Sylvan Lake State Park

This Colorado State Park is the top half of a 15 mile long valley. Entered from Eagle, CO, you climb from ~ 7600 feet steadily. At the end/top of the valley there’s a beautiful, deep lake full of fish surrounded by a campground full of fishermen. There’s also a trout stream running past the lake and down the valley. Very peaceful.

Unfortunately, the day-trip to Vail was a bust. Vail has restricted any RV parking to Lionshead in a miniscule lot. We could get in there, but then found that the buses require 24 hour notice to put a bus with a lift into service (!) and the cab company has a mini-van but it doesn’t have a lift or ramp. So we cancelled the Sweet Basil reservation, shed a few tears, got mad and went back to the campground, drank wine and dined al fresco.

Now all the way up to the top of Wyoming and Grand Teton National Park.