If you are ever in the Colorado Springs area, and love to camp, then Mueller State Park is a great choice. The park is about 25 miles west of Colorado Springs. The elevation of 9500 feet means cool days and cold nights (at least for us desert rats). On Monday morning it was 31 degrees when we got up. Brrr.... We realized how thin the air is here when we walked uphill to the camper services area.
No cramped sites here! No one in back of us except a valley of pine and aspen trees.
The picture below shows what our site looks from down the hill side. We camped at Mueller 7 years ago with our son's family. Our daughter-in-law's whole family also came here from Wisconsin and Utah. We occupied 5 sites in the same Conifer Ridge Campground. This time, it is just us for the first 2 days, then Kim and our 3 Colorado grandchildren will arrive today and set up their tent on our site. (Yes, it is allowed-we checked). The tent site is the big gravel pit in the above picture.
This is the view out our door. Awesome! It is also in the middle of bear country. No food, cooking utensils, cosmetics or other toiletries can be left out and must be stored in a closed, hard-sided vehicle.
This is one of the deer that greeted us as we returned "home" on Sunday night. They were grazing right along the road in the park and not concerned about us at all. We're hoping to see more wildlife the next few days. You won't see this at a KOA!
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