Sunday, June 29, 2014

Urban Camping

Home is currently Heaton Campground on the shores of Dillon Reservoir, in Dillon, Colorado, just outside of Breckenridge.

The campground is virtually in-town, equidistant from Frisco and Dillon. It takes about 4 minutes to get to Whole Foods, and 4-1/2 minutes to get to Starbucks in Frisco, and 5 minutes to Starbucks in Dillon (where this report is being written).

Although it is urban, the setting is primo.  We have great views over the reservoir and towards all of the tall peaks in the area.

If we want, we can go shopping at the Silverthorne outlet malls, Bed Bath and Beyond, Safeway, City  Market, Lowe's, tons of restaurants, just about anything you want..

And all this for only $10/night ... and a beautiful campsite. We had spent some time driving around the area to familiarize ourselves with the surroundings and to scout out camping. We looked at 4-5 campgrounds, noted the "best" sites in some (although not all were great) and happened on this one. As soon as I saw it, I said to Alicia "let's get out the tent" and we proceeded to plunk it down even as we still had a one more night in the Bivouac. We decided that this particular site was by far the best we'd seen all day.

Moral: when you find the best of the best -- own it!



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