Fort Collins: Fermented Paradise and Laundry
This post jumps back to our late spring trip out west. Leaving the Vedauwoo Recreation area between Laramie and Cheyenne, we backtracked and drove southeast to Fort Collins, Colorado. We had several reasons for making Fort Collins our destination. First, Julia has an optometry school friend who resides there. Her husband is a lawyer. And they both like to hike and drink good beer, so lots of things to talk about after not seeing each other for a number of years. Second, after a week without hookups, we needed to resupply, shower, do laundry, dump tanks, and plan our next journey into the mountains. We checked into Boyd Lake State Park for a two day mid-week stay. All of Colorado State Parks are expensive for camping and charge an additional $10 each day for non-residents. At Boyd Lake, sites are tight. Coin showers with out-of-order change machines. No firewood for sale. On the plus side, the on-site laundry facilities were excellent. Also, it was very convenient to use
