Halloween in September

At Jellystone, we celebrate Halloween every weekend in September, because we close September 30th! It's very popular with the locals and people make their next-year's reservations when they arrive for this year's festivities! Campers decorate their site, their rig, wear costumes, give out candy, and of course there's the Haunted Hike on Saturday night through the dark woods. It's been fun! We'll be winding down here soon!

Hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park

Our season has started slowing down and we're working fewer hours each day and now have three days off a week! Yeah! We survived July and August! This whole summer I kept asking Stan and Kay if I could go hiking with them (they are avid hikers). This week it turned out we could and did. We hiked to Ouzell Falls in the Wild Basin Trail area of Rocky Mountain National Park. The day was overcast and it did rain on us (yes, I had my raincoat with me). It was a six-mile round-trip hike and I had a great time! Thank you Stan and Kay!

Rain

We have started getting our monsoon rains in Colorado! Everything is turning green and the fires are out! Hopefully the fire ban on campfires will be lifted soon. It's amazing how many people cancel their camping reservations because they can't have a campfire. July is as busy as they warned us it would be. We have a lot of campers coming and going on a daily basis now instead of just Friday through Sunday. By the time Wayne and I get home we're ready to sit back and relax! We're doing fine and the summer is moving along. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

Colorado Fires

Just wanted to let everyone know that we are okay! There are a lot of fires burning in Colorado, some close to us, but we aren't even having smoke from the fires. The owner, Rick, is a volunteer firefighter in the local district, so we are up on the latest news. They do have an evacuation plan in place jn case it's needed. We are safe and hope we continue to remain out of the path of the fires.

TGIF!

After working seven days in a row, today is our Friday.  Yeah!  We worked to cover people that were off for family weddings, graduations, etc.  Now we are really looking forward to a couple of days to relax and refresh. 

This weekend's theme at our park is "Mardi Gras!"  There will be a "create your own mask"  at a crafts class early on Saturday and there will be a Mardi Gras "parade" Saturday evening followed by a dance party.  Since it's our day off, I'm not sure if we'll attend, but if we do I will take pictures!  They bought beads, etc., to have Yogi throw from the parade float!  (I am pretty sure there will only be one float.)

Mardi Gras in June -- who knew?!

Having a different day off this week allowed me to go along with two other couples on a horseback ride into Rocky Mountain National Park.  It was a great two-hour ride and fun company.  (I'm on the left.)


The fires in the area are still blazing and winds are still blowing.  The local fire district instituted a no campfire or charcoal fires yesterday, which has been very upsetting to our guests checking in for the weekend.  Fortunately we don't have the smoke from the fire -- the winds have been blowing it away from our area!


Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their summer!

June in the Rockies

Just wanted to drop in with a quick hello.  We finally had a "warm" weekend at the campground!  The first three weekends we were open we had cold, snowy, and windy weather.  This weekend it was warmer.  We had a nice rain shower Saturday afternoon, and we need all the water we can get!

 
This is part of the elk herd that we have been watching grow and their antlers grow along with them.  The antlers are still covered with velvet.  It was Yogi's birthday last Saturday and Boo Boo came to celebrate with him!  The kids really enjoyed seeing both of them!

 Hope everyone is enjoying the start of summer.  We start working longer hours now that we have almost as many campers during the week as on the weekends.