Colorado Camping

I’ve never been camping with dogs before. Believe me, it’s an experience! I’m thinking that when you take two house-raised, definitely spoiled boxers who at the same time think they are puppies, humans, rulers of the world, guardians of the campground and hunters of anything that moves, it MUST be good training for eventually having kids… You can’t take your eyes off them.

Bailey is the younger of the two. She is 6 and has only been camping once. I’m told, however, that she believes that every time the back of an SUV opens up she’s heading back to the camping trip that is so fond in her memory. Sometimes she’ll spend hours laying down in the back of the truck with the tailgate up, waiting to go on a road-trip. For once she wasn’t disappointed.

The funny thing about Bailey is that she also thinks that she weighs about the same as a miniature poodle.

We decided to stay at a fun little campground called the Sweetwater River Ranch. It is nestled on the lovely Texas river, exactly halfway between Canon city and Salida.

Once there we had to cart our gear across a rickety little suspension bridge. NOT super fun with 2 cowardly dogs, but once there is was wonderful.

There’s not too much to say except there was peace and quiet. Plenty of beer, bugs and burgers. Hot dogs and hyper-active dog (at 5:00am no less) but it was a great time.

More photo’s here.