Lake Trinidad, CO

Another park built around a man made lake. At the ranger station there was still a little snow on the roof from a couple days before, so we threw some snow at each other like a couple kids. The campground was only partially open because it was still not camping season, and the ranger told us to just pay for a night and go ahead and park on any site. Only one bath house was open, but we found a site near a water line and settled in. We had to use our long water hose to connect up, and later found out that you’re supposed to fill your tank and not use the water spigot exclusively. I guess that’s why later arriving campers didn’t park next to us, because we were hogging the water to ourselves!
Howard went for a run along the roads within the park. It was kind of hilly but there were beautiful views of the mountains and the lake. Lei did a power walk around the campground, the air was cool and clean and smelled of the forest. Historical markers around the park explained that there had been a coal town in the valley that was been drowned when the dam was built. All that remained of the town was a big coal slag hill on the northern shore of the lake.
We did have electricity, so even though the night time temperature was around 45 degrees, we were able to use the little space heater to keep warm. We made a small campfire in the fire ring at our campsite, but the night got too cold, so we turned in for the night.