Turquoise Lake, Colorado
July 16-18th, 2009
Time for camping again! We are trying to take advantage of every free weekend to squeeze as much camping in as possible before the weather turns cold. We got an early start by leaving on Thursday and buy was it nice to have some time before the lake got crowded. We camped at Turquoise Lake just outside of Leadville, CO. At 9,900 feet, the days were beautiful, but the nights were COLD! Never fear, our new awesome Marmot sleeping bags kept us hot! Jadeyn was cozy in a onsie, pjs, sleep sack, a hat and two blankets!
Jadeyn was ecstatic to see the his favorite toys were already at the campsite: dirt, pine needles, pine cones, sticks and rocks! He was in heaven getting as dirty as he could get and plundering our campsite with all his might. He visited the neighboring campsites dogs quite often and made friends quickly with the passerbyers.
Nighttime brought campfire and s'mores and of course Kevin's famous E.L. Smudges. We ate too many and loved it!
Turquoise Lake was much bigger than I expected. Beautiful, but occasionally quite windy. We headed to the opposite side of the lake where the river met it. There we were out of the wind and into amazing fishing. Rainbow, brook, and even a few brown trout. They were a nice size as well. Jadeyn loved to help and got excited with each fish. Well, for that matter, so did Kevin!!! Jadeyn laughed every time Kevin would gut the fish too. Kind of odd...
On our last day, we had worn our little boy out and he took a very grateful nap right by the lake again. Sweet.Fun times, can't wait to do it again!
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