a 4 mile round trip to get 18 gallons of water that has to be pumped into the tank. We shower and wash dishes every other day and turn on the water heater to do this. We run off of solar power during the day, assuming there is enough sun, and about 6pm turn on the generator to watch tv for the evening. Generator hours are from 8am to 10pm so we normally go to bed about 10pm and read for a while.....
Cell phone service is almost non existant. We have to walk around the park to find a spot where the signal may work. Otherwise is is about 3 miles down the road to get a decent cell signal.
Internet is not too bad. It took about 4 minutes for each picture that are on this post to show up.
It took 3 1/2 hours to downloat service pac 2 for the computer, which had to be reloaded after the crash.
It is 53 miles to Alamosa which is the closest "big" town. It has a Walmart and two hardware stores and lots of other shopping, but no big box stores.
But.......the beauty of the mountains and surrounding area is worth it.
We will be here until September 13th when we will start heading northwest towards Yakima, WA. to visit with old friends. Jim and Bobbie will be traveling with us. We will continue down the west coast on hwy. 101 to San Diego and than into Yuma, AZ for the rest of the winter
So How are things going with you these days? Surviving the heat? It is 75 here today.
Let us know how you are doing
Love to all of ya
Jim and Linda
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