Finally getting to go camping this year!

Tn_Traveler

Hello again, I haven't been around much lately. Not any camping yet this year.
BUT!
Dixie and I are going to Colorado in a couple weeks and taking the Combi.
CAMPING. IN THE ROCKY MOUNTIANS!!!! tanzt

I got it out and greased the bearings.
The seals looked ok but, I've never seen this kind of grease seal before.
A Danish thing I guess. ist_skeptisch

Any ideas where to find such creatures?
I just re-installed the old ones.
I haven't looked anywere yet, but around here, no one has ever heard of Combi-Camp, much less would have parts.
They'll sell me a new diesel tin box though. No thanks. I like my Combi.

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Jeff and Dixie

marymary · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:01 am Post subject:

hiya - great to hear from you both - ahhhh - just told my other half and he's sighing - always fancied the Rockies..... friendly_hamster

have a great time!! daumen_hoch

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Tn_Traveler · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:30 am Post subject:

We're back from Colorado and the Rocky Mountian High is now just one big hang-over. weint_vor_lachen

But, it was a blast while it lasted. tanzt

Here's the itenary:
Kansas City on Friday and overnight with friends.
Saturday was the boring journey across Kansas to Denver.
I've never seen such emptyness. I understand more now the term, The Lone Prarie...
"Oh look, a grain elevator! Hey, there's an overpass... ist_depressiv

"
Arriving at Boyd Lake, near Loveland, Colorado, we pull in and pop the Combi. We hadn't got it opened up good and a couple came hurring over to question us about our camper. We got a lot of questions about our Combi last week. And they were even more surprised to hear it is 20 years old!
Visit friends in Ft. Collins on Sunday. They took us around some of the most beautiful canyons and we forgot the camera that day. verheult

Monday, a trip to Estes Park, CO. and the Stanley Hotel. Built by the Stanley steamer guy, it played host to kings, presidents and movie stars, and was featured in the movie The Shining.
Tuesday, we pack up and move down and west of Colorado Springs.
Mueller St. Park starts at about 6000 ft. at the main gate.
Our camp site was at 9000ft.!
"I want to see mountians again, Gandalf....MOUNTIANS!"
And we did. We were right in the middle and on top of some big ones!
Wednesday, we were up with the sun and down to Manitou Springs to catch the Cog Railway up Pikes Peak.
Up, Up, Up we go 14,110ft. Above the tree line where nothiing grows.
And the sights are amazing!
Back down to Manitou Springs, we visited the ancient Cliff Dwellings of the Anasazi.
Thursday, we just kinda hung out at the camp ground, built a fire and cooked hamburgers.
We got brief rain showers everyday, but not enough to dampen our spirits.
Friday, again up with the sun to pack up and make the long and boring drive back to KC.
It was so long, Dixie and I ran out of things to talk about and my mind began to wander. This little ditty came out of those musings
(sung to the tune of the unicorn song)
"There were grain elevators
and long blade grass
some humpty-back oil wells
and a truck to pass
miles and miles of nothing but an o-ver-pass
that's what it's like driving 'cross Kan-sas".
After another overnight with the friends in KC, I was fully recovered, and Saturday morning, we headed off, on the last leg of our journey.
We got back just in time for the hottest days of the year here in Memphis.
100+ degrees with dew points in the 70s. (high humidity, muggy and yucky)
I'm ready to go back now....
Pics on my picture trail. See Vacation 08.
They are not in order, and excuse the old car pics, I'm a carnut and I took these to show some friends.

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Jeff and Dixie

bigbird · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:30 am Post subject:

Wow what a fantastic journey! daumen_hoch

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sooz · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject:

wow what a trip - sounds fantastic! am gonna sit down and look at the pics later Very Happy

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Going camping soon

Lin M · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject:

That was some trip! The photos were great!

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If it's not fun, why do it!

Jo123 · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject:

Wow! What a fab trip daumen_hoch

Tn_Traveler wrote:

... the Stanley Hotel... was featured in the movie The Shining.

Shudders

. That film freaked me out. And it's on TV tomorrow, I think.

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Debs xXx

Bren · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject:

Enjoyed looking at your photos Smile

my faves are those Cliff Dwellings and then the sunset.

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Audacitie · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:00 am Post subject:

Hi
Great photos of your trip. I'm leaving to visit my daughter out there in the rockies next week. No combi this trip I'm afraid. Your photos have me psyched now!

Aud

Tn_Traveler · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject:

Where are you going, Aud? What city?

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Jeff and Dixie

Audacitie · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:57 am Post subject:

My daughter lives half way between Walden & Steamboat Springs, Colorado at 8300 feet elevation. I having a camping cabin reservation at the Estes Koa campground so I can spend 2 whole days in Rocky Mountain National Park. We're also planning a camping trip near Aspen at the Maroon Bells Wilderness Area. I have a few one day hikes planned so I am really excited about going. One being hiking to Fish Creek Falls in Steamboat & up around the Rabbit Ears Pass area. If you have any recommendations or ideas please do pass them on! I have a feeling that these 2 weeks are going to pass by very quickly!I've been to Colorado Springs and it's truly one of my favorite towns & Pikes Peak is a unique trip.(We drove it a few years back when daughter first moved out west)

Aud

sooz · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:54 am Post subject:

ooo it sounds fantastic - why don't english place names sound that exciting??

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