Boondocking near Grand Lake, CO

August 16Martha and I left home for a short 4-5 camping trip in the Arapahoe National Forest National Recreation Area near the town of Grand Lake.We were barely starting to climb the foothills west of Denver on I-70 when the decision was made to unhook the towed Honda CRV as the RV was struggling to maintain 40 mph!We didn't want to strain the engine/transmission and it had been the plan to unhook before Berthoud Pass Rd further on anyways.Thus, we drove separate vehicles all the way up to the junction with US40 and from there North to Winter park, Fraser, Tabernash and Grandby. We were shooting for this first camping along county Road 4 AKA Stillwater Pass Road.We met up at the junction of US40 and US34 which takes you to Grand Lake and thence to the western entrance to the Rocky Mountain National Park. (Our primary goal this trip).After a bit of driving around with the CRV, we found ourselves a site damn close to where we had left the RV parked! There were more campers that we had…