Lory State Park

On the way home we decided to stop at Lory State Park for a quick walk with the dogs. It is a day use park bordering Horsetooth Reservoir in Fort Collins.

 We started from the parking lot on the self guided nature trail.

 

The trails had good signage that told you whether you were doing the hard version or the easy version. We picked the easy version

Blossom pointing toward the hard version.

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 The sun was setting but there was just enough light to get some pictures.

 Blossom is very happy to be out of the RV and on a hike.

 View back toward the reservoir.

 Sunshine is also happy to be out and about.

It was a pretty hike.

We were there close to closing time so we had to make it quick. Very pretty area from what we saw and we would definitely go back. However at peak time it might be too crowded to enjoy. So maybe a weekday?

We get to see the reservoir as we drove out.

Deer were all along the road out.

The sun has set.

This ended our first trip of the season which ended with no place to stay so we came home. This is the first time this has happened to us. Normally we can always find something in the national forest. And I think one of the handicap sites at Curt Gowdy was open but it was down a spur with no turn around so we didn't investigate it. Perhaps if we had we would have camped there.

But we accomplished our mission of testing out the RV. All mechanicals (both house and chassis) were good. However two of the tire pressure system batteries appear to be dead so we will replace all 6. And there was a mildewy smell in the RV when we got it from the storage lot. It was toward the front. But an inspection in all cabinets and along the ceiling yielded no sign of leaks. But while driving we notices stains down both sides of the windshield pillars and the center pillar. Drat! Another leak. It is being fixed as I type this. Unfortunately we were only checking ceilings and cabinets throughout the winter so this got by us. We think the culprit is the front top lights along the cap of the RV.