Hermit Park

Another campground we have traveled to twice is in Larimer County, Colorado and is called Hermit Park. The park and camping fees are a little higher than other places and the amenities match those of a national forest campground.  Hermit Park has many extensive hiking trails and some pretty fun campground led activities/ranger programs.  The campsites were all attractive and had lots of trees and rocks.  The road to and from the campground is not paved and pretty steep.

Cold Springs Campground

Just outside of Blackhawk, CO there is a national forest campground called Cold Springs Campground.  It is a lovely spot with lots of places for trailers, lots of aspen, many wildflowers and a couple of spots for hiking and exploring.  Sites 13 through 27 are all lovely--some trees, off the major highway, access to bathrooms and water.  The campground was well cared for with clean bathrooms and quiet, pleasant sites.  Highly recommended as a great place near Boulder or Denver.

A view from one of our trips to Cold Springs

On a hiking trail (old forest service road) adjacent to the campground.

Lush with wildflowers into July.

We went tent camping in this campground as well--very lovely--missed the camper!

Breakfast Burritos

With enough camping under our belts we have some pretty tried and true recipes to enjoy.  Our favorite tradition is to make breakfast burritos in advance, freeze them and then bake them in our camper oven in the morning for breakfast.  So many perks to this process--we have a pre-made meal, we have a frozen meal that we put in the fridge or freezer which already starts it cooling off and then a meal in the oven warms us up on a cooler Colorado mornings.  These can be fairly flexible, but the general recipe is:

8 tortillas
6 scrambled eggs
Beans or cooked potatoes
Cooked vegetables (such as peppers, sweet potatoes, onions)
Shredded cheese
Salsa

Quickly warm two to four tortillas at a time in the microwave (30 seconds).  Fill them one at time with desired toppings.  Wrap into burritos.  Wrap burritos in foil.  Repeat until desired amount of burritos are made.  Place completed burritos in a plastic bag then place the burritos in the freezer at least one day before you need them.  Take frozen burritos out of the freezer and bake in the oven  about 40 minutes.