MORE VARIOUS PICS FROM OUR AUGUST 2004 COLORADO TRIP IN NO ORDER!
 
 
 
 


HWY 14S BIGHORN MTNS

WE IS IN THE GANG!!!!

ROCKY MTN PARK



TRAIL RIDGE ROAD...ROCKY MTN PARK

ME CATCHING UP AFTER GOING BACK TO RERUN TRAIL RIDGE ROAD AGAIN!!  GOOOOOOD

 


 
 


CALE PULLING INTO THE LOT!


TOP OF THE ROAD!

$#@$ STUPID RAILING IN THE WAY!!

THIS IS GOOD!


GRAND LAKE COLORADO..TIME FOR BREAFAST!!

EAT HERE..GREAT!!


LOVELAND PASS

LOVELAND PASS AGAIN
BACK ON THE INTERSTATE TO VAIL!

INDEPENDENCE PASS..(JUST EAST OF ASPEN)..WOW!!

 

FOLLOW THE ARROWS...OR ELSE!!!!


CURVES!!!  HOURS OF EM!!


MORE

GOOD VIEW!!!


THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST.INDEPENCE PASS INTO ASPEN FROM THE EAST..GOTA RIDE IT! NARROWS TO ONE LANE IN MANY PLACES..ENDLESS CURVES..RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE BEST OF THEM!!

10 MPH AINT KIDDING!! DOWN TO ONE LANE WIDE  IN MIDDLE OF THIS CURVE!!
 


ASPEN COLORADO  DINNER TIME!!


HEADING SOUTH OF ASPEN TO GRAND CANYON OF GUNISON AREA. ANOTHER PASS COMING UP AHEAD!!

MT MASSIVE THAT ONE IS CALLED!! NO KIDDING.

NEXT THE "MILLION DOLLAR HIGHWAY" TO DURANGO FROM OURAY! OLD GOLD MINING COUNTRY!! AND TOOTS!!

SILVERTON CO. OLD GOLD MINE TOWN..THIS IS WHERE THE FAMOUS DURANGO-SILVERTON TRAIN RUNS TO.

WHAT A PLACE FOR A PIT STOP!!


GREAT ROAD!!
ANOTHER NICE ROAD!!NICE AND NARROW AND NO GUARDRAILS..GETS YOU IN THE MOOD THIS WAY!!!

HEADING SOUTH FROM GRAND JUNTION  INTO THE DRYER STUFF!
 
 
 
 


THIS IS WORSE THAN IT LOOKS..600 FEET DOWN AND THIS FEELS CLOSE ENOUGH!!



CLOSE AS WE EVER GOT TO RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS!


GREAT PITSTOP...GOOD ADVICE..ON THE RIO GRANDE.

SLUMGULLION PASS! NICE


SEE THAT SPEC UP THERE!!I AM WIDE OPEN AND NOT CATCHING HIM. I CATCH UP AT BOTTOM OF THE PASS..BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE!!
!! BAD THING THIS NEW PAVEMENT!!!


HERES HOW I CAUGHT HIM!!


BACK TO THE  INTERSTATE AT VAIL AGAIN.
 

END OF THE DAY IN GEORGETOWN!!


WAY UP THERE AT THAT ROCKY PEAK TO THE RIGHT...STRAIGHT ABOVE THE BIKES WINDSHIELD.. , RIGHT AT THE HIGHEST POINT  IS WHERE WE ARE HEADED!! MT EVANS..HIGHEST ROAD WE CAN RIDE IN N AMERICA!!
 

LOOK CAREFUL ABOVE...YOU CAN SEE A BUNCH OF THE SWITCHBACKS UP TO THE LEFT..FOLLOW THE THIN LINE OF THE ROAD...THEN IT DISAPEARS OVER THE CREST AND  THE NEXT BUNCH OF VERY NARROW  HIGH PICS ARE TAKEN FROM THE FAR SIDE.. THIS IS WHERE IT GETS REAL STEEP!!
IT TAKES A LONG WHILE AND YOU END UP ON THE PEAK JUST TO RIGHT OF CENTER!   .14000 FT UP!!


KEEP LEFT EH?? AND PLEASE NO TRUCKS COMING!!!
 


 
 
 

THIS IS WHAT THE VERY TOP LOOKS LIKE UP CLOSE!!

DO THEY BITE?
 


TIME TO HEAD DOWN!! ONLY THING HIGHER IS THAT AIRPLANE!

HMMMMMMMM....
 MORE AND MORE..WOW!
 
 
 
 

HEADING NORTH OUT OF  COLORADO ONTO THE FLAT STUFF!!

LOADING UP IN THE AM AND OFF TO STURGIS.....
60 MILES OF BUMPER TO BUMPER.....THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO COME AND RIDE WHEN YOU CAN BE A HALF DAY WEST AND RIDE  IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NO TRAFFIC, BUT IT SURE IS COOL FOR 1 DAY JUST TO WATCH!! THEN GET THE $%^% WEST AND UP!!!
 


DEADWOOD  SD.......HOG COUNTRY......I AM ON ONE OF PROBLY THE ONLY 2 1981 HONDA'S IN THIS CROWD OF 500,000!!!!

MADE ME WANT ONE SO BOUGHT ONE SOON AS I GOT HOME...NOW FOR SALE..PLEASE CALL!!

THATS ALL FOR TODAY..WILL CHANGE THIS FREQUENTLY!

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