It’s high time to get excited about your Colorado or Wyoming camping vacation!
Where will you go? What attractions do you long to see? To camp the West brings thrilling possibilities, but the more information you have about your trip before you head out, the more fun you’re bound to have.
Use our helpful resources about Colorado and Wyoming camping to aid the planning of your trip.
Pop-Up Camper Pointers
There are details about camping in a tent trailer that we’d love to impart to you. The more you know, the smoother your pop-up camper trip will be.
Check out our helpful video (at right) to learn how to set-up, operate, and tear down your pop-up camper, then take our setup quiz to see what you’ve learned.
Helpful Hints
Towing tips, packing lists, and how to set up your camper…we’ve got a couple of decades of experience with pop-up camper trips. Our On the Road page offers you helpful advice to prepare you to camp – months before you pick up your pop up camper.
Vacation Ideas
Our Going West page gives you information on the most beautiful, remarkable, and not-to-be-missed camping locations and attractions. Camp the heart of the West with tips from those who know!
Share Your Trip!
We’d love to hear details about your trip—and so would your fellow campers! Tell us about your stops, the weather, the ‘high’lights and even the biggest challenges. Or read the experiences of other campers, and consider how their stories might be relevant to your trip.
Rocky Mountain scenery, the wildlife you happened upon – or who happened upon YOU, and the best BBQ you had in your Viking trailer! We would be thrilled if you shared your experience with us here.
Camping Trip Tips
Here are some suggestions to help you enjoy all that a tent camper and the great outdoors have to offer. They are “tricks” or “short cuts” that we have found on our own trips using a tent trailer – or heard from guests who’ve regaled us with their stories about camping out West.
Finding the Perfect Campsite
When looking for a place to pull up into, try to find a spot that gets a lot of sun in the morning (helps take the chill off and lets you get a little more time out of your battery), but is shaded from that direct afternoon sun.
Disconnecting
Disconnecting the camper from the tow vehicle can get interesting sometimes. If you find yourself in a situation where the” tongue” of the camper and the vehicle are facing down a hill, then block the tires of the camper, roll forward against the blocks, and then disconnect the coupler from the ball. Sometimes, you may need to use the hitch pin as lever to pry the coupler up so that the tongue will release from the ball.
Leveling the Camper
None of our units have levels. Instead, try using a water bottle, soda bottle or something similar. Open the door of the camper and set the partially filled plastic bottle on the floor. If you get the level of whatever fluid you are using to just above or below the label of the bottle, then voila, an impromptu level.
Throw Rugs
If you don’t like cold feet in the mornings, we suggest bringing a couple of small throw rugs as the linoleum can get cold on those crisp Rocky Mountain or Yellowstone nights.
A Good Night’s Sleep…
All of the beds in the campers are pretty comfortable, but, they are not Sleep Numbers or NASA-approved luxury foam quality. You might want to bring an extra comforter or bedspread to lay on top of the bed, then a sheet, then sleeping bags, and ohhh’ what a good night’s sleep you’ll have!
If your trip includes moving to different camp sites, when you are breaking camp down, you can pretty much leave the beds made, do not leave large pillows or a lot of linens on the beds, but a few is perfectly fine.
