From Steamboat to Littleton

​After Rocky Mountain National Park I wanted to visit Steamboat Springs since I had never been there and a friend raves about it as the best place in Colorado. Unfortunately, I probably picked the wrong place to stay which probably shaded my experience as the KOA had so much smoking there I really had a hard time breathing which is weird since it was the lowest elevation I had been at in over a week. The town was cute, but a carbon copy of many small tourist town. They did have some good stuff though. I had “Colorado Style Pizza” for the first time, and I have to admit it was not bad even if it is a tourist thing. They also had a Distillery that had a live musician doing classic rock which was amazing!
 
From Steamboat Springs I went to the farmers market in Minturn and saw a scary site, my front tiers were worn down to the warning strip.  Getting Service for my rig is not the easiest thing especially on a Saturday afternoon so after visiting Costco who would not do tiers for me and calling a couple other places, I called camping world which does not do tiers, but their service person pointed me to a place that could get me in and saved the day! 
 
So with a couple hour delay I got to visit another old friend in Littleton, CO.  Steve and I meet while I was the chaplain to the college staff at Ghost Ranch, and then Steve transferred to SFTS my last year there. We also ended up in the newly ordained clergy seminar together and had done some studies over the years which was a lot of fun. While he is not in a parish he is doing an amazing ministry for a housing agency.  Connecting with old friend has been one of the most fun things over my trip but also reminds me so much of how I have let my workaholic tendencies separate me from those I care about.
 
Now I am Staying about half way between Frisco and Breckenridge for a couple nights and then will head to another campground in the area as I try to get some writing done before the Big Gay Rafting trip this weekend!