More Angel Fire

In the evening we drove back to the base of the mountain (the sky was full of thunder and lighting otherwise this place is an easy ride from camp) for dinner at the same Tex-Mex place we had lunch. There are only a handful or restaurants in Angel Fire and both pizzas places were closed tonight. Slim pickins. The churro dessert was worth every penny. Make sure you order it with the ice cream. 

Angel Fire, New Mexico

We continued to make our way back to Texas via New Mexico and the Angel Fire bike park we've heard so much about. It was fun, but I've been to funner. The very best part about Angel Fire is that you can camp literally at the base of the ski mountain for just $15 a night. We had the entire campground to ourselves for 2 nights. I wish we had water access because we could have really used showers. The day we got there we went white water rafting in the Arkansas, but somehow that didn't make me feel cleaner.

Sugar Loaf’n Campground, Leadville, Colorado

Our intention was to stay the night in Frisco, but last minute camping on a Friday night in Colorado is damn near impossible. We ended up near Turquoise Lake in Leadville instead. No complaints. This place is gorgeous and they have a laundry room and now we have clean clothes!!

Frisco Adventure Park, Colorado

There are at least 4 creepy white vans in this parking lot right now ... also, it's a Friday and we can't get a campsite ANYWHERE in Colorado. Even the dispersed camping is unavailable. What to do ...

Also, I highly recommend this place. It's FREE, there's a Whole Foods Market just down the road, and the dirt is perfect. The skatepark is pretty fun too. Just don't break your bike before you're done riding. Looks like we're gonna have to go all he way back to Austin to get the bolt we need. #EmpireBMX

Shower time!

SBF put a rack on this van so we could have hot showers in privacy at the foresty campgrounds. It finally came in handy in Winter Park. I highly recommend the Zodi Instant Hot Shower. I've been using it for years. It even works if you drop the pump into a stream and hook the spout over a tree. The biggest obstacle is if you’re in a remote campground with no access to water. Then it’s hard to sacrifice drinking water for clean armpits. Luckily this campground had water. Our next one did not. Just stay a few steps back from us while we’re chatting.