This is a bear marking.
Monday, August 4, 2014
Friday, August 1, 2014
July 31 - Mouse or Man - Cannibal Plateau
When the cat is away, the mouse does play.........but that doesn't mean the mouse has fun. Toni didn't feel well enough to climb on the ATV again so I decided to go up to the area around Deer Lakes yesterday morning in hopes of getting a picture of a bull moose.
By the time I reached the spot where the Cannibal Plateau 50 inch trail hits the main road, I had the bright idea that I would be able to find what I was looking for on THAT trail. So............away I went. Bad idea. The only way I would have been able to spot a moose would have been if it was standing on one of the 10,000,000 rocks I had to drive over!
After about 5 miles, what little testosterone I have kicked in so I turned from a mouse to a MAN and just had to finish the trail, which turned out to be 14 miles of really crappy trail. Last year, we did half of the trail (mile 7) and it was bad but my meager memory had forgotten how bad it was and that 7 miles turned out to be the best part of the trail. The last 7 miles, which I did first this time, was a LOT worse than the other part. Anyway, here are a few pictures.
By the time I reached the spot where the Cannibal Plateau 50 inch trail hits the main road, I had the bright idea that I would be able to find what I was looking for on THAT trail. So............away I went. Bad idea. The only way I would have been able to spot a moose would have been if it was standing on one of the 10,000,000 rocks I had to drive over!
After about 5 miles, what little testosterone I have kicked in so I turned from a mouse to a MAN and just had to finish the trail, which turned out to be 14 miles of really crappy trail. Last year, we did half of the trail (mile 7) and it was bad but my meager memory had forgotten how bad it was and that 7 miles turned out to be the best part of the trail. The last 7 miles, which I did first this time, was a LOT worse than the other part. Anyway, here are a few pictures.
Don't pet the dogs!
Here are some typical trail pictures. Nice!!!!
Here are some pictures of a herd of sheep with a herdsman on a mule.
Found a family of marmots.
THE END.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Swivel Trailer Arrived
The swivel trailer arrived and, with help from fellow campers, we were able to uncrate it and put it together. Quite a job but now we will be 2 feet under the legal length when everything is hooked up instead of 6 feet over.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
July 29th - Moose and Mule Deer
This first picture was taken several days ago, We thought these purple flowers were really nice.
Today we went on up to the turn off that goes over to Deer Lakes and found these pictures of a mama moose and her baby.
On the way back to camp, we came across some nice mule deer bucks.
There were originally three of them but the clicking of the camera shutter caused them to run off!!
Today we went on up to the turn off that goes over to Deer Lakes and found these pictures of a mama moose and her baby.
On the way back to camp, we came across some nice mule deer bucks.
There were originally three of them but the clicking of the camera shutter caused them to run off!!
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Riding the New Can Am
We have been riding the new ATV a bunch, mainly going over Cinnamon Pass to Silverton. A couple of days ago, we went to check out Mineral Creek to see if we wanted to use it to go into Ouray. Way to difficult of a trail with several off camber spots. Mineral Creek and Poughkeepsie are both off limits for rental Jeeps.
We went over Cinnamon Pass on the Can Am again today to see if Corkscrew might be a route we can use to go over to Highway 550 to Ouray. Corkscrew branches off of California Gulch after you go over Hurricane Pass. This is a very doable route for a Jeep and Bryce's 4 wheel drive pickup.
We went on to Silverton and ate lunch at the Brown Bear. We split a hamburger between us to save calories so we could each eat an order of cobbler with ice cream on top.
You have heard the old saying that even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while. I reckon it was finally our turn! We messed around in Silverton longer than usual, which turned to be a good thing. When we got back up to near the top of Cinnamon Pass, it had snowed so much that the ground was almost totally white. Evidently after the snow, it rained a lot because the "roads" were muddy. It was still raining some so we donned our rain gear. Sort of has us wondering why we prefer the cold and rain on our ATV versus riding in the warmth of our Jeep!
We went over Cinnamon Pass on the Can Am again today to see if Corkscrew might be a route we can use to go over to Highway 550 to Ouray. Corkscrew branches off of California Gulch after you go over Hurricane Pass. This is a very doable route for a Jeep and Bryce's 4 wheel drive pickup.
We went on to Silverton and ate lunch at the Brown Bear. We split a hamburger between us to save calories so we could each eat an order of cobbler with ice cream on top.
You have heard the old saying that even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while. I reckon it was finally our turn! We messed around in Silverton longer than usual, which turned to be a good thing. When we got back up to near the top of Cinnamon Pass, it had snowed so much that the ground was almost totally white. Evidently after the snow, it rained a lot because the "roads" were muddy. It was still raining some so we donned our rain gear. Sort of has us wondering why we prefer the cold and rain on our ATV versus riding in the warmth of our Jeep!
Saturday, July 12, 2014
July 11th - Tower Mountain
We took a trail that begins near the top of Slumgullion. Really pretty area and, at the top, it goes by a radio/TV/repeater tower at the top of the world.
This next picture is taken at the tower. Below is San Cristobal lake and Lake City in the distance.
This next picture is taken at the tower. Below is San Cristobal lake and Lake City in the distance.
Being the flower children that we are, we must include a flower picture!
This trip was 24 miles long over some pretty rough areas. So much so that I don't think it would be a good route to take a Jeep on. A Jeep could make it but one wouldn't enjoy the trip. We started on the ATV at about 11:00, ate lunch at the tower, and got back at 3:00, just before the big rain started.
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