Dispatch from the Road 2023

  June 21 2023 Wednesday We enjoyed our stay in Manitou Springs, well everything except the Garden of the Gods. It does have some nice rock formations, but it was just over run with people. Our campground, our campsite site, amenities were all top notch and all the personnel we encountered were pleasant and helpful. Garden of the Gods RV Park is right in the town of Manitou Springs and is convenient to everything. Too crowded for me. All the trails were crowded with tourists. We departed at our usual 9 am, drove a few miles east past all the marijuana dispensaries and merged onto I-25 south. It’s the only real option for going south through Colorado. I haven’t been writing in detail about routes but about 80 miles south of Colorado Springs we took a new route to Taos New Mexico and it I worth noting. Spanish Peaks At Walsenburg we took Hwy 160 west at the time not knowing that it is a National Scenic Highway. They call it the Highway of Legends where it passes over Colorado Pass. The s