Aspen and the real Aspen

I really love the site recreation.gov which it what you go to to reserve spots in national forests, parks, and other government properties. Most of the time I end up where I want to be, this time I had wanted to go to Aspen, So I booked at the Aspen campground. Unfortunately the Aspen campground is in the Pike National Forest over 90 miles from Aspen. Upon finding my mistake I was able to rebook all but one night. While this kind of sucked because I had to drive way out of the way the drives were beautiful. Along the way I was able to go to Fairplay, CO famous for being the town South Park is molded after, in fact the "ghost town" there is called South Park city and they have the characters all around this rustic town. 
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Finding the campsite was something as it was truly in the middle of nowhere but the drives might have been some of the best I have had especially as I drove from the Aspen campground over the independence pass to Aspen Co,   Standing at the continental divide you really has the feeling of being on top of the world!

Aspen itself was great, another cute mountain town, though more expensive then anything I've experienced on this trip so I only ate out once. While it rained a lot, I did get a nice 20 mile bike ride around the area which was a lot of fun especially with the great bike paths that they have everywhere. The campsite itself was amazingly beautiful, nestled in an aspen grove the thick vegetation made my campsite feel like it was all by itself.  It was also a cool site with its own little wading pool off of the creek.

Today and tomorrow are going to be a lot of cleaning and maintenance stuff, I am writing this while I am as a dealership dealing with a recall and getting an oil change, then I will be getting the van ready to park for a week as next week is my Vail week. it will be the first time I will have not slept in the van since March, I think it is going to be weird.