We got up at 6 AM Monday and packed up, leaving about 8:15 AM. We picked up the girls and got on the road about 9 AM. It was a slow ride down US285, with a stop in Fairplay for lunch. We realized that we did not have enough junk food, so we did a little shopping. We headed over to San Luis Lakes State Park. We went to the state park for the first night, because we figured that we could not get a good campsite at the sand dunes that late in the day.
Last year at this park, there was a deafening roar or frogs, and the girls went to the lake to capture frogs. So we headed down to the lake to look for tadpoles and frogs. Unfortunately, we found nothing; we were later told that the lake may have frozen solid this winter and killed everything. It did not get above zero all of January.
We did a little bike riding and walking, and had chicken, rice, raw veggies, and green beans for dinner. A couple of girls approached Richard because they could not start their camper. Richard took the generator over to charge the battery, which seemed very dead. The ranger came by and loaned them a battery charger to charge the battery overnight; hope that will get them into Alamosa and to a mechanic.
We closed out the night with Skipbow. Everybody won a game.
On Tuesday we will make the short drive to the Sand Dunes, and hope to get a prime campsite.
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