Boondocking at a Stagecoach Stop

Sometimes you just have to take them as they come, and Saturday was one of those days. After a long-haul from Crested Butte we were nearing our destination of Hot Sulphur Springs. With the sun hanging low and our mood following the same path, we decided to scout a County Road to camp for the night. As it turned out, we were not the first travelers to stop here.

Originally built by James and Katherine Gates in the 1880s, the Rock Creek Stage Stop served as a family home, hotel, post office, and stage stop.  It was a halfway station on the first Wells Fargo mail route into Yampa Valley and as a service center for settlers until the railroad line took over in 1887. Travelers going between Steamboat Springs and Kremmling stopped here before continuing their journey.  The stage stop is listed on National Register of Historic Places. – coloradopreservation.org

It was here, along a historic stage route and on the grounds of a historic hotel that we settled in for a single night’s stay to break up the long drive. With the Rock Creek as our backdrop the sun set and the almost-full-moon rose to give us yet another peaceful evening and night in the Colorado high country.

Yea, it’ll do.