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07-19-2010, 06:07 PM #1
Out of the Heat & Into the Mountains!
With temperatures over 100 degrees in Grand Junction this weekend, we headed up into the mountains for some cooler temperatures. We made our way south to Silverton before heading over Stony Pass. After stopping to find a geocache along the small Rio Grande, we headed for Kite Lake.
Kite Lake was a nice place to stop for some lunch
An old cabin on the shore of Kite Lake
Headed back towards Stony Pass
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07-19-2010 06:07 PM # ADS
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07-19-2010, 06:07 PM #2
Before reaching Cunningham Gulch, we took the short side trip to the Buffalo Boy Mine
Cabin along the way
Buffalo Boy
Headed back down to Silverton
After a stop to fuel up in Silverton again, we headed up Kendall Mountain to find a campsite for the night
On our way to Deer Park
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07-19-2010, 06:08 PM #3
Magic school bus in Deer Park?
Headed up Kendall Gulch
Nice view over Swansea Gulch
Road to nowhere
...and I do mean nowhere! It just ended on the side of the mountain with nowhere to turn around. I had to back up on the narrow shelf road a little ways before I could turn around.
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07-19-2010, 06:08 PM #4
But before turning around, we were treated to a nice view down on Silverton and Anvil Mountain
Headed back down after finding a spot to turn around
Back into Kendall Gulch
A quick stop at the Titusville Mine
On our way back to camp for the night
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07-19-2010, 06:08 PM #5
After a good nights sleep with great weather, we packed up camp and headed down to Silverton again
Found a few geocaches along the way and stopped at this old boxcar that was parked along the road
Before starting on our way home, we headed south a little further to check out Old Lime Creek Road
The stone work was done my the CCC in the 1930's
When we finished the loop we headed back north again just past Ridgway and turned off towards Owl Creek Pass
When we finished the trail we hopped on US 50 which would take us back home to some nice 103 degree temperatures :)
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07-19-2010, 06:24 PM #6
Very nice, Randy! I like the Buffalo Boy Mine shots - cool, those wheels still up. Liked the road to nowhere, too! Reminds me of a lot of the forest service roads up here...
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07-20-2010, 02:32 PM #7
Great stuff as always. If I ever move to Colorado I will have plenty of roads to explore from your trips.
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07-28-2010, 12:24 AM #8
Excellent TR Randy
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Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.
The trout do not rise in the cemetery, so you better do your fishing while you are still alive. SGH
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07-28-2010, 05:12 AM #9
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07-28-2010, 09:54 AM #10
WOW!!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing.
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08-09-2010, 09:12 PM #11
Randy,
Nice report. Now that you have her broke in what's your opinion?
Mark
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08-10-2010, 05:11 AM #12
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08-10-2010, 06:37 AM #13
Nice! So what direction is all of that from Silverton? I've been itching to get back to Colorado, and I especially want to hit Yankee Boy Basin since it was snowed in the last time I had the chance. I'm definitely going to drive some of the roads you've posted pics of here.
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