We ended up at Colorado Campground on a whim. We arrived in the early afternoon on a Friday and were greeted by a friendly camp host. He told us we could drive around and select any spot without a reservation tag. There were only a few left and we chose 79. The campground has many pine trees and the campsites are large. We had 7 people, 3 cars and two large tents and plenty of space. Initially, I was afraid it would be too noisy due to the large number of people camping, but it was actually pretty quiet. There’s an easy path to Manitou Lake where lots of folks were fishing and boating. The vault toilets were as clean as you’d expect. 

There were, unfortunately, many cigarette butts around our site but that is my only complaint.