Saturday night I went camping with some of my favorite people, Javier Ogaz, Ronnie Salter, and Steve Shannon. We had originally planned a bigger shindig with more people, but life seems to get in the way of such plans some times. Nevertheless, we had a fantastic time. One of the reasons I originally looked at schools in Colorado was so that I could enjoy the outdoors and all that Colorado has to offer. Unfortunately, I have been way too busy to do this as much as I would like.
In an effort to repeat a similar camping trip at the end of the school year in May 2008, we tried to go to a campsite (that may not have been a real site) off of Guanella Pass above Georgetown, off of I-70. However, there is construction along the pass and the road seems to barely be in existence at various points. Close to where the camping area would have been, the road was closed. We turned around and looked for other options. We found one near Clear Lake, at about 9,882 feet above sea level. We walked down a hill from a parking lot and found a small clearing with a previously used fire pit.
We set up our too small tent (it was made for 3 people and we had 4, mostly tall, people), made a fire, cooked hot dogs, and enjoyed ourselves. We looked around a bit and saw the creek and the lake. In the morning there were a lot of people fishing. There was an amazing view of the stars through the trees. It was a great way to end Senior Year in the mountains.
Camping Near Clear Lake, Colorado - (from left) Ronnie Salter, Javier Ogaz, Steve Shannon, Joel Portman
Clear Lake - off of Guanella Pass, Colorado