Craig Campground, CO

Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, WY & UT

Saturday, August 4 -Craig Campground, CO - 249.4 Miles Today, 12,289.6 For the Trip

I changed my mind & drove down the east side of Flaming Gorge on US 191 because I didn't want to shoot into the sun & I wanted to see Firehole Campground. Wish I had know about it before I stopped at the KOA - much nicer, and although they didn't have hookups, they did have showers & a dump station, all that I really needed. Oh well, next trip! You can see the smoke from upwind wild fires in some of the photos. I had thought of staying at one of the Dinosaur National Monument Campgrounds, but the one I wanted was not recommended due to the smoke.

I continued south on US 191 to Vernal, UT, then took US 40 east. While they call US 50 "The Loneliest Road", US 40 can't be too far behind. Very little traffic in either direction until I reached Craig, CO. Neither the map or the AAA/Woodall books listed campgrounds in Craig, but my GPS did list Rocky Mountain RV Park in Steamboat Springs. I set it for that & it lead me to Craig Campground just outside Craig, a city the GPS couldn't even find. It is interesting that if you do a city search the GPS can't find most small cities, but if you do an address search it has no problem. I suspect they limit the city size to make a search easier since they don't let you choose the state first & you would have to scroll through a large number of cities to find the one you are looking for if it is a popular name. Of course, letting you choose the state first would solve the problem, but who knows why Garmin doesn't do it that way...

Anyway, I stopped for the night at the Craig Campground, Site 3. Good shade, full hookups, and while a bit expensive at $38.00, it is the only campground in town. Evidently, there is a balloon festival going on in a park here in town. I may try to find it after dinner to see if they plan an evening launch. Since it seems to be fairly windy, they may only launch in the mornings...

Dinner will be a steak & potato salad - there is a Safeway in town & I stocked up on supplies. If I'm lucky, I'll make it to Leadville tomorrow. If not, it will be one more day.

Until Tomorrow!