In this post I’m going to talk about Cuchara, Colorado and The Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. I took this trip in May of 2019 with 2 friends, but this trip had just about every set-back that the travel gods could throw at it. However, we preserved, made some major adjustments and detours and made it to Cuchara! We planned to take two cars down (as one member of the group was staying longer than the other two then coming back with their S.O.), stay in the dry camping area off Urraca Road in our tent with our dogs, then spend a few days in the National Park, in the surrounding area, and maybe shoot down to Cuchara for a day. This, however, is not what happened. We made it about an hour south when one of the cars gave out. As it was a holiday weekend, most of the mechanics shops were closed. We managed to limp the car back to a nearby city and (luckily) spend the night with one of the trekkers mom’s. We tossed all but the bare bones of our gear and managed to fit all of our gear, food, 3 people and 2 dogs into 1 car and then proceeded to go to our camping location. Upon arrival the wind was a constant 7ish MPH with 10-15 MPH gusts. No matter how hard we tried, we could not manage to set up our tent as it was a large multi-person tent that simply acted as a sail in the wind. After 2+ hours of trying we admitted defeat, the wind claiming its victory as it continued to batter us in mockery. The member that was staying in Cuchara was able to contact their AirBnB host, who was luckily available, and let us extend our stay. So, we packed the CR-V once again and drove another couple of hours south to Cuchara. We spent one night in the Cuchara Inn and the remaining time in an AirBnB. From there things finally smoothed out. Tips and reviews from this trip?
Thank you for reading and for sticking around through the crazy long hiatus! Hope this review was helpful. Add any tips or experiences you’ve had at Cuchara, Colorado or The Great Sand Dunes National Park below! Much Love, Jess
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