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To Moab 2025

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      The fall of 2025 saw our 2nd summer workamping at Priest Gulch draw to a close. The aspens and cottonwoods dazzled the landscape of the San Juans with brilliant shades of yellows, golds and orange in early October. The weather brought us almost a week of straight rain in the mountains. While other rivers in the San Juans overflowed their banks, the Dolores river, running through the campground, increased to the level of the normal spring snow melt.    The campground chased out all the campers the morning of October 11th, the other work kampers left PGC on Monday October 13th. Tuesday the 14th, we shared hugs and goodbyes with Rob & April Scott (owner/managers of the campground) and said goodbye to PGC. We are planning on returning the summer of 2026 if all goes well.       Our first destination was Grand Junction Colorado. We had no strict adherence to a timed schedule so we decided on a more leisurely scenic drive to Grand Junction....

2nd Season Colorado Camping Trips

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       Once again we are in the San Juan mountains of southwestern Colorado at Priest Gulch Campground -  our second season here. We increased to a 4-day work week working anywhere between 10-20 hours per week. We've also made use of our days off for a few camping trips in Thundra.       Side note: the campground is up for sale for a cool 6.9 million. If interested, let me (Rick) know, I can go in at 1%. *    Our first trip was a one-night stop north of Mancos State Park (Monday, May 26th) in an area known as Crystal Creek. This spot was enroute to Durango as we anticipated shopping the following day, and was just fifteen minutes north of Mancos Colorado on road # 42. We had a clear view of both Hesperus Peak and Sharkstooth Peak, which still had a substantial amount of snowpack.      Tuesday morning, before we headed out to Durango, we took a little sight- seeing ride up to the "Jersey Jim" lookout tower - a super ni...