I've changed the campground from Moraine Park Campground to Estes Park Campground at East Portal.
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/evr...nd-east-portal
This campground is in a secluded quiet area, but just 2 miles from restaurants and 5 from downtown Estes Park. It has showers! (That's the reason for the change of campgrounds).
Really, if anyone would like to experience Rocky Mountain National Park by motorcycle, they're welcome to join us. You don't even have to camp; there are hotels in town. We're leaving Dallas on September 7th, meeting in Decatur at 9AM at the Shell Station on US 380.
We're planning wildlife watching (this is during the elk and moose rut season), walking trails to some of the alpine lakes, riding in Devil's Gulch, St Vrain Canyon, and over Trail Ridge Road to eat lunch in Grand Lake . . . or anything else you'd like to do. On Trail Ridge Road, we might even ride above the clouds. It happens.
Everyone doesn't have to do everything our core group does. You don't even have to ride up with us or stay the entire time. It's just going to be a good time away from the city to live with the elk, moose, fox, bears, etc.
We'll be there for 6 nights. Leaving the DFW area on Saturday morning and spending the first night at the Holiday Inn, Trinidad. Next day is a much shorter day to Estes Park and our campground. Would love for others to join us (camping or not). I've spent many weeks/months in the Estes Park area since childhood and know all the best places to eat and best places for wildlife watching.
Our last evening there, I have made reservations at the Twin Owls Steakhouse. It's fabulous and not too terribly expensive. Plan on about $55 per person.
https://www.twinowls.net/
For the trip home, I'm planning to take the Peak to Peak down to Interstate 70 and then right turn to Georgetown and
Guanella Pass. This is a mountain pass like no other. I think it's the best motorcycle mountain pass in all of Colorado (and I've been over most of them).
No better time to enjoy your motorcycle and friends in ways that maybe you've never done. Would be great if some would join us.
Ken