Almost Oasis

We packed up this morning and headed from Lathrop State Park to Great Sand Dunes Oasis RV Park. The route was simple: 54 miles west on US 160 and then 12 miles north on CO 150. When we arrived at the RV park, we were dismayed to learn that they had no water turned on in the RV park and even worse, no faucet to fill our fresh water tank. We had called a couple of weeks ago to make a reservation, and we were told that we would have no problem. If they had told us at that point to fill up before coming to the park, we could have done that.

We were less than happy with the management, so we decided to go elsewhere. First we called the Alamosa KOA, but they said they weren't open for the season yet. When Ken asked for a suggestion, they told him that Alamosa Economy RV Park was open just down the road, so that's where we are staying. It's 24 miles from the Oasis, which is the closest park to the Great Sand Dunes National Park, but we figured it would work.

After lunch we wanted a nicer place to walk than the dusty RV park, so we drove into Alamosa and stopped at the Colorado Welcome Center there. We left clutching maps of Colorado and of Alamosa and headed to Cole Park.

Alamosa has a very nice city park situated along the Rio Grande River (yes, the same one that flows within a couple of miles of our winter home).

We walked around the park and along the river. We enjoyed watching the skateboarders practicing their moves at the skate park and the runners and cyclists along the trails and the dog owners out with their pets.