Step one: determine we’re going camping this weekend.
Step two: create a list of possible locations sorted by driving time and expected low temperatures
Step three: pick the warmest place to go
That’s pretty much how Tara and I found ourselves camping at Lake Pueblo State Park for two nights.
Saturday morning we drove another 90+ minutes to La Junta, Colorado (I felt closer to Kansas than Colorado here), then headed south past a nude photo shoot (no kidding) on the way to Picketwire Canyon. I was interested in visiting Picketwire for the “largest dinosaur tracksite in North America”, but we quickly found other attractions on the 10.6 mile round trip hike.
Mid-afternoon wasn’t really the best time to visit the dinosaur tracks for good light, but with the canyon “closed” from dusk to dawn, there weren’t too many good options for obtaining photos during the magic hour. Instead we had to do a little historical reenactment.
After terrorizing other visitors to the tracks with our theropod calls, we reversed our earlier hike back to the trailhead.
Another long-ish drive back to our campsite and we were ready for some comfort food and to sleep off the hike. I was up for sunrise however.
Complete photo album
