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Labor Day Weekend
2006 took us to Lathrop State Park in Walsenburg, CO. It is a 2-hour
drive from Denver, but very easy to get to since there is only north-south
Interstate to drive. Lathrop has two lakes and is wake-less.
We were in site 34 in A Loop. Loop B was crowded and offered little
privacy. The sites in C and D looked fine.
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Here is the
backyard of site 34.
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We took a 2-hour
hike on Sunday morning by walking the bike path all the way around both
lakes. Since Lathrop is not at elevation (only 6,400 feet) we hardly
felt tired afterwards.
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The kids next door
found a snakeskin on their hike.
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Cameron played
catch with Breyer next door.
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Saturday afternoon
we did some Porta-Boting on the lake. The weather was cloudy and cool
for most of Saturday, but luckily never rained.
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The kids broke out
the Monopoly game again on this trip. Kendal was eliminated early as
Courtney continued her Donald Trump-like aggressive strategy. After
Cameron put Kendal into bankruptcy, Cameron and Courtney called it a draw
and agreed to not sue each other in court.
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Just across the
street from us was Apache Driver, an Outbacker visiting from Texas. He
owns the biggest of all Outbacks, the 2007 31 RQS Sydney Edition.
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Pictured above is
Apache Driver with his wife and kids and Castle Rock Outbackers with his
wife.
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