I am taking my wife, daughter (2.5), and son (1) on a 2-3 week camping trip in August. We are leaving on the 2nd of August from Graford, TX and heading toward the national Land Rover Rally in Brekenridge, CO. We will camp there until Saturday, and then we are headed toward Crested Butte, CO. We will be at Harmell's for a couple days with my extended family, but then we are on our own again. I am looking for suggestions on where to camp that will be away from other campers, but still have access to town. We would like to be on a river or lake, and are going to spend most of our time exploring back roads, hiking (kids in backpacks), fishing, and most of all relaxing. We are then going to head to the Lake City/Ouray area for a few for days of camping.
Did I mention we are doing all of this in a Defender 90. There is not much room, so we will be pulling our expedition trailer along with all of our stuff. My wife and I have been camping together for years, but this will be our first time out with the kids. If you have any suggestions on how to make this an extremely enjoyable vacation I would love to hear about it. I think this first experience is very important to the future of our family camping. Suggestions on things to bring and places to go or anything else you think I should know would be greatly appreciated.
Martin
Did I mention we are doing all of this in a Defender 90. There is not much room, so we will be pulling our expedition trailer along with all of our stuff. My wife and I have been camping together for years, but this will be our first time out with the kids. If you have any suggestions on how to make this an extremely enjoyable vacation I would love to hear about it. I think this first experience is very important to the future of our family camping. Suggestions on things to bring and places to go or anything else you think I should know would be greatly appreciated.
Martin