Purgatoire Campground

This year I went online to renew the license for my boat, somehow I had missed an email asking us to review and confirm details on the vessel. So when I tried to renew I got a messgae saying missing information please call the Denver office to confirm the details.

I spent well over 12 hours on hold over 5 days trying to reach anyone! Not just in Denver but many other offices around the state. I was convinced there were no people at all anywhere manning telephones. As a last ditch effort I contacted the San Carlos Ranger office before heading out traveling to wherever I could find a Human.

My call was answered within minutes, a DOW officer informed me of the new regulation, verified my information and within 2 minutes my dilemma was solved!! Thank you!!!

I had a handful of questions about the area, rules and regs for our trip. The ranger I spoke with on the phone was extremely helpful, knowledgeable and patient. Never had an interaction with one in person, but over-the-phone it was a great experience.

The two forestry service law enforcement officers that disturbed me and my girlfriend during our camping trip at the Purgatoire river campsite were extremely impersonal and aggressively looking for any reason to evict us from our stay. Our vehicles were both displaying a current license plate tag (military veteran tags at that), campsite was clean and there was no trash laying around.

When I came to greet them and shake their hand they seemed reluctant to introduce themselves, and seemed to be alarmed that I had a small knife holstered on my belt, telling me to "keep that thing holsteredl". All I did was introduce myself and shake their hand. He immediately started asking my identification and aggressively questioning me about my stay.

I was surprised at how well outfitted in body armor and other fancy gadgetry these guys were wearing. Shiny new gear that looked much nicer than I wore in Iraq while deployed fighting a war for this country. I hope you guys feel really safe harassing campers on their vacation.

They didn't ask how we were doing or any other basic conversation like you would get when dealing with a normal human being. When we mentioned our veteran status they didn't seem to care or thank us for our service. I hope you guys feel great about yourselves harassing disabled veterans on their camping trip!

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