Although we liked Dinosaur National Monument, we much preferred the solitary site that we had on the Colorado side to the Green River Campground site - primarily because it was SO much cooler in temperature than the Green River campground. Green River had temps up into the high 80s and 90s with the sun beating down and too windy for awnings out so the inside of the bus really heated up. We needed to run the generator multiple hours each day to keep the bus at a comfortable temperature. It cooled down at night, but not until after 9-10pm. We figured it was because of the lower elevation, so looked for a higher elevation place that we could find for Sunday night, the last night before we have a reservation at a campground near Ogden.
Looking at the Days End Directory as well as Allstays, I found a number of possibilities along US 40 around the Strawberry Reservoir. They were indicated as being at 7400' and higher, and some were free boondocking locations, so we figured that we could find some cooler weather and maybe a lower (zero) cost too!
As we were driving along US 40, we saw a number of other locations that looked like possible overnight locations, but continued on to one of the profiled sites, along Clyde Creek Road.
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| We don't have a view of the reservoir - it is on the other side of that hill to the east of us, but it is a pretty good view anyway! |
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| We have parked in a gravel area near a large set of corrals. One report indicated that there were "No Parking" signs at this location, but we haven't seen any, and figure we are ok for the night. |
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| Across the gravel lot where we are parked - there is a fire ring in the middle of the lot. |
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| Looking down toward the gravel road that we used coming in. |
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| Neat looking fence |
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| Miss Doozie and the Jee-rage - we haven't even had to disconnect to stop here. |
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| Flowers next to the fence |
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| We will continue on to Ogden on Monday. |
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