This is our second visit to Baby Doe Campground. Please click here to also read our last post from 2014. We really enjoy the large campsites at Baby Doe, more so than the others in the area. Turquoise lake is so beautiful, and there are a lot of opportunities to have adventures in the surrounding areas. This year we stayed close to the Lake, and explored a few of the roads that where closed, due to snow, in 2014.

Heading into the Turquoise Lake Rec. Area, Leadville, CO.

Big, spacious, campsites. Baby Doe C.G. Leadville, CO.

Rest time. Baby Doe C.G. Leadville, CO.

Lots of swimming for Daisy! Baby Doe C.G. Leadville, CO.

Wild flowers. Baby Doe C.G. Leadville, CO.

Friendly dragon fly. Baby Doe C.G. Leadville, CO.

I tried my hand at fishing with some flies that I tied over the winter. I caught two fish each night, one of them being a lake trout, which was my first. We love walking around the lake as the sun sets. The views are so beautiful.

Rainbow trout and a hand-tied fly. Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO.

First lake trout. Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO.

Great fly that caught a lot of fish for me 🙂

Daisy enjoying the beach. Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO.

Catching a few trout as the sun sets. Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO.

Setting sun. Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO.

The perfect fishing dog waiting for me to catch a trout. Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO.

The day has ended. Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO.

Enjoying the beach before the storm. Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO.

Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO.

We were able to explore the other end of Turquoise Lake at May Queen Campground. This is where Lake Fork Creek feeds into Turquoise Lake. The inlet is beautiful, and while we were visiting people were catching their trout limit very fast! I’d love to spend a day exploring the winding Lake Fork Creek before it enters the reservoir. Here is some interesting info regarding Turquoise Lake.

Day use area near the May Queen C.G. Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO.

Day use area near the May Queen C.G. Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO.

Inlet at the day use area near the May Queen C.G. Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO.

Day use area near the May Queen C.G. Turquoise Lake, Leadville, CO.

Hagerman Pass Road was on our to do list. We made it up to the Colorado Midland Centennial Trail. This is a great trail if you are not use to hiking up a mountain, or if you have young children. I’m sure we could have driven further on Hagerman Pass, but our adventures continued on foot!

Crazy bikers– TONS of dust on this road. Hagerman Pass Rd. Leadville, CO.

Hagerman Pass Rd. Leadville, CO.

Yay, snow! Hagerman Pass Rd. Leadville, CO.

Peaking inside the mine. Hagerman Pass Rd. Leadville, CO.

Hagerman Pass Road. Leadville, CO.

Info about the Midland Trail. Hagerman Pass Rd. Leadville, CO.

Start of the Midland Trail. Hagerman Pass Rd. Leadville, CO.

Midland Trail. Hagerman Pass Rd. Leadville, CO.

A couple of the waterfall crossings. Midland Trail. Hagerman Pass Rd. Leadville, CO.

Midland Trail. Hagerman Pass Rd. Leadville, CO.

Big water fall. Midland Trail. Hagerman Pass Rd. Leadville, CO.

We had a small problem with our hot water heater. A spider decided to take up residence in the burner tube and, while trying to figure out what was wrong, Natasha nearly had her eyebrows singed by a back flow of propane! We took the heater apart, figured out where the blockage was occurring, and cleared/cleaned it all up. I’m glad we had AT&T at the campground so we could troubleshoot.

Taking apart the hot water heater.

A spider has clogged the burner pipe!

A job well done! You go girl 🙂