Gore Creek Campground, Vail CO, Summer 2015

This is our second trip to Gore Creek. You can read about the first trip here.

Wonderful sunset. Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

Good site at Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

Lazing around the campsite. Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

Extremely fast moving water. Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

Camp set up. Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

From the creek. Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

Wooded campground. Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

Daisy near the rushing Gore Creek. Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

Beautiful columbines all around the campsite and trails. Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

Daisy at the stream, in the site. Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

Be bear aware! Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

Daisy, Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

When there is not enough room in the fridge. Gore Creek CG, Vail CO.

We hiked two new trails:

Lost Lake Trail, off of County Rd. 700, on the way to Piney Lake. It was a very easy hike, The trail goes through an area that has been devastated by the pine beetle, and all of the trees have been removed, there is no shade. There wasn’t even a creek for Daisy to cool off in. 🙁 Due to the heat, and the amount of water we were drinking, we decided to turn around and head back to the dog park in West Vail.

Beginning of the adventure! Lost Lake Trail, Vail CO.

Wonderful bunch of flowers. Lost Lake Trail, Vail CO.

Clear cutting due to the pine beetle. Lost Lake Trail, Vail CO.

Perfect seat! Lost Lake Trail, Vail CO.

Enjoying the wonderful day. Lost Lake Trail, Vail CO.

Wild Roses. Lost Lake Trail, Vail CO.

Sweet puppy that we met at the West Vail Dog Park. Vail CO.

Booth Falls, which is listed as an easy hike on AllTrails, was a hard hike for us. We hiked 4 miles in 4.5 hours, with 2 miles in gaining 1500’ of elevation. Of course we did stop a lot to take pics, explore little trails that opened up to vistas, and let Daisy play in the smaller streams. The waterfall was beautiful, but I expected to be able to play in the water and enjoy our accomplishment. That was not the case. The falls are down a steep embankment—Daisy was able to make it to the water, but barely made it back up! After arriving back at camp, we were sore and tired. All three of us could barely walk— that includes Daisy! It was a bit to much of an Adventure, but we did accomplish the challenge that we set out for.