We budget $400 per month for dining out and $300 for groceries. Itâs just two of us, though we have dinner guests at least once a week. Iâm an econo-tarian and buy whatever is on sale or have a coupon (coupon food is pretty much junk food).
Elk Creek Campground. Elk Creek Campground is located 16 miles west of Gunnison on U.S. Highway 50 on the shore of Blue Mesa Reservoir. All types of camping from tents to large RVs can be accommodated at Elk Creek, but note that there are very few sites with trees. This is the only campground with electricity (Loop D only) at Curecanti.
Deer Creek Lake is in Pickaway and Fayette Counties, 4 miles south of Mt.Sterling along SR 207. Deer Creek Lake was designed and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Dam construction was completed in 1968. Today 1,290 acres of water are impounded behind the Deer Creek Lake dam. The dam retains water from two primary tributaries, Deer Creek and Clark Run, and has a drainage area of about 177,000 acres.