tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27080460580069291882024-02-20T17:18:29.477-08:00MegaMel - See MegaMel videos on YouTube.com - Scroll downMegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-56041519977677307782013-10-30T19:19:00.000-07:002013-10-31T12:05:08.782-07:00Continental Divide Ride - 2013 - 4,500 miles/ 2,000 miles of dirtLeft Colorado Springs with buddies, Tom, Bill, and Ed on my DR650 for an epic adventure ride along the Continental Divide. Rode three days on back roads to get to the border south of Demming, NM.<br />
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First flat tire</div>
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Camp - First night on the road</div>
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Camped at UDFS Group campground - Free - No way to pay on-site</div>
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White Sands National Park</div>
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We stowed our guns on our bikes and walked to Mexico to buy Viva Villa</div>
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We rented this cabin on the Conejos</div>
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Bill has a flat</div>
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Valley View Hot Springs</div>
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Breckenridge Ski Runs</div>
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Grandkids - Oldest Jordyn, youngest Ian, and brother Issac in Breck.</div>
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Pink Floyd tribute band concert on Lake Dillon</div>
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Sunk my bike in this beaver pond - Road went right thru it </div>
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Three Forks Ranch</div>
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Son Trevor joined us in Breckenridge</div>
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Lima, MT - We loved these guys and out time at Peat's Bar</div>
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3rd oil change - WM parking lot - I put my bike completely under water near Steamboat Springs</div>
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Rented cabin in Columbia Falls and enjoyed a couple of nights at the Blue Moon Bar</div>
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Glacier National Park</div>
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Spent a night at the Mission Ranch - Livingston, MT - Trevor's friend Xena owns it - 4,000 acres</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I decided to celebrate my 70th by going to the Monster Energy $1M Supercross in Las Vegas. It didn't make sense to me to make that trip for a one day race so I expanded it into a 24 day southwest tour. My first big stop was at the Dinosaur National Monument. </span></div>
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Sandie and I decided to celebrate our 50th anniversary with a trip to South America. We left 2/4/12 and returned 4/5/12 after covering the entire length of Chile, a swing thru Argentina, and the last week in Peru with daughter Traci. We traveled by bus and stayed in hostels. A great trip!<br />
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First stop was Santiago, Chile. This dinner was around $3. <br />
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Our ski lodge hostel was below this overlook. A fun hike!<br />
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Lot's of people climbed the Volcano.</div>
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This "hostel" was a really nice small hotel. From here, we took the 800 mile ferry ride thru fiords, islands, glaciers, from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales. Four days on the boat. <br />
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Fares - Per person - Less is better, right? We paid $420 including passage, bunk, and all meals. <br />
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The route - We visited Torres del Paine national park after the boat ride. </div>
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Cruising up close to this glacier was exciting. </div>
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Going hiking in Torres del Paine N.P.</div>
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The lodge we bunked in is on the left.<br />
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We hiked three days (3, 15, and 12 miles) returning each night to sleep in the lodge.</div>
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This big snowslide came down while we watched.</div>
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Lot of ice! Grey Glacier</div>
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We hiked the two left side routes of the famous "W" trails.</div>
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Parilla's - BBQ places are popular.</div>
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Most hostels organize fun activities like these.</div>
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Penguins at Punta Valdes.</div>
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Seal Lions and Elephant Seals.</div>
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We had a lot of fun strolling around Mendoza, Argentina.</div>
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Switchbacks on the way over the Andes from Mendoza to Santiago.</div>
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We loved our time in Valparaiso, Chile. Now we're heading north from Santiago.</div>
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A lot of Valparaiso sits high above the ocean and several really old cable-cars are in use. </div>
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Hostel owners, Renee and Carolina.</div>
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Most fun horseback ride I've ever done. Riding beaches and dunes and racing continuously.</div>
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Chile and Peru both claim the rights to making Pisco. It's alcohol distilled from fermented grapes. The most famous drink made from it is the Pisco Sour. We toured a couple of distilleries. <br />
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We rode bikes to the oldest distillery in Chile (old days Pic below).</div>
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San Pedro de Atacama (in the Atacama desert) was one of our favorite places. Note the snowboards being used for riding the dunes. <br />
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Nightlife in San Pedro.</div>
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Sandie was a bit nervous getting off the bus here after dark.</div>
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Salt flats, villages, and high lakes tour day.</div>
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13,000' lakes with 20,000' volcanos. </div>
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Eiffel design church in Arica, Chile.</div>
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We did some "kickin" at this beach for a couple of days. </div>
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We arrived alive in Puno, Peru after a harrowing bus ride over the Andes. We were at 15K' for three hours on nothing but switchbacks. There were many parades going while we were there. <br />
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Plaza in Puno.</div>
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Visit to the Uros People Floating Islands.<br />
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Crossing Lake Titacaca to visit the Uros People and Isla Taquile.</div>
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This Inca Express bus took us from Puno to Cuzco with interesting stops. </div>
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Shopping break on the bus trip - 14,000' where we're standing.</div>
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Inca ruins.</div>
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Cuzco main plaza.</div>
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View from our Cuzco hotel.</div>
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Ollantaytambo is a very impressive Inca ruin site. This is where most people depart by train to Machu Pichu.<br />
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Ollantaytambo</div>
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Leaving for Machu Pichu.<br />
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Looking down from Huayna Pichu (9,000' peak shown in almost all Machu Pichu photos). <br />
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Climbing Huayna Pichu.</div>
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That's the Machu Pichu ruins below at 7,700' elevation. <br />
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The road to the left of the ruins is used by the shuttle-buses.</div>
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Hiking an Inca trail to the Inca Bridge is a lot of fun.</div>
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We also wanted to climb this peak (Old Machu Pichu or Machu Pichu Vieja) on the opposite side from Huayna Pichu. This one is 10,000' elevation. <br />
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Looking across at Huayna Pichu from Machu Pichu Vieja.<br />
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On top of Machu Pichu Vieja.</div>
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Ruins on top of Huayna Pichu.</div>
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End of trip - Lima, Peru</div>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-17159793145211348282011-11-21T09:43:00.000-08:002011-11-21T21:36:06.533-08:00MegaMel and The Boys of Baja - 2011 3K mile tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Always looking for adventure, the plan was to ride from Yuma, AZ to Cabo San Lucas and back over 21 days. Goals were to maximize the dirt portions and have fun. We went down on red tracks and back on blue. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Harry Wedler and Ed Gulczynski rode with me in my '97 Astronomical Van. Here we are with Pikes Peak on our way out of Colorado Springs. Harry took a DR650 and Ed took a KTM 450EXC.<br />
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Getting our tourist permits at the Mexican Customs office in Algodones (seven miles from Yuma). Ed, Ed (senior), MegaMel, Jeff, Tom, and Harry.<br />
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We camped at this beach in San Felipe. <br />
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Tom, working on Harry's flat tire just outside Gonzaga Bay. <br />
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Coco's Corner is a long time landmark of Baja. Fun stop! He's quite the character!<br />
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TV room at Coco's.<br />
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After hitting the highway after Coco's, we decided to take this dirt track to cut out some pavement on the way to the Bay of Los Angeles. Ed Johnson from Pueblo decided to bring his GS1200 instead of his XR650 (MISTAKE). The bike rebeled violently when it hit this sand, ripping the saddle-bag off, breaking turn signal, and scratching the fairing. End of the dirt for Ed. We met up whenever we made it back to the highway on the way south. <br />
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There are some nice Pintadas Rupestres (Cave Paintings - Pictographs) seven miles off the pavement on the way to Bay of L.A. Great ride with lot's of deep sand and tight turns. <br />
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After getting some spokes brazed (overlapped) at the Bay of L.A. on Jeff's bike (XR650), we rode dirt toward Punta San Francisquito. This beach was a great deserted lunch spot. <br />
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Fun riding!<br />
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Punta San Francisquito - After discussing camping options with the restaurant manager, he offered us the use of this hacienda. We could camp on the patio or use the inside of the house as well. We all camped on the patio and made our coffee in the kitchen. <br />
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View off the patio.<br />
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</div>Our hacienda.<br />
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</div>On the plaza at San Ignacio. Stayed at La Posada Hotel (Fischer's – Grandpa guided Gardner on expeditions). The plaza here is beautiful.<br />
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San Juanico - Scorpion Bay - The ride to here from San Ignacio was one of the funnest rides of the trip. We rode lot's of tidal flats (smooth - go as fast as you want) interspersed with sand dunes. We visited a camp with a nice bar and a weddding party was in progress. There served us some free beer and we were off to find our campsite. We set-up camp in the dunes by the beach and found a few cockle-burrs. <br />
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Another really great ride was from San Juanico to Mulege. Lot's of sand/ rock dry river crossings. <br />
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We camped behind this restaurant in Mulege.<br />
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Tom, Ed (junior), and I camped while Harry, Jeff, and Ed (senior) enjoyed this nice hotel. Most hotels in Baja expect you to park your MC in the courtyard.<br />
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My camp! Out of the wind and toilet/ shower included for $3.<br />
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</div>Lighthouse at Mulege. The river behind it runs two miles into town. <br />
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We rode through some amazing mountains on the way to Agua Verde on the Sea of Cortez.<br />
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I'd heard that Agua Verde was a nice place and it is. This family had the only restaurant in this fish camp and I ate dinner, breakfast, and practiced my spanish a lot. <br />
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I stopped at San Jose de Noria on the way from Agua Verde to Constitution, to talk with these students. We rode a couple of miles of really deep sand and then up, up, up steep rocky switchbacks as we left Agua Verde. <br />
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This "Wild West" town was fun on our way to Punta San Evaristo. <br />
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</div>We camped at the end of the beach and enjoyed a nice fish dinner. <br />
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W.M. in Cabo San Lucas.<br />
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Jeff thought his XR650 would be ready to ride after a mechanic in Phoenix went through it for him. The chain/ sprockets were junk, the rear wheel bearings were shot, and the rear spokes were rediculous. We'd already worked on the spokes in Bay of L.A. and now this shop in La Paz fixed up the rest. Good job!<br />
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This is the direction that a chain is not supposed to bend. <br />
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</div>We camped twelve nights out of twenty nights on the trip. Most of the camping was free or maybe $3. Most of the hotels cost around $10 per person. This Pension California was fun. <br />
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Dinner at Rancho Viejo in La Paz. We met Karl and Doris from Germany who were riding BMW's to South America. Doris came along to dinner. <br />
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La Paz - Harry and Ed (senior) caught the ferry to Matzatlan where Harry has a home. He spends winters there. <br />
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We all put down payments on property at this development north of Los Barilles after seeing the airstrip. We can fly in whenever we want. <br />
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</div>Los Barilles - One of the popular kite surfer beaches of Baja.<br />
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Los Barilles - My campsite.<br />
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Jeff had a head-on collision with a pickup about twenty miles north of San Jose del Cabo. He rode his bike to town, bought lunch for us, worked a couple of hours on the computer to book flights, and spent the night at a hotel before flying home at 6 AM. That guy is double-tough. He finally got an operation and they put a lot of hardware in his leg. He also had rib breakage that was very painful. We arranged to have his bike stored/ repaired at HD Cabo San Lucas.<br />
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HD Cabo has permission to park MC's between the mall and the marina. Way cool!<br />
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Todos Santos north of Cabo has the Hotel California where the Eagles wrote their tune.<br />
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We rode about five miles north of town and camped here. <br />
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Typical of the Baja, you can usually find gas within fifty miles but it might be at a rancho or fish camp from jugs. <br />
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</div>Stopping at an abandoned rancho for coffee and oatmeal was fun. <br />
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No way can you get lost with great roadsigns like this. <br />
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Back to Constitution. When we came through here on the way down, we continued on to Punta San Evaristo. Now we stayed in Hotel Conchita in the center of town, handy to the concert in the plaza and the many cafes. Here I'm enjoying the New York Times and the strictly medicinal Vive Villa and Mezcal (both are actually cane sugar alcohol (25% by volume). Doctors prescribed a couple shots of this mixed in Fresca to cut the trail dust. <br />
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I loved sitting in the sun across the street from the hotel and eating a great Torta (hot sandwich) with coffee. <br />
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One of the most beautiful missions in Baja. Most of them date from the 1700's. <br />
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</div>Here's a little video showing some of the riding. <br />
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</div>Video along the Bay of Conception, Playa Requeson, where we camped. <br />
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We camped inside this palapa at Playa Requeson.<br />
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I stopped at a isolated restaurant across the highway fro the Tres Virgenes volcano but it wasn't open. When this old guy walked over to me from working in the yard, he asked me what I wanted. I mentioned coffee and he invited me into to his caretakers cabin and made a cup for me. A great spanish lesson and a fun stop. Tom and Ed (junior) had ridden ahead to San Ignacio. <br />
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Ed was apprenhensive but I asssured him that the sandwiches (tortas) from this street vendor would be good. <br />
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A favorite stop in Guerrero Negro, the Malarimmo Restaurant/ Hotel/ RV Park. We stopped for breakfast, then Ed and Tom rode out six miles on a causeway to the old lighthouse and salt loading pier. The last time I was here, I was taking the CA grandkids to see the grey whales in Scammon's Lagoon. The whales came to our boat twice so we could pet them. <br />
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The ride back to the highway was our toughest ride. Twenty miles of sand including about three miles of deep sand, nasty rocky hillclimbs, and of course, silt beds. Maybe ten of these. You don't want to ride through them. They are vicious with very fine dust up to two feet deep. We always tried to circumnavigate around them when possible. Ed was pretty sure we were lost and would die on this run. <br />
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At Camalu we headed for Mike's Sky Ranch (a legend stop for the Baja 1000 and must see for any off'-roaders doing Baja).<br />
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</div>Sandie and I took this "back way" route to Mike's on a previous trip with our Baja Bug. It has since washed out a lot. I don't think we could get through there now without some winching. We had to drop into the riverbed and climb this hill back to the road. <br />
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It was fun meeting eight guys from C. Springs at Mike's. Gay Smith was in his big bucks Porsche powered buggy. Arlo England (C. Springs motorcycle legend) was part of the crew. <br />
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Coffee break in Heroes de la Independencia. I loved the kitchen. <br />
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Last night! We were trying to ride dirt from Independencia to the border through the national park but we ran into fierce rain after lunch so we high-tailed it to Ojos Negros. It dumped well into the night but cleared by morning. Thinking the dirt roads might be impassable, we rode through Ensenada, Tecate and took Mexico Hwy 2 to cross at Algodones. Twenty One days of straight riding - A great trip!<br />
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</div>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-37205709956515700692011-09-10T21:01:00.000-07:002011-09-11T13:39:55.139-07:00MegaMel's Two Week Dirtbike Trip - Four Corners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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I met Steve Lindberg and his buddy Stan from CA in Ouray for four days of Dual-Sport riding. We met on Monday afternoon and rode up to Yankee Boy Basin at 3:30 and came back to the 4J Campground at 7:30. Riding up to 12,000 feet and enjoying the awesome views was great. <br />
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Fun trail in background.<br />
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Around 12,000 feet.<br />
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Steve with his 2011 Husky.<br />
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On the way to Red Pass.<br />
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Stan with his Husky.<br />
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All the roads were fun.<br />
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High mountain lakes always look nice.<br />
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We rode over seven passes above 12,000 feet. <br />
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There are abandoned mines everywhere.<br />
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Lot's of roads to explore.<br />
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I think this is a UFO engine.<br />
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Stay away from the edge. <br />
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Alpine Loop goes to Lake City.<br />
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Our most exciting day. Riding Black Bear Pass to Telluride. It's only open to one-way traffic to Telluride. <br />
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Steve and Stan on Black Bear.<br />
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Telluride below and we rode in a thunder-storm after the most difficult rock slabs section.<br />
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Hydro Electric power plant above Telluride. <br />
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Looking up at the Black Bear road from Telluride. The road come over the saddle and switch-backs down the face to the right. <br />
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Highest pass we rode. We rode this back to Ouray from Telluride. <br />
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Drive machinery from a gondola.<br />
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End of the Dual-Sport Ride and Steve and Stan headed for home. <br />
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After four days in Ouray, I drove to Mancos and headed ten miles north and camped in a nice meadow (free) about a mile north of Transfer Campground. Tom Petty, Ed Gulczynski, and Ed Johnson met me here. On Saturday morning, Dave Kemper, Mike Niswonger, Wayne Fricke, and Steve Vanatta came over from their hotel in Delores to ride with us. Most of us struggled to make this switch-back and ride the step.<br />
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Ed G. thought about riding his bike all day without motor oil but reconsidered Mid-day. All the 4-stroke riders contributed 4 - 6 Oz. of oil each to get him back to camp. <br />
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Wayne pours in a few ounces. <br />
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Wayne crossed the Mancos. Last year it was too high to cross. <br />
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The Box Canyon trail includes steep, tough switch-backs. <br />
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Mt. Hesperus is a 13,er. After three days of riding we moved to north of Chimney Rock. <br />
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Tom, Ed G., Ed J, and Mel.<br />
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Chimney Rock, an interesting Anazazi site. <br />
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Riding up thru the woods to this "dead-end" was fun.<br />
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Here's the trail we rode up on.<br />
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This trail ended due to a landslide. The original trail was a wide bull-dozed logging road. I hiked across the slide area and took this Pic.<br />
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Here's the view from where the old road takes off again.<br />
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One of the best trips we've done. The ruins (pyramids), beaches, cenote, people, food, and weather were all fantastic. The highlight was having Traci and Isaac spend a week with us. <br />
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A great way to do the Yucatan tour would be to fly into Cancun, rent a car and spend three or four weeks on the road. Very safe, and a super adventure. <br />
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Last hotel/ RV camp in Saltillo. We were the only campers but they said a caravan of RV's would arrive the next day. We didn't know whether we should be nervous or very safe here. There were two Federal Policia guards at the gate and ten police vehicles and a trailer full of riot gear parked inside the hotel lot. We think they were all staying in the hotel and using it as a base.<br />
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Our hotel in Matahuala. The Walmart was across the street so of course I loved it. We camped in a lot with hook-ups in the back of the hotel. One other camper was there as well. <br />
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This 1.7 mile paved walking trail was completely within the walled hotel property. I think they must have planned for a housing development on the property at one time. Sandie and I hiked it and then I jogged it. The desert vegetation was impressive. <br />
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3/23/11- Heading north now. Camped next to a Pemex and drove on to Cholula. Now we're near Queretaro. Rode the DR to San Miguel Allende today. <br />
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Rode 62 miles on the DR today and walked around San Miguel Allende. Lunch was great!<br />
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Seemed like 30% of town was speaking english. Lot's of churches. <br />
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We had fun in Cholula spending time with Rudy and Regina, a Swiss couple. We rode the bus to Puebla and enjoyed a fun morning. <br />
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Puebla zocalo!<br />
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Church on top of the big pyramid in Cholula.<br />
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First day of Spring and people celebrate at the archaelogical sites all over Mexico. <br />
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I ordered Chicken Mole and pulque to drink (fermented sap/ juice from the Maguey cactus). <br />
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Lot's of people wear white on this occasion. <br />
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3/18/11 - Pulled wheels and caliper off the right rear this morning. The sliding surfaces were very "gunked up" (technically speaking). It took lot's of scraping and filing to get back to clean metal. I lubed and reinstalled the caliper and then put the wheels back on. We then jumped on the DR for a nice MC ride 90 miles on some of the best road-riding I've seen. Chiapas is really beautiful. We rode to Agua Azul (see Pic) for a fun afternoon. <br />
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Mountain on the way to Puebla.<br />
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Sunrise at our Pemex camp (gas station parking lot).<br />
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Full moon night at the Pemex camp.<br />
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Agua Azul Falls<br />
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Finally got around to pulling the rear calipers on the MoHo. <br />
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Lot's of campers at the Maya Bell near Palenque.<br />
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Ever since we got all the great fish from Abraham at Ria Lagartos I've been making Ceviche. It's fantastic! I'll give you the recipe. Cut up the raw fish in little chunks, marinate in lime juice for half an hour, and add the secret ingredientes (save on propane - no cooking required).<br />
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Palenque<br />
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Palenque<br />
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Plalenque<br />
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Palenque<br />
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Palenque<br />
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3/17/11 - Spent one night in a reserve near Escarcega. Woke up with a howler monkey outside our window making very strange sounds. Cool! Drove on yesterday to Palenque and camped in Maya Bell RV park. Went to ruins today and enjoyed them. Came into town in collectivo with a flat tire off the RV. I pulled brake calipers and discovered the flat. <br />
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</div> Camp by orselves in a reserve. Howler monkey midnight serenade. <br />
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</div> Little visited ruins, Becan. We loved it. Only ones there. Thats Sandie!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Looking for work! We saw a lot of highways being trimmed with machetes. Pays 83 pesos per day. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Paddling on Lake Bacalar. We really loved this place. Our camp was by the water across the lake.</div><br />
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</div>The owner tied a couple of horses near our camper for overnight grazing. There wasn´t anyone to talk to about it so I thought they´d like some exercise. Here I´m ready to mount up and "ride". Of course the 20' rope limited my ride time. <br />
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</div> Palenque. The Maya Bell is the place to stay. All hippies (including us), music nightly, walk to ruins, Etc. <br />
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</div> Campsite at Maya Bell.<br />
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</div>Real cowboy along the highway. <br />
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3/14/11 - We spent the last three nights on the shore of Lake Bacalar (thirty miles long, sand bottom, sky blue color - great for kayaking). We´re in the town of Bacalar now to do laundry and internet. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We rode the DR 139 miles along these beach roads. Sandie thought 39 miles would have been more fun. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We stopped for coffee and nachos at Majahual (purpose built cruise ship stop - have you been here?). It was Sunday, so no cruise ships. Nice!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Most people know how much I love flowers. I couldn´t resist this Pic. Sandie and I were kayaking on the lake when we saw these. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">They said there weren´t any Crocs on the lake so we felt safe. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Much of the lake is shallow with a sand bottom. Felt like being in a big swimming pool. Very clear water!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>3/10/11 - Our last day with Traci and Isaac. Went back to Funky Camp (Acamaya Reef Cabanas and RV) and loved it. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Isaac loved "Funky Beach" and learned to ask for refresco de manzana.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Free coconuts! I drilled thru the top to get the water with a straw and chopped it open with my axe for the meat. I must get a machete. </div><br />
3/9/11 - Wow! How could our "Traci Week" go so fast. Last night! Left Paa Mul, visited Tulum, enjoyed the Suytun Cenote, on to Chichen Itza, drove the Cancun "Hotel Strip" today, and now we're camped at Acamaya ("Funky Camp"). Traci flies back to FtC tomorrow and man, will we miss Isaac (and Traci). We really had a fun week. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pyramid Inn in Piste near Chichen Itza. $12 to camp. They have a Mayan "Pyramid" in the back of the hotel. I don't think it's been excavated. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">There are cenotes and there are CENOTES. Many are open limestone pits. They're everywhere on the Yucatan. We looked on the Web and Cenote Dzitnup is most photographed but we chose Cenote Suytun because of the hole in the roof that lets a beam of sunlight in. The bright spot is where the sun is shining in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Multulenos (not sure on spelling) - Excellent!</div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeEUkDO6_0KQI1BUXfomvKuoBNiZa3myiTcdoOWAJr0-s4ICsLjDTRsXuslbYfGQh6iTmkz8lJTEMG_fFuEpTwEfayvYc-RJmSuw_3C6siPiVeJd3VpgakIaUsV8yVMTqw5HwxyiUM5md/s1600/IMGP3034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeEUkDO6_0KQI1BUXfomvKuoBNiZa3myiTcdoOWAJr0-s4ICsLjDTRsXuslbYfGQh6iTmkz8lJTEMG_fFuEpTwEfayvYc-RJmSuw_3C6siPiVeJd3VpgakIaUsV8yVMTqw5HwxyiUM5md/s320/IMGP3034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We camped at Cenote Suytun and these and other birds were wandering around our camp. </div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_862a6c2OPIGJXwE_ms-_W3Pq1Y8jOGFa33RrIhJ4gktT4Z4ZtI7YKpncwdJl8RdXc2DkIRVFWxcMBzlkh1FTkxMTsjCmAwhUPzoLGmC1xMsboiifl76xPljkc77B4edmxRirspUs01yp/s1600/IMGP3023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_862a6c2OPIGJXwE_ms-_W3Pq1Y8jOGFa33RrIhJ4gktT4Z4ZtI7YKpncwdJl8RdXc2DkIRVFWxcMBzlkh1FTkxMTsjCmAwhUPzoLGmC1xMsboiifl76xPljkc77B4edmxRirspUs01yp/s320/IMGP3023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This group played drums and danced on the concrete pad in the middle of the cenote. Isaac thouht they were great. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Mel on the pyramid at Coba.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Tulum - The Mayans had their own beach. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We camped in the Tulum parking lot and Isaac spent some quality time with a sponge. </div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I've been practicing drumming on our trip and Isaac thought it was fun as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Traci and I took the kayak out for the second time at Paa Mul and saw some nice waves out past the reef. We went out about a mile. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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3/6/11 - Spent last three nights at Paa Mul, an RV/ Palapa park thirty miles north of Tulum. rode bikes, MC, and paddled the kayak a couple times. 200 sites with mostly year around leases by Canadians and Americans. Invited to a party last night. Fun! We drove to Tulum today and we´re camping in their parking lot tonight. <br />
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</div> Traci and I rode the DR 50 miles south. We wanted to go to Punta Allen but only went this far. <br />
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</div> We entered the National Park here. <br />
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</div> A little bike ride to a fun beach with no one but us. <br />
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</div> Traci on the bike ride. <br />
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</div> Our campsite. Most of the residents have built houses around their RV´s.<br />
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</div> We kayaked out a mile this morning and the waves were around three feet. The kayak just bobs up and down. No problema! After that, Herb (a year round resident) took us snorkeling at the reef. Great!<br />
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</div> Isaac loved the pool.<br />
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</div> How about the lizards?<br />
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</div> Traci arrived at the Cancun airport. <br />
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</div> We camped a night at "Funky Beach" (Acamaya) to wait for Traci and they had four of these little dogs guarding the upstairs patio of the owners house. <br />
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3/2/11 - Drove from Valladolid past Tulum and almost to Cancun today. Stopped at about five possible camp places to check them out for Traci and Baby Isaac. They arrive tomorrow from Ft. Collins. I think we'll hit Tulum, Chechen Itza, maybe Coba, a cenote (swim cavern), and the beach. We'll go with whatever plan Traci has. She'll only be here for a week. <br />
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We really can't believe it. We didn't see any tourists and now we see why. There must be many thousands of them on the Costa Maya. We're camped at a funky little cabana/ RV camp, right on the beach. It's fun!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We rode the DR six miles into Valladolid Centro yesterday and had a wonderful grilled pork dinner for $6. Of course we shared it. That included a big glass of fresh squeezed OJ. This is the zocalo.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cathedral on the Plaza. We parked around the corner and walked around town awhile. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The gardens at our campsite. This was a hacienda in former times. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In addition to the beautiful little chapel at the back of the grounds, they had a nice zoo. </div><br />
3/1/11 - Camped at Valladolid last night. Rode the DR into downtown today for lunch and site-seeing. Colonial City - very nice. Saw more tourists than the entire rest of our trip. <br />
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2/28/11 - Spent the night at the City Park (free camping, next to the water). <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ordered fish for lunch at the camping beach and got this Ceviche de Caracol (Conch) appetizer. Wow, that was good! The fish was a bunch and tasted fantastic. Total lunch with tres cervezas = 130 pesos. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6eWLPEq3_I7E-wYuBeSVCupfcplhRfB_3_upKwQ69KctLNOWjIdTviy5_wVGQ52lZrrni7mYi4w74qyNFmKlUxBm1Dj90y1z8MwoA7dHbSORHFnwFIlapZsWU2I-F3bT0jERKB6aTzfc/s1600/IMGP2683.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6eWLPEq3_I7E-wYuBeSVCupfcplhRfB_3_upKwQ69KctLNOWjIdTviy5_wVGQ52lZrrni7mYi4w74qyNFmKlUxBm1Dj90y1z8MwoA7dHbSORHFnwFIlapZsWU2I-F3bT0jERKB6aTzfc/s320/IMGP2683.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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2/27/11 - This is a great place. I'm on my PC in the MoHo using the WiFi from the restaurant next door. Signal is very good inside and high speed. Weak Sig. in MoHo but works fine for text. I'm drinking coffee and watching all the birds (not sure which is which - I thought they were Pelicans but ???. I'm at the waterfront and there are 20' fishing boats side by side in both directions. 70 Deg. at 7:30 AM and clear blue skies. We're moving to a beautiful city park about a mile away and on the water, after breakfast, and go kayaking from there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VlwEaRhb2oNCc-hF_riJ6asI3UR_MC95sBZNGUWAddXrjMX44uNtlkLrDZKn4FbUsU9M1zQBsffgXh2iXbB5ot75es7c86SdoYZgjdOUa2g9BNfHXCCUbd7BMWdk2lm_n93mH3Y2uLHx/s1600/IMGP2668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VlwEaRhb2oNCc-hF_riJ6asI3UR_MC95sBZNGUWAddXrjMX44uNtlkLrDZKn4FbUsU9M1zQBsffgXh2iXbB5ot75es7c86SdoYZgjdOUa2g9BNfHXCCUbd7BMWdk2lm_n93mH3Y2uLHx/s320/IMGP2668.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Our Mexican friend, Abram made a wonderful Cochina(like flounder) dinner and we ate in the MoHo. Later we party'ed with two Canadian couples that have houses here. There houses are beautiful. <br />
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2/25/11 - Drove 120 miles on "One Lane" coast roads to Rio Lagartos today. We're camped next to a restaurant at the water next to a lot of small fishing boats. Here are the Pics from the past few days.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">People ask, "What do you do every day? Isn't it boring?", and I say no. Practicing my drum, studying spanish, hiking, biking, MC riding, kayaking, internet, site-seeing, talking to people, and more take up lot's of time. I like it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> It's all about brakes on this trip. I should have looked the DR350 over a bit better before the trip. The rear brake pads are almost gone. I pulled them, traced the outline, and sent a Pic to Traci to buy some and bring them to Cancun along with the rear caliper pins for the MoHo. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">These are the Grandkids of the hotel owner. The older one rode this "horse" all afternoon. </div><br />
2/23/11 - Camped in Uxmal parking lot last night. Cooled from 90 Deg. to 78 by 10 PM. Walked thru the Archaelogical Site this morning. Here are five Pics. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I couldn't stop her. Sandie just had to show off her rock climbing skills on one of the high walls.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Mayans built around seven layers of structures on top of each other (over 500 years). They won't let you climb these stairs. Darn!</div><br />
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2/22/11 - Drove to Uxmal after lunch. I crawled under the MoHo and tried to lube the calipers again. I plan to remove the calipers and do the job right when I get the new retainer pins. Nice drive today/ great roads. Around 90 degress when we got here but it's 79 now and it feels great. <br />
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2/21/11 - Spent last night at the Nautico swim spa near Campeche. Enjoyed yet another great sunset. Rode the DR seven miles to Campeche today. Tomorrow we head for Uxmal.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Catherdral with lighthouse in "old town" Campeche.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Designated a World Heritage Site, the walled city of Campeche was started in 1686 and the wall took 18 years to build. We walked on top of the wall. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last nights sunset out by the pool. </div><br />
2/20/11 - We left Isla Aguada this morning and drove to Campeche. We're camped in a luxury swim club/ spa. Yesterday we took the kayak out under the bridge to the open sea (Gulf of Mexico) to watch the sunset. It was a little choppy out there but I don't think we were close to capsizing. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lot's of birds diving for fish. We hung out just outside the bridge waiting for the sunset. Saw some dolphins close to our boat on the way out.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rode my bike around town this morning and took a few Pics. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Only the best for my sweetie! Campeche swim resort! We'll stay here two nights before going to Uxmal. </div><br />
Feb. 19, 2011<br />
We rode our bicycles around Isla Aguada this morning. Mostly fishing seems to be the economy. Very quiet<br />
friendly village and nice. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We paddled five miles yesterday out to a bird sanctuary island. We saw dolphins near our boat along the way.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">At the island. Sandie loves paddling in three inches of water. I waded in to get a better Pic of the birds. The vulture looking birds were sitting with their wings out-stretched to warm up. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Looking out our window. He came down the tree by our door and headed out for a stroll. At least three feet long. Cool!</div><br />
Feb. 17, 2011<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We made it to Isla Aguada which is north of Ciudad Del Carmen. Campsite is great - next to the water and the beach is beautiful. Three campers. We have not seen any Americans since TX. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Went to the La Venta Olmec museum in Villa Hermosa and loved it. Rode the motorcycle from our campground to it. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Locked the bike to this lamp pole to visit the museum.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Our campground in Villa Hermosa include this swim complex. Our campsite was in their parking lot. They had full hookups. </div><br />
Valentines Day<br />
Here's a Vid of our camp in Tampico and a few Pics. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwVlv-W5RrapRDXrOdvhyklXZDeriRIqdihD0dwdCVvDiyncUD5AXnMR4To40R1M-lf4mIEliWKwYmwW6yCsw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-69371099479189258742010-11-17T12:30:00.000-08:002010-11-17T12:30:42.230-08:00Mel and Grand-daughter Jordyn in Peru and Bolivia - 2010<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lima, Peru - A very nice city! A month long trip to Peru and Bolivia! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Main plaza in Lima!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Plaza in Cuzco!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cuzco is a beautiful city. Very comfortable for walking around. 10,900'</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sacred Valley Tour - Inca ruins not far from Cuzco!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We loved this original Inca wall in our hotel.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We had lots of chances to shop.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lunch stop on the way to Ollantaytambo!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ollantaytambo!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The rock cutting/ fitting "boggles the mind".</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ollantaytambo - Fun taxi to our hotel!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">We could see the ruins from our hotel and it was only a one block walk to the Inca Rail train to Machu Pichu.</span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beautiful train ride to Aguas Calientes! A narrow canyon with high snow covered peaks above!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">Machu Pichu! Up, up, up on lots of switchbacks from Aguas Calientes! Jordyn and I climbed an Inca Trail to the peak in the background (Old Machu Pichu Peak). </span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Machu Pichu! It's on my "Top Ten Wonders of the World" list.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="left"><span style="font-size: small;">We hiked this Inca Trail to the "Inca Bridge". The rock work is impressive! Now closed at the bridge, the trail continues across the cliffs in the picture. </span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Inca Bridge!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We climbed around 1,500 feet to reach "Old Machu Pichu Peak".</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The train runs through the middle of Aguas Calientes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had to try the popular dish, Cuy (guinea pig). I can't say I'd recommend it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Uros "Floating Islands"!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lake Titicaca! We stayed in Puno by the lake at 12,500 feet elevation.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We walked a quarter mile to cross into Bolivia.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Immigration office!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cool! Dirt-bike at your desk!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bus on a ferry and we went on a "home-made" boat!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="left"><span style="font-size: small;">We took a bus to La Paz, Bolivia. We walked some cool streets to this fun restaurant. La Paz sits at 12,200 feet Elevation.</span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Staying at the "Milton Hotel" - $20 for two including breakfast!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">We grabbed a flight to Sucre, Bolivia where we had signed up for a week of "immersion" Spanish (four hours per day in class and staying with a local family. We spent ten days in this beautiful city. We walked and took local buses everywhere. $125 for one week in school and $12/ day for room with two meals - per person.</span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our "family"! - We loved staying with them.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Note the hole in the bus floor. Nice for checking engine status!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My teacher! Jordyn and I loved the teaching quality at our school.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Skeleton Band" - This was one cool show. I should have in on my YouTube videos soon.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="left"><span style="font-size: small;">We rented ATV's in the plaza in front of our school. I rode by myself but this "helper" got a free date with Jordyn.</span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">From Sucre we took a bus to Potosi (biggest silver mining area in the Americas). This was our favorite town of the trip. Silver mountain in background. We were breathing easy in Sucre at 9,200 feet but in Potosi at 13,500 feet we were feeling the altitude. </span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The bus ride to Uyuni was hours of vibrating "washboard" roads. Our rest stop included this restroom.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Uyuni - 12,200 feet! We came for the Southwest Circuit Tour. A three day trip across the world's biggest salt flats and much more. A surreal desert surrounded by 20,000 foot volcano's. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Train junkyard! Leftovers from a huge silver mine.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lot's of locals make their living doing this.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Salt Hotel" in San Juan - 13,900 feet! Made using blocks of salt!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Salt Hotel" - 13,900 feet!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="left"><span style="font-size: small;">Rough country! We went 500 miles over very bumpy terrain. A tribute to the toughness of the Toyota Land Cruiser.</span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Three species of flamingos!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Red Lagoon"!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Roughin' It" hotel!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Six in one room - no heat - 20 degrees outside - 13,900 feet - long night!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">Frozen radiator? No problemo! Put a Gas soaked burning rag behind the grille next to the radiator and light the cook stove under it.</span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We spent three fun days with two couples.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">These hot springs felt great.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">20,000 foot mountain!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our friends crossed into Chile here.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Warning! We saw another one of these with a sign on it - "Beware robbers".</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Main Plaza - La Paz, Bolivia - We flew out of La Paz to Lima, Peru and home.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bought this new hat while Jordyn and shopped for gifts.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">We booked a Mtn. Bike ride down Bolivia's "Death Road" ("The Most Dangerous Road in the World") but a strike by the Coca leaf growers had the road blocked. We then booked a trip to Tiwanaku (featured on History channel (mystery on how they were able to do the intricate rock cutting/ drilling). We had a fun day there.</span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a perspective on where Peru and Bolivia sit.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A street vendor used a cardboard box for a playpen.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">"A wonderful trip - Thanks Jordyn, for going with your Papa"</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-72354305248855467172010-06-10T18:51:00.000-07:002010-09-05T17:13:32.813-07:00Mel and Sandie Ride the V-Strom to Panama - 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Sandie and Mel enjoy the sunrise while loading the V-Strom.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After riding four days down the east coast of Mexico with a fun night in Veracruz, we crossed into Guatemala and quickly climbed to 10,000 feet. It was nice after the warm riding along the coasts. We went through Tapachula to get into Guatemala.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another beach in Panama! We stayed in rooms! Too hot to camp!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Traci was only seven months pregnant so she decided to spend a week with us in Panama City. We had a wonderful week together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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What's with the "Green Bike" Harry?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtbSYZOwpmpHIPp7N2yocpLtkmXMSI6du6Zqv_ZQ0QHFG8UP-ETeyXKTVLTCB-TPp53ISU01TnsLymYU_Xy41ksB8FAobZc9SAstGl2RdSpPNjuGhAEAuMS3c3RMhZsAvj5pF8U8OJtqK/s1600-h/IMGP7554.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388476081927178306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtbSYZOwpmpHIPp7N2yocpLtkmXMSI6du6Zqv_ZQ0QHFG8UP-ETeyXKTVLTCB-TPp53ISU01TnsLymYU_Xy41ksB8FAobZc9SAstGl2RdSpPNjuGhAEAuMS3c3RMhZsAvj5pF8U8OJtqK/s400/IMGP7554.JPG" /></a><br />On top of Cisneros (11K feet elevation) and sideways blowing snow. "What are we doing here?"<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_3rYfuNrFI9zYoliViWNdq7EjzeSaap5WD8tCeI-M0tmExqk79Jpwrk6wDvKwDIK4Iw7ro8aLKVMfF_v8A5Rk48mOam6G6Hb0dRkLd379U8uS8DofHhEfciHX91B7MxM56Vw7McknJzm/s1600-h/IMGP7555.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388476075226101282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_3rYfuNrFI9zYoliViWNdq7EjzeSaap5WD8tCeI-M0tmExqk79Jpwrk6wDvKwDIK4Iw7ro8aLKVMfF_v8A5Rk48mOam6G6Hb0dRkLd379U8uS8DofHhEfciHX91B7MxM56Vw7McknJzm/s400/IMGP7555.JPG" /></a><br />You can see the snow blowing in this Pic.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2rLTpA0xRBgt5iTNaMCxhTGPyya2Mo977kAC_FqZTP7K1O9pKnB3J3-0P9jAkDKCtFVsH8X5PTxnHh8_wEhj4D5x3mtA4mibNqH7YtJOw69yjE8P2bUFjr_KVlH3lmvkJ-28TRCnILKn/s1600-h/IMGP7557.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388475428791454658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2rLTpA0xRBgt5iTNaMCxhTGPyya2Mo977kAC_FqZTP7K1O9pKnB3J3-0P9jAkDKCtFVsH8X5PTxnHh8_wEhj4D5x3mtA4mibNqH7YtJOw69yjE8P2bUFjr_KVlH3lmvkJ-28TRCnILKn/s400/IMGP7557.JPG" /></a><br />Tom puts on gear!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgen5-S5u0J6lfY9AhV5C7v95v6ZZ31pK55irhIRG48dhoTGSLm6nJVxrzVRvl45hrchWnXeUc7CyN5o9Sc9L1YdVubY-FePwbhyUfm1mf1c87379HNnIMOa3o3oE4IPjMvaEXMZNzIz2eT/s1600-h/IMGP7559.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388475420204765874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgen5-S5u0J6lfY9AhV5C7v95v6ZZ31pK55irhIRG48dhoTGSLm6nJVxrzVRvl45hrchWnXeUc7CyN5o9Sc9L1YdVubY-FePwbhyUfm1mf1c87379HNnIMOa3o3oE4IPjMvaEXMZNzIz2eT/s400/IMGP7559.JPG" /></a><br />Break on Pole Creek Trl.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6VlrjP01XY7nCJ7YOMTk6OIZeI9dJ2s7h0RFEUwS8PLKcijuu0qdxErO21_UcQkTjufMjLjUKVCQm7Bvo2V03WUvUBwM3Tb-SqxKJJogKjNpowh1RwOV8GxaxSZEucRIaafLKhpm_Pb8/s1600-h/IMGP7560.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388475412959483858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6VlrjP01XY7nCJ7YOMTk6OIZeI9dJ2s7h0RFEUwS8PLKcijuu0qdxErO21_UcQkTjufMjLjUKVCQm7Bvo2V03WUvUBwM3Tb-SqxKJJogKjNpowh1RwOV8GxaxSZEucRIaafLKhpm_Pb8/s400/IMGP7560.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtdE4gl4pTJit8KOrM7KPL1npVEPx33K3qipPman-nwGZZDbK3QnzE795XGoV6qZpgDEW34dhGQe4tHmZ03OjXaCL7HzC61S0pl13gCY4Cd5jB3wuc8MRdGKgJG0hJaAApv2kSdJ2K5l4/s1600-h/IMGP7562.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388475406835680946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtdE4gl4pTJit8KOrM7KPL1npVEPx33K3qipPman-nwGZZDbK3QnzE795XGoV6qZpgDEW34dhGQe4tHmZ03OjXaCL7HzC61S0pl13gCY4Cd5jB3wuc8MRdGKgJG0hJaAApv2kSdJ2K5l4/s400/IMGP7562.JPG" /></a><br />Lunch break!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4GpQ_2NPU_Fn5Hs42yR4yukhELdly56wXevsO27-7_Xrm3ipCd6xmKiA5vetPIbLEXdfdVXRe_a7D2kdEVpskfEYYDG4phWgbnx57ahTvcaHfoQpSMmDDZzFHRwjbPjh2EPv5KFgxmrWB/s1600-h/IMGP7563.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388475397032543618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4GpQ_2NPU_Fn5Hs42yR4yukhELdly56wXevsO27-7_Xrm3ipCd6xmKiA5vetPIbLEXdfdVXRe_a7D2kdEVpskfEYYDG4phWgbnx57ahTvcaHfoQpSMmDDZzFHRwjbPjh2EPv5KFgxmrWB/s400/IMGP7563.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3us3Wg1FlLAETV5NMWR5CiyS0r0qAw-0SZLgoqr3xW55PvTGqTF7T6AGz1HPV53rBqNjRTW7iXhnyX7ebqrfw8MQtw-H0w2kbCn8fWouWC27mFtwDV9BC5xgQPg4u_mkLwtlhOXfaRtu/s1600-h/IMGP7564.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388474794203199714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3us3Wg1FlLAETV5NMWR5CiyS0r0qAw-0SZLgoqr3xW55PvTGqTF7T6AGz1HPV53rBqNjRTW7iXhnyX7ebqrfw8MQtw-H0w2kbCn8fWouWC27mFtwDV9BC5xgQPg4u_mkLwtlhOXfaRtu/s400/IMGP7564.JPG" /></a><br />Bryan, just getting up after sliding into a tree!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vN0xe6lpXWWBMZrWuQuL_ym_R8i2-8bx-kqqwHE4_HyLIegyjrhotM2MmZm8Ypcp3-9FXH-M2jXkXie5VItHwY4yLaFpk-E2X7JR5Z6j5se-7EqXNnBGKCipWSptj9t5HnGbXRzd9o4y/s1600-h/IMGP7570.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388474784152124178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vN0xe6lpXWWBMZrWuQuL_ym_R8i2-8bx-kqqwHE4_HyLIegyjrhotM2MmZm8Ypcp3-9FXH-M2jXkXie5VItHwY4yLaFpk-E2X7JR5Z6j5se-7EqXNnBGKCipWSptj9t5HnGbXRzd9o4y/s400/IMGP7570.JPG" /></a><br />B.C. and Aaron!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62tzqp9z17Bk28YNlr8QPh9JwQeEvSP7KA-4uZBFJWQaYtGSEFnmmsQPcVESVJAz5brVRBKDqUjxzCavKEC_RofZYN9LvuobJiRxQDYnYwbWAfN_1oER0KVSXRRqX0D_UjeV7zp_MovZ9/s1600-h/IMGP7572.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388474777298185490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62tzqp9z17Bk28YNlr8QPh9JwQeEvSP7KA-4uZBFJWQaYtGSEFnmmsQPcVESVJAz5brVRBKDqUjxzCavKEC_RofZYN9LvuobJiRxQDYnYwbWAfN_1oER0KVSXRRqX0D_UjeV7zp_MovZ9/s400/IMGP7572.JPG" /></a><br />Nice camp!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-mjpW9HeBXXV97s-S9rC2_uwr_28sIZ_bvylWDYsSRP1uC8NJpumH_QxcfFnJhNShgBFIQxEhhSLS4hy8DLsQKFv6HPl-1m4X7fvM6tVoZqFvl8kE0Xq0bThEo_Ape0XwwaCbeqGPcKW/s1600-h/IMGP7573.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388474770528074338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-mjpW9HeBXXV97s-S9rC2_uwr_28sIZ_bvylWDYsSRP1uC8NJpumH_QxcfFnJhNShgBFIQxEhhSLS4hy8DLsQKFv6HPl-1m4X7fvM6tVoZqFvl8kE0Xq0bThEo_Ape0XwwaCbeqGPcKW/s400/IMGP7573.JPG" /></a><br />Old engines!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2OGdgc2Z-tQKlqGcl5YpbhKjjjna7oIsIJWdzPeVCrsG4AKLkJ3N5w3rYMNyIqboE61nFyKiaI1YXVQ1Xd4IkLKP7Sn7EVphEyn3L4fTmBkB11YL154EX46autR-ecNHAinYX2JjG80T/s1600-h/IMGP7576.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388474763128759490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2OGdgc2Z-tQKlqGcl5YpbhKjjjna7oIsIJWdzPeVCrsG4AKLkJ3N5w3rYMNyIqboE61nFyKiaI1YXVQ1Xd4IkLKP7Sn7EVphEyn3L4fTmBkB11YL154EX46autR-ecNHAinYX2JjG80T/s400/IMGP7576.JPG" /></a><br />Second day ride! The hard stuff is behind!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWb47d8yYVmqbyqpNLYBmCeZ_7dlcs0z5WR_RAFScAlPeNH1qNacX68nIbm4DFQbm9nzQAZnE8bHB7JC2R1ZwAz4keOjGKqGCawX7AXlN36L4VzOfnSWV6F5byIIktmoFryHGL2wRZrvaZ/s1600-h/IMGP7585.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388474147717166146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWb47d8yYVmqbyqpNLYBmCeZ_7dlcs0z5WR_RAFScAlPeNH1qNacX68nIbm4DFQbm9nzQAZnE8bHB7JC2R1ZwAz4keOjGKqGCawX7AXlN36L4VzOfnSWV6F5byIIktmoFryHGL2wRZrvaZ/s400/IMGP7585.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiptgyzlQgoijI3aygNPmKO0R6oQcqP2VayWbguFQrzW8z-9VN729Bm9G3M-NT7US33JPtZSmeXmFVfkqP1-KExOQSilx-aX2Bja_xkdwbpUm_7RGtmb1kJAWCJc0MyX-joVoqNMncVHdB/s1600-h/IMGP7587.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388474139908658914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiptgyzlQgoijI3aygNPmKO0R6oQcqP2VayWbguFQrzW8z-9VN729Bm9G3M-NT7US33JPtZSmeXmFVfkqP1-KExOQSilx-aX2Bja_xkdwbpUm_7RGtmb1kJAWCJc0MyX-joVoqNMncVHdB/s400/IMGP7587.JPG" /></a><br />Silver Circle and Oak Ridge trails!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6I_yldxZ7-yvviapfMIQ8-b6YlJvwNRLL_S-MfzlJFgVo_psADOAq0Kq2lT1PHffSWdecHXaVMiPPkduhcBAgfDU4_-TdfO3oolyHHowEZgxIYOtPanIDxiskuGekvG3mNkcZrwPOnjhd/s1600-h/IMGP7593.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388474135150636850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6I_yldxZ7-yvviapfMIQ8-b6YlJvwNRLL_S-MfzlJFgVo_psADOAq0Kq2lT1PHffSWdecHXaVMiPPkduhcBAgfDU4_-TdfO3oolyHHowEZgxIYOtPanIDxiskuGekvG3mNkcZrwPOnjhd/s400/IMGP7593.JPG" /></a><br />High above Beulah lunch stop!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRLjtSBR3DpmKc00Spur8WxltWNa-rlBPFYyEYXEOCHYiQ-khlUnr5Sp3Nr_zotC-ObFeOg6OlNQbDUhJWbunXBPpSBenNQbJbWOEcXlhyphenhyphena73ahX8SE6j0Swn-DSHrASl5Zjn5a3PifVG/s1600-h/IMGP7594.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388474128050221986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRLjtSBR3DpmKc00Spur8WxltWNa-rlBPFYyEYXEOCHYiQ-khlUnr5Sp3Nr_zotC-ObFeOg6OlNQbDUhJWbunXBPpSBenNQbJbWOEcXlhyphenhyphena73ahX8SE6j0Swn-DSHrASl5Zjn5a3PifVG/s400/IMGP7594.JPG" /></a><br />"Hero Boy" - Roman!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62gaPXHSJCA2E27tZEp54nIXgN6y-YfTQZr30uCj2PVKupfrZ1L1H99e4Q1rtffFRs6zNBoXBNmttkPgVCvXiwDTtO3h4xewFC6vFkwgA5Vpw8dUgMhO698cHUg0fbn6gbaSg7pWDDn61/s1600-h/IMGP7597.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388474118982182994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62gaPXHSJCA2E27tZEp54nIXgN6y-YfTQZr30uCj2PVKupfrZ1L1H99e4Q1rtffFRs6zNBoXBNmttkPgVCvXiwDTtO3h4xewFC6vFkwgA5Vpw8dUgMhO698cHUg0fbn6gbaSg7pWDDn61/s400/IMGP7597.JPG" /></a><br />Ed ("Jr.") voted to keep going past the gate based on how the tough the trail was that we'd just come down, but we turned around here.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-g7TmuECtdpLhOHEoRVONJZ-96rTD8dcmMb19WTCENgQC1iGWOwP6QE8DDEDIhhjwVRwpgxgfDzbRG_RpcNCHakj9bSv8Nf1QwE52rKFZ03tehUAtnbkzyayhE7AjRR7Y6sV4IDsPg3C4/s1600-h/IMGP7598.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388473546617125346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-g7TmuECtdpLhOHEoRVONJZ-96rTD8dcmMb19WTCENgQC1iGWOwP6QE8DDEDIhhjwVRwpgxgfDzbRG_RpcNCHakj9bSv8Nf1QwE52rKFZ03tehUAtnbkzyayhE7AjRR7Y6sV4IDsPg3C4/s400/IMGP7598.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32GhlII8O2U_ItGQ2pXxB6CNuSYd0HWZYmBvg3SWh5zuy96dLFwUdQSboKVJUKAKF7Nlmn1-w6o1L7ARHWmor_B3zrlZlU44YLRJ14MJjtDYwNVq3ouzoEvJqoIedOFsC0UYMyQ_l7sMW/s1600-h/IMGP7600.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388473545552884338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32GhlII8O2U_ItGQ2pXxB6CNuSYd0HWZYmBvg3SWh5zuy96dLFwUdQSboKVJUKAKF7Nlmn1-w6o1L7ARHWmor_B3zrlZlU44YLRJ14MJjtDYwNVq3ouzoEvJqoIedOFsC0UYMyQ_l7sMW/s400/IMGP7600.JPG" /></a><br />B.C. and his new 7MM. It kicks!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGJnfZD-lDcyc3z01f_MV_e7i9fy459wAw3-qk4-vC5Ss5NzQHkg9mMNOJZm6RqYBKWn8A_SVufehHkdo1he95tn5gYKEwhZf5yDqoUZsLk_-_0E4a6FNPhy6sPh0Kw20p-mWUQoLKLbm/s1600-h/IMGP7602.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388473535171325970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGJnfZD-lDcyc3z01f_MV_e7i9fy459wAw3-qk4-vC5Ss5NzQHkg9mMNOJZm6RqYBKWn8A_SVufehHkdo1he95tn5gYKEwhZf5yDqoUZsLk_-_0E4a6FNPhy6sPh0Kw20p-mWUQoLKLbm/s400/IMGP7602.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLySqRNgVkKcKDFVSmZy5Hp4BsIuneZtjMgFnqePJNNU12LzzidktAuZkxIJ_Sy7IIgnlMxL5w3kRbZpq3riokl5zkeTrfv18hrhgM_4ikd4Muu9MhgkmDP4U45gjuIWw4Fodjm6Uk1KR/s1600-h/IMGP7603.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388473526152480498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLySqRNgVkKcKDFVSmZy5Hp4BsIuneZtjMgFnqePJNNU12LzzidktAuZkxIJ_Sy7IIgnlMxL5w3kRbZpq3riokl5zkeTrfv18hrhgM_4ikd4Muu9MhgkmDP4U45gjuIWw4Fodjm6Uk1KR/s400/IMGP7603.JPG" /></a><br />We laid out some firepower!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUffrpNHh6ILTBQyW-P6Y_LeK2zt5EJr0-pBrH_QDpYiJSeXVowxD4566QCwCsbhxMYuHpBjuxEBlxCVkT9h5CtYsN2sh0BUIU352Uedh3VcJXazanDe_Sk8gCJKlj3caq4l9CNWhxSIb/s1600-h/IMGP7606.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388473517880102690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUffrpNHh6ILTBQyW-P6Y_LeK2zt5EJr0-pBrH_QDpYiJSeXVowxD4566QCwCsbhxMYuHpBjuxEBlxCVkT9h5CtYsN2sh0BUIU352Uedh3VcJXazanDe_Sk8gCJKlj3caq4l9CNWhxSIb/s400/IMGP7606.JPG" /></a><br />Steve and Harry!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lR_rs1I96ngfDvRtfrDDihj2l01JhOZ7qiSZgN1eOBl4jmyIFoA66LQdVrYR8zNIbNZTyDHrGDRwUIgccCP9L6DZg45rB8HKTJrSumPAgvQ0sXd1B2pHC-JyrXUaOiEJ-XjgXgkd0MGe/s1600-h/IMGP7607.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388472833319330882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lR_rs1I96ngfDvRtfrDDihj2l01JhOZ7qiSZgN1eOBl4jmyIFoA66LQdVrYR8zNIbNZTyDHrGDRwUIgccCP9L6DZg45rB8HKTJrSumPAgvQ0sXd1B2pHC-JyrXUaOiEJ-XjgXgkd0MGe/s400/IMGP7607.JPG" /></a><br />Mel, Steve V. and Aaron tackle St. Charles Trail!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9WNpUk13RcHWOBhjphYjJ62Ue6IoNuoDfQwMQ-ry5ijhmZM0BZ207Ga5yzbjPhbSf61xWzjUr6ADNDEMT_ICtXk0hD6eqdPxb9yxSsq4-kRzisYV3Gmx1cvoZaHN8sipYLxXthMt9PPk/s1600-h/IMGP7612.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388472828988063538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9WNpUk13RcHWOBhjphYjJ62Ue6IoNuoDfQwMQ-ry5ijhmZM0BZ207Ga5yzbjPhbSf61xWzjUr6ADNDEMT_ICtXk0hD6eqdPxb9yxSsq4-kRzisYV3Gmx1cvoZaHN8sipYLxXthMt9PPk/s400/IMGP7612.JPG" /></a><br />Pikes Peak from on top of St. Chas. peak!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgA_QsHDWjklkRa62A3F0NGZzM6xSucixO4KLkE7phvEjNOn7rcMEWOOGovqLPlCsPbOU4ic5AIyw5dXM7C4QnQMEybdIc7TPZgfBQHYrNZyfj0rTwst1O_ADZTxQm5FJrkEfePoOs1Gv/s1600-h/IMGP7615.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388472824076479218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgA_QsHDWjklkRa62A3F0NGZzM6xSucixO4KLkE7phvEjNOn7rcMEWOOGovqLPlCsPbOU4ic5AIyw5dXM7C4QnQMEybdIc7TPZgfBQHYrNZyfj0rTwst1O_ADZTxQm5FJrkEfePoOs1Gv/s400/IMGP7615.JPG" /></a><br />Aaron on snack break!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66v_fNPlL2wKc0mqdojFCKJGrTLuWYDqvY59N-ack8qREi2m0gZ6T6jwwDWxiR4LAfm3alZ5S1Lh5oYj0I5WZfQm1sbzJ2BKybowE-wOxIddQqi9lcJcfZgeawmMr2o1r6VPTjmyYPaYe/s1600-h/DSC00470.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388472814295510066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66v_fNPlL2wKc0mqdojFCKJGrTLuWYDqvY59N-ack8qREi2m0gZ6T6jwwDWxiR4LAfm3alZ5S1Lh5oYj0I5WZfQm1sbzJ2BKybowE-wOxIddQqi9lcJcfZgeawmMr2o1r6VPTjmyYPaYe/s400/DSC00470.JPG" /></a><br />Mel almost to the Cisneros! Steve V. photo<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWhQ3tw9l7K2UAnAOply7rLeeRu6dShQ7sFfVZupDUNZK_4RX8Y9nrVPyffs9dneyaYRGM6FtOlvFha-snKEDoVlbU6Fp-sSgsGZNJRW4e1qTqddRlJFlhbrWt_5t_F9fx7R8-S_Phbdm/s1600-h/IMGP7617.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388471742071031682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWhQ3tw9l7K2UAnAOply7rLeeRu6dShQ7sFfVZupDUNZK_4RX8Y9nrVPyffs9dneyaYRGM6FtOlvFha-snKEDoVlbU6Fp-sSgsGZNJRW4e1qTqddRlJFlhbrWt_5t_F9fx7R8-S_Phbdm/s400/IMGP7617.JPG" /></a><br />Aaron starts on a flat repair! A beautiful lunch spot!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyHgFgAed9OHOvxCnInKMeiOHM6XpCaDti7KRyMlE1VCtj15EIa5tTPr2aVUGUpBqUm0XwMXsDTvAH2yxQ0Gz1AhZBUIUeyoRug27ykfvWPC253oIF_YJipaPv5de7tjtNUp7DJgwzylJ/s1600-h/IMGP7618.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388471735556196338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyHgFgAed9OHOvxCnInKMeiOHM6XpCaDti7KRyMlE1VCtj15EIa5tTPr2aVUGUpBqUm0XwMXsDTvAH2yxQ0Gz1AhZBUIUeyoRug27ykfvWPC253oIF_YJipaPv5de7tjtNUp7DJgwzylJ/s400/IMGP7618.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ruRgXWw4Kbnq_noYa1Tu8hD1aGx28Pqr0rwVz8EbopmlnZi1z79O6SsXMTpBON0ZI2UOsYiWmY43AdNputNbTESIGPXrZLHXZTokjhKHJsJn-6T4ota9l8tSgoGc59g8lPcM-iaqEvj2/s1600-h/IMGP7620.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388471733108776466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ruRgXWw4Kbnq_noYa1Tu8hD1aGx28Pqr0rwVz8EbopmlnZi1z79O6SsXMTpBON0ZI2UOsYiWmY43AdNputNbTESIGPXrZLHXZTokjhKHJsJn-6T4ota9l8tSgoGc59g8lPcM-iaqEvj2/s400/IMGP7620.JPG" /></a><br />Lake San Isabel with Aspens turning!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-91S0nDCuO12EoEJJs84VEE7c-_6wmmxbuusNp72PDZPgmWj9n6vmJzWldN7EfzcPkjXU8QmQgXbVsx4BMhLR-4Qtk8YlCDIVDU3qI37bfcO55BRoGiglwqRI-Iibg9qQgNHtlQT7Q17/s1600-h/IMGP7622.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388471723430285858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-91S0nDCuO12EoEJJs84VEE7c-_6wmmxbuusNp72PDZPgmWj9n6vmJzWldN7EfzcPkjXU8QmQgXbVsx4BMhLR-4Qtk8YlCDIVDU3qI37bfcO55BRoGiglwqRI-Iibg9qQgNHtlQT7Q17/s400/IMGP7622.JPG" /></a><br />After riding St. Charles, Aaron still has energy for firewood cutting!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFNchyphenhyphennMqmEjIZH0h3ztP1epKrFAsWki35Xb9Fu5CPOUWJu5jdJlWs3arZK-a6Yo6Fb7BwEgV890KvjZuEs1hjVp7hbP6cpLJCx0v-twDIagC6F-ecxQ8rKyv3EWscFFDb7uDYcZEh2Ey/s1600-h/IMGP7624.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388471714900341474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFNchyphenhyphennMqmEjIZH0h3ztP1epKrFAsWki35Xb9Fu5CPOUWJu5jdJlWs3arZK-a6Yo6Fb7BwEgV890KvjZuEs1hjVp7hbP6cpLJCx0v-twDIagC6F-ecxQ8rKyv3EWscFFDb7uDYcZEh2Ey/s400/IMGP7624.JPG" /></a><br />Steve L. Terri, and Mel hike to the St. Charles river below Joi's cabin!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXYWbUoltE47DZyvP_vD8YWdXb1CqMSK5JQja7rc-InRMIZ5sZGYX5LGGxivk9nvulshqTBneSUvgw66SgQON575MBEmEUms8fQkLFezLDxDy6iOm9LyKnZL8CI0ykG9tNGkC8RJCax6W/s1600-h/IMGP7625.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388158014937190402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXYWbUoltE47DZyvP_vD8YWdXb1CqMSK5JQja7rc-InRMIZ5sZGYX5LGGxivk9nvulshqTBneSUvgw66SgQON575MBEmEUms8fQkLFezLDxDy6iOm9LyKnZL8CI0ykG9tNGkC8RJCax6W/s400/IMGP7625.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih50Q23_tRG5OCYEjpiRa77eWp8uxjlt3NcdPh_UZVOqeTYT98m6jOGWY_WvBpU9iP8E9NdIpdaAYN3cEMY_4Q3rwxdLFEtCV0K-l6wFZr3-ktJQx1lt7Q2MDIfjbztMGrAz0mQ0wTGuFk/s1600-h/IMGP7626.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388158003777698466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih50Q23_tRG5OCYEjpiRa77eWp8uxjlt3NcdPh_UZVOqeTYT98m6jOGWY_WvBpU9iP8E9NdIpdaAYN3cEMY_4Q3rwxdLFEtCV0K-l6wFZr3-ktJQx1lt7Q2MDIfjbztMGrAz0mQ0wTGuFk/s400/IMGP7626.JPG" /></a><br />This part of trail has a "nice" drop-off on the left!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCO87vGouw7046Ox8lSXX-DXtYmuoUuJrpmNEFFZiXu8j9mNslXZAihe4PR41NmA61TDtspMyg1pnu3Q-n2zKN3VNNh3trQo_X9AvU9m_hwbD4UoOTWU73ja_c794rDueZPrvAX3Kz9N3/s1600-h/IMGP7627.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388157998640578322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCO87vGouw7046Ox8lSXX-DXtYmuoUuJrpmNEFFZiXu8j9mNslXZAihe4PR41NmA61TDtspMyg1pnu3Q-n2zKN3VNNh3trQo_X9AvU9m_hwbD4UoOTWU73ja_c794rDueZPrvAX3Kz9N3/s400/IMGP7627.JPG" /></a><br />A beautiful day at the river!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BbhRr9nFEQA3NeBlAwhuwAbY8RU7sBonEErz6dAMNuecVLWeqE4Mh9Qh3oLhZYoBLZFW6BRL7vpAXtMTtTuBe8qI-YSsOdaE5iCZUonrjZHeJBWSiTuPI90OcJ6zEX87TwMRldDLo2-S/s1600-h/IMGP7631.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388157989917282578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BbhRr9nFEQA3NeBlAwhuwAbY8RU7sBonEErz6dAMNuecVLWeqE4Mh9Qh3oLhZYoBLZFW6BRL7vpAXtMTtTuBe8qI-YSsOdaE5iCZUonrjZHeJBWSiTuPI90OcJ6zEX87TwMRldDLo2-S/s400/IMGP7631.JPG" /></a><br />The Greenhorn Mountains from Bryan's cabin!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabpBC_-hJo_S5UPvRjwoClES5FziYBuNGJPV98KVir4FX3M7gzDjbvScokmB13dTWTKHP-mlPOgrBosDPxBBlkLki4LEH1cwJC3lx_agV2-Xf8bk2UBsvfBjIm-A6xF5PTKYsV-L_V9e1/s1600-h/IMGP7632.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388157983945464498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabpBC_-hJo_S5UPvRjwoClES5FziYBuNGJPV98KVir4FX3M7gzDjbvScokmB13dTWTKHP-mlPOgrBosDPxBBlkLki4LEH1cwJC3lx_agV2-Xf8bk2UBsvfBjIm-A6xF5PTKYsV-L_V9e1/s400/IMGP7632.JPG" /></a><br />Bryan's composting outhouse! Very comfortable inside!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYrdXl1Y_upxfA3iCpEO6_8YGTvccGaqe0i7nex6jTKqsnQTw-RKABxt8pMbqGbh7y3dgMDM-4vau-hrJuzMHYYSoMwofIJ0_1wxcOQDWxuz9dIF5eXy9DXvzvNWhun_yTvTFMo1q7IJi/s1600-h/IMGP7633.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388157437358866322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYrdXl1Y_upxfA3iCpEO6_8YGTvccGaqe0i7nex6jTKqsnQTw-RKABxt8pMbqGbh7y3dgMDM-4vau-hrJuzMHYYSoMwofIJ0_1wxcOQDWxuz9dIF5eXy9DXvzvNWhun_yTvTFMo1q7IJi/s400/IMGP7633.JPG" /></a><br />Tom's well drilling crew, ready for work!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QrzYdti1Ppo8a_p_JIWPF4SmEaoGa0m1kg2Y49BC9rsjR7D5aT6WnP7vnXaSEORYvcoC5QqiCwa2gv8QFSrUl4CetnjUAFOhGK0xszVVcy0Zf715y8KXpFfd_adEY-Pud1DOuelkV1eP/s1600-h/IMGP7640.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388157424023492050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QrzYdti1Ppo8a_p_JIWPF4SmEaoGa0m1kg2Y49BC9rsjR7D5aT6WnP7vnXaSEORYvcoC5QqiCwa2gv8QFSrUl4CetnjUAFOhGK0xszVVcy0Zf715y8KXpFfd_adEY-Pud1DOuelkV1eP/s400/IMGP7640.JPG" /></a><br />Within about 30 minutes, these guys were set-up and drilling! It's loud and dusty!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkwTPAwVr3mYe0z-9DJgUdgjr-tWVVkiZd2A4_LdfwmI3jgKoBDjTezZToXWTUmnaNR2Cld_2y2fL1-ooGP0LgSRTx7H-T6TJnxYbSfsX6CoAO_vuB5cUUAQseav6-BoXqucTQ4LmjpQs/s1600-h/IMGP7643.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388157421277612898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkwTPAwVr3mYe0z-9DJgUdgjr-tWVVkiZd2A4_LdfwmI3jgKoBDjTezZToXWTUmnaNR2Cld_2y2fL1-ooGP0LgSRTx7H-T6TJnxYbSfsX6CoAO_vuB5cUUAQseav6-BoXqucTQ4LmjpQs/s400/IMGP7643.JPG" /></a><br />After the first 40 feet, they attach this "blow-out" pipe to get the dust away from them!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_MyVfp2LIzCDtJDEzuGH-TghodXj-fKZ_hcxq2Singhfwr3uSyILqaFtuqwN2SfYzkaQQMHWuv2uJEzYnQp8hZo8Y-b_FBW3rhMmLX0Ul8N-3oR6tdgW-ETL7LREaSobOo0qVmmnmIqx/s1600-h/IMGP7646.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388157407394002898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_MyVfp2LIzCDtJDEzuGH-TghodXj-fKZ_hcxq2Singhfwr3uSyILqaFtuqwN2SfYzkaQQMHWuv2uJEzYnQp8hZo8Y-b_FBW3rhMmLX0Ul8N-3oR6tdgW-ETL7LREaSobOo0qVmmnmIqx/s400/IMGP7646.JPG" /></a><br />Everyone seemed to enjoy the good times and we can't wait for next years ride.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghdlm_VAS6uB6TE19vPmVFEffDaJ3hSRWlKrt5aWRJWf0v-E8xxKg-fWF4w3JuDYkaLs-o63FnoUg3s8b4hU5VtrNOu62rm2aRcY0mTn5bYA6RMicZdIIL2NG6RVO1mqdLqadRywF3AiKa/s1600-h/IMGP7650.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388157398527878786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghdlm_VAS6uB6TE19vPmVFEffDaJ3hSRWlKrt5aWRJWf0v-E8xxKg-fWF4w3JuDYkaLs-o63FnoUg3s8b4hU5VtrNOu62rm2aRcY0mTn5bYA6RMicZdIIL2NG6RVO1mqdLqadRywF3AiKa/s400/IMGP7650.JPG" /></a><br />While not part of the Beulah ride, the day after I got home, Tom and I rode to Mexico for lunch. At least it was authentic enough to be in Mexico.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-59726697280982758392009-09-20T10:41:00.000-07:002009-09-21T09:47:05.851-07:00Discovery Coast Passage - Circle Route<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsa_fTV4uv4ib_44Ugh3moVz9DqJsgji8dT712BYUUm4bHTL7umUfZtTPw59HM4_OoJY9bfEW3rRmpirDkCW0SLr4gCaXxifEyM4TTMzWgdTWbUEakgTfL8bLgzcE11EhOWpob-1zTXpAW/s1600-h/IMGP7200.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383610707806263234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsa_fTV4uv4ib_44Ugh3moVz9DqJsgji8dT712BYUUm4bHTL7umUfZtTPw59HM4_OoJY9bfEW3rRmpirDkCW0SLr4gCaXxifEyM4TTMzWgdTWbUEakgTfL8bLgzcE11EhOWpob-1zTXpAW/s400/IMGP7200.JPG" /></a><br />First camp on the way to Anacortes. Walmart, of course!<br /><br />A couple of years ago, our friend Helen proposed a trip to Bella Coola on motorcycles. Soon after she read some British Columbia tourist brochures that talked about a 18% "hill" leaving Bella Coola on dirt and climbing to almost 5,000 feet. She dropped out but I was "hooked". We just finished the trip with my brother Doyle, from Texas and my wife Sandie. Doyle trailered his bike to our house, we loaded our V-Strom and we were off. We left our RV in Anacortes and loaded the bikes on a ferry for Sidney on Vancouver Island. Here's a Pic of Friday Harbor on San Juan Island.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tTXiHmflWCHsuswdva8blqQHq6KvCN-vxtWFFSYVYMBDcEM9V5T7S-NJzrd6Fpku5QbN10XVoXr1xNaGopYoy_OABpN0HziWoDSBlvMEWXr9oFs9a-qnWKeVByl_BQTO-OJeeS3LvfiC/s1600-h/IMGP7210.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383610698756669250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tTXiHmflWCHsuswdva8blqQHq6KvCN-vxtWFFSYVYMBDcEM9V5T7S-NJzrd6Fpku5QbN10XVoXr1xNaGopYoy_OABpN0HziWoDSBlvMEWXr9oFs9a-qnWKeVByl_BQTO-OJeeS3LvfiC/s400/IMGP7210.JPG" /></a><br /><br />After the ferry trip from Anacortes, WA to Sidney, Vancouver Island, we rode about an hour to<br />Chemainus where they are noted for their large murals on many buildings around town. We stayed in this quaint hotel. Lot's of suffering - no WiFi!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpFAPT195Ku9OoV7bmBvkiYkSajlsaTYpZsCGUM4HLlnJNTeThyphenhyphenSHjBm-Mz4Ikx9uHzvSn0N52DxYmlppJeFRNGiSV9pEc23UwRtzBTPvwaQy2eVpMEpSWniNerE2a5IArJmJnPE9sZdh/s1600-h/IMGP7217.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383610689426204786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpFAPT195Ku9OoV7bmBvkiYkSajlsaTYpZsCGUM4HLlnJNTeThyphenhyphenSHjBm-Mz4Ikx9uHzvSn0N52DxYmlppJeFRNGiSV9pEc23UwRtzBTPvwaQy2eVpMEpSWniNerE2a5IArJmJnPE9sZdh/s400/IMGP7217.JPG" /></a><br /><br />This mural of the first sawmill (1862) was in the city park.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghr7v27kJCyOKBVutUS0cfM3IllIMhBFwrP0ZvHJYuspIfWaXTJs0p-Nr8ZlQ-UKuagD9e7UHm2G4r3UrjeGwz0QL25HpzNqizkx0oNjfYGbWmh4m-HBIrzyvxdV-0FjM-T7jTHbWnv1Tf/s1600-h/IMGP7221.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383610288879733218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghr7v27kJCyOKBVutUS0cfM3IllIMhBFwrP0ZvHJYuspIfWaXTJs0p-Nr8ZlQ-UKuagD9e7UHm2G4r3UrjeGwz0QL25HpzNqizkx0oNjfYGbWmh4m-HBIrzyvxdV-0FjM-T7jTHbWnv1Tf/s400/IMGP7221.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We took a sidetrip to the west side of Vancouver Island and had Fish and Chips in Ucluelet.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTq2JP9tuEHWcq8Vpuf8TNIW2Cf-J46S37BP8jInGMgT97N9xMjDGLB2iG7qQRL3nRWg9kQqAdPR1irVfaUhEXPejvQJXjVtIXhT3Yj0f3W5h8JUGafGOWctSJg3xuAEgxDGStyjWCMEMu/s1600-h/IMGP7232.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383610282282790098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTq2JP9tuEHWcq8Vpuf8TNIW2Cf-J46S37BP8jInGMgT97N9xMjDGLB2iG7qQRL3nRWg9kQqAdPR1irVfaUhEXPejvQJXjVtIXhT3Yj0f3W5h8JUGafGOWctSJg3xuAEgxDGStyjWCMEMu/s400/IMGP7232.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Sandie and I rode across the island to Gold River while Doyle took a break.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IDKhtGjCHN0K8uen4co_sWjB04_ue-qFz5pYuZU5FOJjrgorAYDuFcr7jRadObCb81kyp1qwdADSgnKS0SU1TSbRxFwxNqYO2fnr_DJmN3hFluUtZlrQcbSx4s5ZJYRIqg1dYZX1XIqw/s1600-h/IMGP7237.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383610269744608626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IDKhtGjCHN0K8uen4co_sWjB04_ue-qFz5pYuZU5FOJjrgorAYDuFcr7jRadObCb81kyp1qwdADSgnKS0SU1TSbRxFwxNqYO2fnr_DJmN3hFluUtZlrQcbSx4s5ZJYRIqg1dYZX1XIqw/s400/IMGP7237.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Here's Telegraph Cove, a fishing village with houses on stilts around the harbor.<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCK9apklrWaNHKneUtLfANBp_aRV8lqO99AZb-SmCaYHdL3fn77_0Fg26-LVgI74bSl2ivwJ4ot-YyC9zCp9Jz-EDD2t2nKwQGlkvGjF2GIxA3ecug5jnACXuw5-WcA8tsLVbeIcc1vGu/s1600-h/IMGP7247.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383610259381923954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCK9apklrWaNHKneUtLfANBp_aRV8lqO99AZb-SmCaYHdL3fn77_0Fg26-LVgI74bSl2ivwJ4ot-YyC9zCp9Jz-EDD2t2nKwQGlkvGjF2GIxA3ecug5jnACXuw5-WcA8tsLVbeIcc1vGu/s400/IMGP7247.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The whale museum was very good.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQktjI5XgqoRM_j3MaAfNrykQKPwZfXK3GcoTHsMvUuSt6TYOj_yrB9PF9pm8Nb21xd92yrzLYf9tC4wEyRXuxdzjnOFXyHUXmWg1tHsjdJd-RfUErlftZCtbyKQfdEF7yR60UrZYv_0IH/s1600-h/IMGP7253.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383610247684473122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQktjI5XgqoRM_j3MaAfNrykQKPwZfXK3GcoTHsMvUuSt6TYOj_yrB9PF9pm8Nb21xd92yrzLYf9tC4wEyRXuxdzjnOFXyHUXmWg1tHsjdJd-RfUErlftZCtbyKQfdEF7yR60UrZYv_0IH/s400/IMGP7253.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Doyle and Sandie, ready for our whale watching cruise. The boat had twin 625 HP Volvo's and we went 55 miles to find the Orcas. Lunch on the boat was great. Mackay Whale Watching is the way to go in Port McNeil.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWzYXGVa3umzvcCdtsUNfq0Na6iBmF_xd9LXMTiAdJYllWqIDyAo-1zlHuchhCwqk6oUIo-hZrcro403QEO4I1sA4753KEna4lLhSm3IIVfBBTbm0wPrpZl5cp0Y0FI71lw_BmVGDjbt3/s1600-h/IMGP7264.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383609787725360946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWzYXGVa3umzvcCdtsUNfq0Na6iBmF_xd9LXMTiAdJYllWqIDyAo-1zlHuchhCwqk6oUIo-hZrcro403QEO4I1sA4753KEna4lLhSm3IIVfBBTbm0wPrpZl5cp0Y0FI71lw_BmVGDjbt3/s400/IMGP7264.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We saw Sea Lions, Humpbacks, and Orcas but we all thought the 100's of Pacific White Sided dolphins pacing us, was the highlight of the day.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMU0nIH9MLiKpKA3ahZpwAVh03RonErS6oS7r7FX-w5n1Sq0UqVH3D7iA-jUcDeIEPhDMmljrCwhI0uWbR_p0apzWHDjMDwR0LLUhTFvN8aQXhlvcvJrdtJUIdp3vWt4nVpJfffps03fY/s1600-h/IMGP7296.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383609776759083298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMU0nIH9MLiKpKA3ahZpwAVh03RonErS6oS7r7FX-w5n1Sq0UqVH3D7iA-jUcDeIEPhDMmljrCwhI0uWbR_p0apzWHDjMDwR0LLUhTFvN8aQXhlvcvJrdtJUIdp3vWt4nVpJfffps03fY/s400/IMGP7296.JPG" /></a><br /><br />One of the Orcas we saw.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVhglMz0yBE3iUKW69qlM27uGwvOd82dL1aoLtreBIswUBhUzTVoiaLxLqpGIDXs9zJDmk-YMFrvodJx7Pa38D7aOnGxfpKK_J9krhFjF9kH6vG_N_HAu01TKGHI43FP6N3dNpbH9kofd/s1600-h/IMGP7303.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383609770985233906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVhglMz0yBE3iUKW69qlM27uGwvOd82dL1aoLtreBIswUBhUzTVoiaLxLqpGIDXs9zJDmk-YMFrvodJx7Pa38D7aOnGxfpKK_J9krhFjF9kH6vG_N_HAu01TKGHI43FP6N3dNpbH9kofd/s400/IMGP7303.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We left Port Hardy for Bella Coola on the Queen of Chilliwack and it was "Sold Out". Most of the passengers were "First Nation" people who had been on vacation. The aisles were full of air mattresses and blankets. I set my tent up on the deck and camped for two nights as we visited Bella Bella, Shearwater, Ocean Falls, and Klemtu on our way to Bella Coola.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QuM1aB30RQMfhZhfzVy3JmJTK4roIf_AKyu-esc1m4wZl4C_O4AziqsessX9RXkVtJLkUcbunMOm9wi-0Kuxi1Y8xm1ggE0OgZ3sK9vXiZOgdNp5ZTJyikNNOTC3X-eqIJLxBTdC1Ywd/s1600-h/IMGP7330.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383609758764119106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QuM1aB30RQMfhZhfzVy3JmJTK4roIf_AKyu-esc1m4wZl4C_O4AziqsessX9RXkVtJLkUcbunMOm9wi-0Kuxi1Y8xm1ggE0OgZ3sK9vXiZOgdNp5ZTJyikNNOTC3X-eqIJLxBTdC1Ywd/s400/IMGP7330.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Bella Bella!<br /><div><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383609756071356514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88pVxieA5F1nIH0y2jzcyoqgs6iiI2WsmrtpxcmoO7i27fCZPQUzh05BkFuISFRP63RArwuSe1_dzWw9Vs8p2YdNU7a-t6ppG0SblNcmnuBvmkFQOrNSSVo3FTYFQ0L9KmbhAC9Qh0-kJ/s400/IMGP7334.JPG" /> </div><div> </div><div>Shearwater!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-XSeNQVva0vba_JIbrtFheMSPoqotbmsr8V8xsUthzCOn2iWUiV4N8JlhBwWcRPkINAPSZW1PEoNmxAIQtgVtY6mwnvjIK82m0bchMkRLN7hnoiv1N7nz0ft2Zejas3n3cSqNvaB3n1z/s1600-h/IMGP7335.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383609093351453794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-XSeNQVva0vba_JIbrtFheMSPoqotbmsr8V8xsUthzCOn2iWUiV4N8JlhBwWcRPkINAPSZW1PEoNmxAIQtgVtY6mwnvjIK82m0bchMkRLN7hnoiv1N7nz0ft2Zejas3n3cSqNvaB3n1z/s400/IMGP7335.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The passages/ straits were beautiful.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3C6eFqNqHE4cBHFV_1X9epsgUJmpiaAiuVirEdSniRM7ShS79iMU8YoXa1dCz92GgFLjxx4du0fhCRnwlFPOo_CCdtA21jYd7wqv2iCGzJenmcj6tvQuCSgZTQf6bDHydsD02cufBVle/s1600-h/IMGP7337.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383609087333900546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3C6eFqNqHE4cBHFV_1X9epsgUJmpiaAiuVirEdSniRM7ShS79iMU8YoXa1dCz92GgFLjxx4du0fhCRnwlFPOo_CCdtA21jYd7wqv2iCGzJenmcj6tvQuCSgZTQf6bDHydsD02cufBVle/s400/IMGP7337.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The Chilliwack at Klemtu where we spent three hours on shore.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4pJe2f6AyycTqgkmp7ys0gnY2Evzt0nrI6MTK7JJdUrv6jRymAiQjLmlU6Mr1YcgAcjBnNP8Vld1wCnmCpYdUgRXnO25sq1eBVHukf4r5R2261pN3APtkf8jM2DTtJIOI6dLJMQto7ok/s1600-h/IMGP7348.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383609082424012514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4pJe2f6AyycTqgkmp7ys0gnY2Evzt0nrI6MTK7JJdUrv6jRymAiQjLmlU6Mr1YcgAcjBnNP8Vld1wCnmCpYdUgRXnO25sq1eBVHukf4r5R2261pN3APtkf8jM2DTtJIOI6dLJMQto7ok/s400/IMGP7348.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We arrived at Bella Coola at 6 AM and enjoyed this sunrise on our way in.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1_xhyphenhyphenAw8OptEhbK-YGZ4d_i2iX9RQUGpLGO6ft86c3vj5gqV35dyZx1hAXXYF8QSNsU1g9CqmqYaCTaK1sg4YRM_lzRr6lb4wD23ypieCH8bqYJ82MZ-JbPeOmWR9_XEfPxjg41KRrNW/s1600-h/IMGP7356.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383609072169347218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1_xhyphenhyphenAw8OptEhbK-YGZ4d_i2iX9RQUGpLGO6ft86c3vj5gqV35dyZx1hAXXYF8QSNsU1g9CqmqYaCTaK1sg4YRM_lzRr6lb4wD23ypieCH8bqYJ82MZ-JbPeOmWR9_XEfPxjg41KRrNW/s400/IMGP7356.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Bella Coola!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9cMGFMu_ewpI6S35Fdq2SvYJPzjS5pjcNHZ3ZJn_J3lh_KqOzQx9YpI1CTnIwv6AYZHGPWTy0iHqJ6WNUHn06Ycc1H-Waw1R7M7-Mqdb5gM4cCUK08za8oPtwNCrYdom89JP-aR_ecCt/s1600-h/IMGP7358.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383609062396768066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9cMGFMu_ewpI6S35Fdq2SvYJPzjS5pjcNHZ3ZJn_J3lh_KqOzQx9YpI1CTnIwv6AYZHGPWTy0iHqJ6WNUHn06Ycc1H-Waw1R7M7-Mqdb5gM4cCUK08za8oPtwNCrYdom89JP-aR_ecCt/s400/IMGP7358.JPG" /></a><br /><br />While we were eating breakfast we garnered some local Info that led us to some cool rock carvings. They could be 1,000 or more years old?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHjPc5hVK8hhse6LwZZ3NEnzK8QSIeJ8fBn4gJi_xYuf6RiDo8vhSikKuYlysCZzs_glaQjzkW4TomWzIo4mox4iWuu04shYouA3hPrK4PyOAm08hZBtOU-2AahhA85L3WuG-V7REGZD_/s1600-h/IMGP7369.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383608454394794690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHjPc5hVK8hhse6LwZZ3NEnzK8QSIeJ8fBn4gJi_xYuf6RiDo8vhSikKuYlysCZzs_glaQjzkW4TomWzIo4mox4iWuu04shYouA3hPrK4PyOAm08hZBtOU-2AahhA85L3WuG-V7REGZD_/s400/IMGP7369.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div>Waterfalls along the Bella Coola valley.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-I15E3SD5Js1tTTf2WvCoCwOHh3Ox2-hmC0N1_f6tPaKfrX-5L7uAEdFbv9Vf2IOLu90UgSlW_lBY3bjFJ1HnAn1h3atHk_N7JoHC8Ut92aBpTV4_yA5WVAouw3cJmwSThOVVNhSXALXn/s1600-h/IMGP7374.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383608447152671570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-I15E3SD5Js1tTTf2WvCoCwOHh3Ox2-hmC0N1_f6tPaKfrX-5L7uAEdFbv9Vf2IOLu90UgSlW_lBY3bjFJ1HnAn1h3atHk_N7JoHC8Ut92aBpTV4_yA5WVAouw3cJmwSThOVVNhSXALXn/s400/IMGP7374.JPG" /></a> </div><div><br />This is the top of the famous "Hill" out of Bella Coola. The brochures advertise 18% grades but I only saw signs for 14%. It was forty miles of well graded dirt and was quite easy on the motorcycles.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fcmPnqqSaiummKH5GYWfuQL8hjYKhsOnfyoNktdflbDQpLdw7MHHd1Itaakc4wuBo_XaVm4mVCwkV8LQr8ueTJ18FqFtVjadU7dg2H-cdkSOVbjOtFShZTu9vhXkyQltQ_w9OWPWApQZ/s1600-h/IMGP7375.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383608441997945346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fcmPnqqSaiummKH5GYWfuQL8hjYKhsOnfyoNktdflbDQpLdw7MHHd1Itaakc4wuBo_XaVm4mVCwkV8LQr8ueTJ18FqFtVjadU7dg2H-cdkSOVbjOtFShZTu9vhXkyQltQ_w9OWPWApQZ/s400/IMGP7375.JPG" /></a><br /><br />From Bella Coola, we rode to Williams Lake and then on to Whistler. We saw some awesome glacier views along the way.</div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdikadwbzjg4nCOF2eiLXpURCk3BcsTgcxgMMCbjm83HtBjE7vijQl3MiBsQ4-BaKawvRJHWwSGeIkj0r4cbMr4WKcFeT7Ud5msaY4BYIPUnYpiECz_pJRNJKJVk8qNodZSbPo094L07EJ/s1600-h/IMGP7377.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383608431886347986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdikadwbzjg4nCOF2eiLXpURCk3BcsTgcxgMMCbjm83HtBjE7vijQl3MiBsQ4-BaKawvRJHWwSGeIkj0r4cbMr4WKcFeT7Ud5msaY4BYIPUnYpiECz_pJRNJKJVk8qNodZSbPo094L07EJ/s400/IMGP7377.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We found a really nice hotel in Whistler Village and decided to ride the lifts to check out the World Record setting Peak2Peak gondola they put in last year. It spans 1.8 miles and runs 1,400 feet above the valley floor.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaJ2innNG5uVSzcEzWSQgltZSp75sEU3w5ynG7HOB3Vs9uToKTzNXPeibGQBNdalpcW597UacHhYkXtZNNlKMZkWE0Z_A5yC6RmBduNUfjYaKwxmb8G8H96irpuxFeL0XRvhliXrA2xDD/s1600-h/IMGP7398.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383608429391077074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaJ2innNG5uVSzcEzWSQgltZSp75sEU3w5ynG7HOB3Vs9uToKTzNXPeibGQBNdalpcW597UacHhYkXtZNNlKMZkWE0Z_A5yC6RmBduNUfjYaKwxmb8G8H96irpuxFeL0XRvhliXrA2xDD/s400/IMGP7398.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div>It's up there!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF1wY2tBK-favC9ynnaCQacayKG66tC9ap-2cVpINKIB12H78rzcd29I5F5A4hw7VlW29Rpxu3XV7GHzGm-YsWuuH-nyNShnuzjr4tKQCeqO1PDh2W0inBo1dKeeiowjibWdEb3NK7Jju/s1600-h/IMGP7412.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383607829891860370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF1wY2tBK-favC9ynnaCQacayKG66tC9ap-2cVpINKIB12H78rzcd29I5F5A4hw7VlW29Rpxu3XV7GHzGm-YsWuuH-nyNShnuzjr4tKQCeqO1PDh2W0inBo1dKeeiowjibWdEb3NK7Jju/s400/IMGP7412.JPG" /></a><br /><br />More glaciers on the way to Vancouver.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaaRuzpTYIT2wx-I-PwK3Vp2zuhrnpRjm5pp9n1Mf10jYv-V0nV79jvC-jaloZG97ElSBrPQuSkVKXt3kO6zO2V4vGgNfxKKIoxzbAj9Zv7yH1NQEw8lisfOdm3pmB7nUQDKDBf_OXxg3S/s1600-h/IMGP7441.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383607822789409186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaaRuzpTYIT2wx-I-PwK3Vp2zuhrnpRjm5pp9n1Mf10jYv-V0nV79jvC-jaloZG97ElSBrPQuSkVKXt3kO6zO2V4vGgNfxKKIoxzbAj9Zv7yH1NQEw8lisfOdm3pmB7nUQDKDBf_OXxg3S/s400/IMGP7441.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I read about Harrison Hot Springs in the BC tourist brochure and it wasn't too far from Vancouver. We had great views from our room and five pools heated by the hot springs. Great!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZV7LK_bJiBC-czTgtsnEAdaIsiRyCQkNtXCf7IODniNLg67ubWNTf4pon_NzgoAES6sObE4lrSA5gJVxLS3IvncjNnQHg6k3_Vx-h-QOf5MItj76-tn9d9_Mh7danEy1YWIwr3BPEOkqF/s1600-h/IMGP7450.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383607820213306946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZV7LK_bJiBC-czTgtsnEAdaIsiRyCQkNtXCf7IODniNLg67ubWNTf4pon_NzgoAES6sObE4lrSA5gJVxLS3IvncjNnQHg6k3_Vx-h-QOf5MItj76-tn9d9_Mh7danEy1YWIwr3BPEOkqF/s400/IMGP7450.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We re-grouped at our MoHo (in a boat storage lot in Anacortes), then took the ferry to Lopez Island to spend a couple of nights with our friends John and Tina. We enjoyed the super hospitality and the riding around the island.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUf5Iz-yoySSrGoOC0p7TU4qRhVNMiq7Pl8kk3NuJqqYXzyHhGzlIDzeHWW9Q16EVEOk9ZCCC5PJQdADEKyKV2s_hoZQAWVaOuRxDHC5KiZlbhtxuzszy_RqljoxTpixToOr8kS-Cli_z/s1600-h/IMGP7487.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383607810014040738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUf5Iz-yoySSrGoOC0p7TU4qRhVNMiq7Pl8kk3NuJqqYXzyHhGzlIDzeHWW9Q16EVEOk9ZCCC5PJQdADEKyKV2s_hoZQAWVaOuRxDHC5KiZlbhtxuzszy_RqljoxTpixToOr8kS-Cli_z/s400/IMGP7487.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Here's the view from John's deck.</div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_GQMm_fZF-EUIzOuGisFRYci1EeEfnqXB2sqbBDP9ghI9Kptsx2Ui0C_4pqRe3gjgHvwPP5fehyphenhyphenswjj3ozrf7ThRoOPX0jMK5iEIBs5b2X7E0TjnK6escUAHT0AWPeNC1m5rnTTp6Vf_F/s1600-h/IMGP7497.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383607799045025170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_GQMm_fZF-EUIzOuGisFRYci1EeEfnqXB2sqbBDP9ghI9Kptsx2Ui0C_4pqRe3gjgHvwPP5fehyphenhyphenswjj3ozrf7ThRoOPX0jMK5iEIBs5b2X7E0TjnK6escUAHT0AWPeNC1m5rnTTp6Vf_F/s400/IMGP7497.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div> </div><div>Twelve days and 1,800 miles on the motorcycles. The ferry mileage must have been around 300. A great trip!</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-74361529686024288372009-08-26T19:52:00.000-07:002009-08-27T08:33:54.629-07:00Colorado Challenge 2009 - Rico, Colorado<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgY42RHL8Y-YtObxdK0YMSUdMcluw9pc2bZuDIqfpD32yBIVik_hioWNAxdvASaZBaqp8zmy1oR-YQJBY27UbzI-maJa3mWB90lsYe1_lrWaN_OeNwuEkFC2DdJ8OW8oM35W6syMRm2y3q/s1600-h/IMGP7026.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374480317471868434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgY42RHL8Y-YtObxdK0YMSUdMcluw9pc2bZuDIqfpD32yBIVik_hioWNAxdvASaZBaqp8zmy1oR-YQJBY27UbzI-maJa3mWB90lsYe1_lrWaN_OeNwuEkFC2DdJ8OW8oM35W6syMRm2y3q/s400/IMGP7026.JPG" /></a> Monarch Pass on my way to Rico to ride <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">dirt bikes</span> for a week.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHbEqs0qxYXXiaKOYz0CqC420Qd3q33FYDsCzTFwozQCI6t1J4nQ9Hfi8N70HXXU-oPnk0l6tbt5l6VnoLYUbtwKpocS7_CapgPTBUY7yy7-3IVXoBHAFhakoajBGeTUYewmjOAhk-QFZ/s1600-h/IMGP7027.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374480306957931570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHbEqs0qxYXXiaKOYz0CqC420Qd3q33FYDsCzTFwozQCI6t1J4nQ9Hfi8N70HXXU-oPnk0l6tbt5l6VnoLYUbtwKpocS7_CapgPTBUY7yy7-3IVXoBHAFhakoajBGeTUYewmjOAhk-QFZ/s400/IMGP7027.JPG" /></a> Cliffs along the Blue Mesa reservoir.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7PyWlV2z0TIaUyx9BtvgsmIsHHs-tqA-mHEJ_obQ_k3xdy1HcYAXGZewktu1Ff7jZ31F4FEN3e5QqWgaiWDlFqWUzYRpXD7xxwUyrQaUYbwo2-aoGn74WEfXR9UitD2KStbY12H_P4AV/s1600-h/IMGP7030.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374480050589484114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7PyWlV2z0TIaUyx9BtvgsmIsHHs-tqA-mHEJ_obQ_k3xdy1HcYAXGZewktu1Ff7jZ31F4FEN3e5QqWgaiWDlFqWUzYRpXD7xxwUyrQaUYbwo2-aoGn74WEfXR9UitD2KStbY12H_P4AV/s400/IMGP7030.JPG" /></a> A long look at Mt. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sneffles</span> (one of Colorado's 54 14'<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">ers</span> that I climbed. View from Dallas Divide.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhz3GAyo45-o3AkeY15h-nC0UPAoZ5ZhuAUv2OB2VHAbR3wQDkJRMkbK-c5wJW3y-0BaxQq6p19VW4Kwlvd3BO4W2-YFtkflQKcjwDBKbyEt_63O7sm36g_hyphenhyphenyMERVGvUsHRHgW19cSAAY/s1600-h/IMGP7037.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374480043504573090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhz3GAyo45-o3AkeY15h-nC0UPAoZ5ZhuAUv2OB2VHAbR3wQDkJRMkbK-c5wJW3y-0BaxQq6p19VW4Kwlvd3BO4W2-YFtkflQKcjwDBKbyEt_63O7sm36g_hyphenhyphenyMERVGvUsHRHgW19cSAAY/s400/IMGP7037.JPG" /></a> View from Lizard Head Pass.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXCHkZV0_3JQQyIqpE_-ApgVx9z3pMZVSzh2dQrhHrszMrcrJwRjsQY2DUoaVlMeNdLujZ5V_D3fxnYtgiCV1y33XqoOOcnpTky4d6bGwe4WO1s0bcW4iSPA0rGWQkjbwvv72C-3NdSww/s1600-h/IMGP7038.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374480032834097666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXCHkZV0_3JQQyIqpE_-ApgVx9z3pMZVSzh2dQrhHrszMrcrJwRjsQY2DUoaVlMeNdLujZ5V_D3fxnYtgiCV1y33XqoOOcnpTky4d6bGwe4WO1s0bcW4iSPA0rGWQkjbwvv72C-3NdSww/s400/IMGP7038.JPG" /></a> Lizard Head Pass.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYXWQfTlu5_WGFYqqSb2bhURqGqATGTez8Lt7YwMy_1P8oylsUmEyyRo7I9YY5SqXAM98JIfslrhBfMGmiBzyNVBMV7O9YbXhQaZEQ07Nr941MzH7BNt3f0Kjdxf9ebQTdNVtKXLfFAwwR/s1600-h/IMGP7046.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374480024691895570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYXWQfTlu5_WGFYqqSb2bhURqGqATGTez8Lt7YwMy_1P8oylsUmEyyRo7I9YY5SqXAM98JIfslrhBfMGmiBzyNVBMV7O9YbXhQaZEQ07Nr941MzH7BNt3f0Kjdxf9ebQTdNVtKXLfFAwwR/s400/IMGP7046.JPG" /></a> First riding day with Bill Bunt on Calico Trail.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkNZsvDzl1RF9OknHgpmx5V2dE68I8iQ5Y0N320KKE2dVEzAKYJ-atrv8UmnUAZXJ1z-kspl-fxrVOyGSdVZeF9Pk2iatLRChuO3lnyDn2C_qgz7Awl7BPPK9hXTd4Mg-gMiBpSJt9LBD/s1600-h/IMGP7047.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374480016937889234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkNZsvDzl1RF9OknHgpmx5V2dE68I8iQ5Y0N320KKE2dVEzAKYJ-atrv8UmnUAZXJ1z-kspl-fxrVOyGSdVZeF9Pk2iatLRChuO3lnyDn2C_qgz7Awl7BPPK9hXTd4Mg-gMiBpSJt9LBD/s400/IMGP7047.JPG" /></a> Lot's of the trails around Rico are "spooky/ scary". Lot's of chances to "mess up" and fall down the mountain. This is part of the Calico Trail. It's very narrow and runs across this very steep side-hill.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ2c2HAOclZ4ihYr_oqjjVcS6e8-hn7BOc9yccm4gBPced2s_lyuceeuO6DkhNxFAAMYgfg2r2maKJ4vKEKj49RYq-LPbY7FDsE2yXIHPbvP-97qOzYN2ZuP5G7Pw6hxGWdUqBULUotEP/s1600-h/IMGP7050.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374479381515886578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ2c2HAOclZ4ihYr_oqjjVcS6e8-hn7BOc9yccm4gBPced2s_lyuceeuO6DkhNxFAAMYgfg2r2maKJ4vKEKj49RYq-LPbY7FDsE2yXIHPbvP-97qOzYN2ZuP5G7Pw6hxGWdUqBULUotEP/s400/IMGP7050.JPG" /></a> Bill making it <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">up</span> from a big climb.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNgP6FtWAaUKg9WsKaI1h5kX75CwwW5sWqMF5GuPUrCdiawePybt18D-z6U9D6vhaFlo_1IKa1QGZoQFV4muWYOAXepmhhYBni5Art6x_KqVM6qxzFwklWEXQuZEHPGtF6ddg13WHg2cF/s1600-h/IMGP7053.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374479374114293810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNgP6FtWAaUKg9WsKaI1h5kX75CwwW5sWqMF5GuPUrCdiawePybt18D-z6U9D6vhaFlo_1IKa1QGZoQFV4muWYOAXepmhhYBni5Art6x_KqVM6qxzFwklWEXQuZEHPGtF6ddg13WHg2cF/s400/IMGP7053.JPG" /></a> Bill Bunt. </div><div></div><div>The trail from two Pics back runs across the face of the mountain in the background.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdim5UNvO9wMn7IYvc_COBXo2s0GWbMmGV5XTQYOBKxd4JkCXoV4iRP9o114YghkDTMFUIp41BIjlf33K7uoifgoGsVoOibCo08jMcYJvU1MW-aDsXHWZzNPma2sLl2jq1F3jWhC62NCE6/s1600-h/IMGP7057.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374479365140227138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdim5UNvO9wMn7IYvc_COBXo2s0GWbMmGV5XTQYOBKxd4JkCXoV4iRP9o114YghkDTMFUIp41BIjlf33K7uoifgoGsVoOibCo08jMcYJvU1MW-aDsXHWZzNPma2sLl2jq1F3jWhC62NCE6/s400/IMGP7057.JPG" /></a> View from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Stoner</span> Mesa Trail.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhlU51n4vxygpuNpreyysx8MoeFHiyteiytWi5ABWhM9ZdGQPIlM_qHcOIPMGtmQ20m27f0fat1-M4W90NQkQ2zTV2YCpilMo4ptRLtsIjG7pv5H5Ejh-xcsS-mhfQPW8nR-XHZ2V6wyJ/s1600-h/IMGP7061.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374479342980922306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhlU51n4vxygpuNpreyysx8MoeFHiyteiytWi5ABWhM9ZdGQPIlM_qHcOIPMGtmQ20m27f0fat1-M4W90NQkQ2zTV2YCpilMo4ptRLtsIjG7pv5H5Ejh-xcsS-mhfQPW8nR-XHZ2V6wyJ/s400/IMGP7061.JPG" /></a><br />Creek crossing on East Fork Trail. Tougher than it looks.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13cXXEhjG4ZY1BsMu1e7dd8dVL_7a29XEDE0xuEmla6E8v9f1yIo59xPtHJGMq4hEZ5JEcMl0yWJMWU8-4s6C6zmXWdn5gok9qWPzfShy8PrNjRbRYiGC0SWCKBQNXan9c_gvurKQRuQR/s1600-h/IMGP7063.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374478746760234578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13cXXEhjG4ZY1BsMu1e7dd8dVL_7a29XEDE0xuEmla6E8v9f1yIo59xPtHJGMq4hEZ5JEcMl0yWJMWU8-4s6C6zmXWdn5gok9qWPzfShy8PrNjRbRYiGC0SWCKBQNXan9c_gvurKQRuQR/s400/IMGP7063.JPG" /></a> Great viewpoint on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bolam</span> Pass. Lizard Head Peak on the right.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJZV-f7vco2VDuwXp-1CjnDhMmHsaffJu46acwV-bRGhKjv8b0XQ9SxAp68GCViWe6WgW8UWSMt2AOHI5ucyQe07mGHB2I7kg-j4desqmnzJDldd4NDa9SLjCRljSO5KtZqiWoSr493Eu/s1600-h/IMGP7066.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374478737639286018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJZV-f7vco2VDuwXp-1CjnDhMmHsaffJu46acwV-bRGhKjv8b0XQ9SxAp68GCViWe6WgW8UWSMt2AOHI5ucyQe07mGHB2I7kg-j4desqmnzJDldd4NDa9SLjCRljSO5KtZqiWoSr493Eu/s400/IMGP7066.JPG" /></a> We rode this on a "Dual Sport" riding day.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhSLb9nHuhKRmVoq0PU3orNyBxNs1d292IsHxsON3XFxZCDKCgmLGJdYxZsaKQawqJTunSIO5npUpdS57gngXHayptrqRVct8z5h05zdUlNFhyg9KN9AvxSVKQXFtgT0CK5yhV1YQpLx7/s1600-h/IMGP7074.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374478729181851730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhSLb9nHuhKRmVoq0PU3orNyBxNs1d292IsHxsON3XFxZCDKCgmLGJdYxZsaKQawqJTunSIO5npUpdS57gngXHayptrqRVct8z5h05zdUlNFhyg9KN9AvxSVKQXFtgT0CK5yhV1YQpLx7/s400/IMGP7074.JPG" /></a> We had fun riding about 15 miles on the Continental Divide.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymmhWjOi5Q8pTrccTYbibwaLjCSQdra3ffclRSA_qcsHNLksFX0eKyCe74RzqXyK_Qj1BvwHj6ovHfZ2QK7XKQXyXEaDYdf5OLeUXNAG6KhoqwgrLZAfl-eNkH10kriG0v8dLbaDCH2GH/s1600-h/IMGP7077.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374478716989448818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymmhWjOi5Q8pTrccTYbibwaLjCSQdra3ffclRSA_qcsHNLksFX0eKyCe74RzqXyK_Qj1BvwHj6ovHfZ2QK7XKQXyXEaDYdf5OLeUXNAG6KhoqwgrLZAfl-eNkH10kriG0v8dLbaDCH2GH/s400/IMGP7077.JPG" /></a> Mel, Ed, Harry, and Don take a break at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Graysill</span> Mine (vanadium and uranium).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMnCw_M5ZqWsahWmup8U8uwn6PMIS1HgpSKwnEIZBkErJhdRyzE9vvixHjwYD2D2DRAbPIpeTYmrIGZPRznBECb68iipUNwebaAhJCHymkslnO0oleMjk21x0sYIEpOpD1ZvL-MdhcDs8/s1600-h/IMGP7089.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374477533970012258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMnCw_M5ZqWsahWmup8U8uwn6PMIS1HgpSKwnEIZBkErJhdRyzE9vvixHjwYD2D2DRAbPIpeTYmrIGZPRznBECb68iipUNwebaAhJCHymkslnO0oleMjk21x0sYIEpOpD1ZvL-MdhcDs8/s400/IMGP7089.JPG" /></a><br />Tough spot on Calico Trail.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-opWwFsrxpCQ6s_B8KPnfbdR1fN5K15f7UytKkuFnnkWOPfH7rVFRd3zqsU_SVKY6-G01mc3kkeQvrImjmLFm3yVpmZbi5YNB_DwQh8zVLVN_4cQTLhtcVpksEfzzd9htSRFLKihM59I/s1600-h/IMGP7095.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374477525224568850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-opWwFsrxpCQ6s_B8KPnfbdR1fN5K15f7UytKkuFnnkWOPfH7rVFRd3zqsU_SVKY6-G01mc3kkeQvrImjmLFm3yVpmZbi5YNB_DwQh8zVLVN_4cQTLhtcVpksEfzzd9htSRFLKihM59I/s400/IMGP7095.JPG" /></a> Calico Trail<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaLLjF6hYrfmoVIS5j_MtARigfwcKF_DfCD5WNUsuwPowGNQcyB9LXajJZVC8uKmGTBInIN4aU_t6gWn9MEarl0sDRkxru6GRJXn7ZY32skebK9qcjCqUn6c_rbvKRsbUP1MGMn9SVlCn/s1600-h/IMGP7097.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374477513362691714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaLLjF6hYrfmoVIS5j_MtARigfwcKF_DfCD5WNUsuwPowGNQcyB9LXajJZVC8uKmGTBInIN4aU_t6gWn9MEarl0sDRkxru6GRJXn7ZY32skebK9qcjCqUn6c_rbvKRsbUP1MGMn9SVlCn/s400/IMGP7097.JPG" /></a><br />Rocky downhill.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzNEPyvw2DF2njJxKfPDBS4tg1x8lHqSyJAe7ibmW2OocblcgYc09aU3GReD0FLOGZiQOH48bEYQPYjdgYBn8ZzbEI95UoTJ0znoxZgJdAwAxwiiVf7-VVLBLsC3Ld3IKFwhRqGtLVAUd/s1600-h/IMGP7098.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374477503055717730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzNEPyvw2DF2njJxKfPDBS4tg1x8lHqSyJAe7ibmW2OocblcgYc09aU3GReD0FLOGZiQOH48bEYQPYjdgYBn8ZzbEI95UoTJ0znoxZgJdAwAxwiiVf7-VVLBLsC3Ld3IKFwhRqGtLVAUd/s400/IMGP7098.JPG" /></a><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Drop-off</span> on both sides.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUvW0q8SnKXKQ5igKd1vUX5sx_oHBUguuilLoRsqstQJ_OOlOBsjgvShapCUJJyVI8PlMbOW1x2G_MyMBNUrCPWRaYewFONcV4MmkGamHQzbtXmp1YbZphPXKx1s7lVm09_7YysZ7Rwwk/s1600-h/IMGP7104.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374476901438347506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUvW0q8SnKXKQ5igKd1vUX5sx_oHBUguuilLoRsqstQJ_OOlOBsjgvShapCUJJyVI8PlMbOW1x2G_MyMBNUrCPWRaYewFONcV4MmkGamHQzbtXmp1YbZphPXKx1s7lVm09_7YysZ7Rwwk/s400/IMGP7104.JPG" /></a><br />Ed, Tom, and Bryan on Calico <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Trl</span>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhaViEnZDAwVVkOoqn5_JAXjC2KLAQk4KW4beSc4SbS3bYb0UKU3VIpRM2T7vvT693U8GjQ8ioW6EOSD6YsQZuO1JKRJmdHBYfQRRbJ6hrE4m1J0XkYhTUmm0udGNPLqwwStPup2P173h/s1600-h/IMGP7107.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374476890123946418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhaViEnZDAwVVkOoqn5_JAXjC2KLAQk4KW4beSc4SbS3bYb0UKU3VIpRM2T7vvT693U8GjQ8ioW6EOSD6YsQZuO1JKRJmdHBYfQRRbJ6hrE4m1J0XkYhTUmm0udGNPLqwwStPup2P173h/s400/IMGP7107.JPG" /></a><br />Bryan on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Stoner</span> Mesa.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlz7FYv57tJJB-k9mi_afXP8HkzvCFr82JuD8FvASnTaCorbN942EuWLGo13dQP9PbCqafGC42mfjcQuv5t9THa9gepX69Nye-VPhvIdxrQJZ6TcyObEuS7jviUCPfo-osnjIS1IwTJ8n/s1600-h/IMGP7113.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374476876416076546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlz7FYv57tJJB-k9mi_afXP8HkzvCFr82JuD8FvASnTaCorbN942EuWLGo13dQP9PbCqafGC42mfjcQuv5t9THa9gepX69Nye-VPhvIdxrQJZ6TcyObEuS7jviUCPfo-osnjIS1IwTJ8n/s400/IMGP7113.JPG" /></a><br />We met up with a couple of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">dirtbikers</span> at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Stoner</span> Mesa intersection.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NM5wpDH754hC8hEUS4RBWh-WgCYB9A2i39EUCBPuToy6Z1KOWMw70YPKGUq_BMkZ_K5Hb8b4-5GUTxsfBeEMCY_aMYgoupKemutosZigERrUq5v8TC4ZdhlfDJy2t-izxevg-joEUccF/s1600-h/IMGP7118.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374476866903806338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NM5wpDH754hC8hEUS4RBWh-WgCYB9A2i39EUCBPuToy6Z1KOWMw70YPKGUq_BMkZ_K5Hb8b4-5GUTxsfBeEMCY_aMYgoupKemutosZigERrUq5v8TC4ZdhlfDJy2t-izxevg-joEUccF/s400/IMGP7118.JPG" /></a><br />Above treeline (12,000 feet) fun.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebI0OgUcYdoc8WCvVDwy_HeirAvtx46qZ0ipA6r2xkcxuKErTO1ayym19v7Nb8tx0pXQdry703-byOrBjLzGz4KDnxvdiXYGxsuARfvva0sDcXxn2JcuUBrLMO6SaS4dpKU2Xvn4mAXFW/s1600-h/IMGP7124.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374476860551162178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebI0OgUcYdoc8WCvVDwy_HeirAvtx46qZ0ipA6r2xkcxuKErTO1ayym19v7Nb8tx0pXQdry703-byOrBjLzGz4KDnxvdiXYGxsuARfvva0sDcXxn2JcuUBrLMO6SaS4dpKU2Xvn4mAXFW/s400/IMGP7124.JPG" /></a><br />More fun.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRIQyHZBbuG5SVkrd8FciQhZXgPrSe5Od-QDElQnCTiV7t9I1sBxKa-JvxkWQoPeV05gCw0rcLfIF4-0f_0DbsijNH50F4AsL77voB34zxjNyduroiW1BYxsPD4hYSRfJE5MUMA2R6svI/s1600-h/IMGP7128.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374476194729022466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRIQyHZBbuG5SVkrd8FciQhZXgPrSe5Od-QDElQnCTiV7t9I1sBxKa-JvxkWQoPeV05gCw0rcLfIF4-0f_0DbsijNH50F4AsL77voB34zxjNyduroiW1BYxsPD4hYSRfJE5MUMA2R6svI/s400/IMGP7128.JPG" /></a><br />Rico's "Hippie Hot Tub" - Nice!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADtDqSfxTfu8-WKypvI6gFdKjOFHzG7OsdjhLlxzaQaxSux-3pzdsVnIOtraFRKHcCZN3N1aIa3lYob-qtTFCTB0JJWGvJhkjCI5w3_K5gnWY3rdTg31gAqiiH_B3B2gK2BtuPSQ2JJ9J/s1600-h/IMGP7130.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374476185144332418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADtDqSfxTfu8-WKypvI6gFdKjOFHzG7OsdjhLlxzaQaxSux-3pzdsVnIOtraFRKHcCZN3N1aIa3lYob-qtTFCTB0JJWGvJhkjCI5w3_K5gnWY3rdTg31gAqiiH_B3B2gK2BtuPSQ2JJ9J/s400/IMGP7130.JPG" /></a><br />Ed has trouble with a tough "step-up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMm5E-Nr8yorwjsUUHXvZlB31N6gLkT7d1KfMYqo6ZGlKb8jD9f2y7PPd6kGv6P5vZGcJBzyLOsg6ftoCPNK8tmvyPhH8i37IxIynBRbpLVyTIiGqd_Mbi-TRd9qeL_x75VyGk_DU8R19/s1600-h/IMGP7135.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374476176310065602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMm5E-Nr8yorwjsUUHXvZlB31N6gLkT7d1KfMYqo6ZGlKb8jD9f2y7PPd6kGv6P5vZGcJBzyLOsg6ftoCPNK8tmvyPhH8i37IxIynBRbpLVyTIiGqd_Mbi-TRd9qeL_x75VyGk_DU8R19/s400/IMGP7135.JPG" /></a><br />A better look at the "step-up".<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9zQRC7WHWMGj7To7Pm14XyrCAGbx1Q_cb7FT4nOZtqgiNIv20jiHGyg2oceET9-jMvffGBLeyJrLkti4FoBvTeB3lglCOqUojD-RHG987K4dRgeqtCMCEGzN8qkktMx53Qq5aDQAtx-lO/s1600-h/IMGP7141.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374476165584717682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9zQRC7WHWMGj7To7Pm14XyrCAGbx1Q_cb7FT4nOZtqgiNIv20jiHGyg2oceET9-jMvffGBLeyJrLkti4FoBvTeB3lglCOqUojD-RHG987K4dRgeqtCMCEGzN8qkktMx53Qq5aDQAtx-lO/s400/IMGP7141.JPG" /></a><br />Toughest day of the week. Most of us had trouble on this hill.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqqb0Cb1B0gHfLkF7mWPWTMHCVUfrCM1oJLHNST_PKlYIJ-EN1SA6Syvchm-UfcGxXWfNjEhybZM-NeqcYNatMp-UHEeiJLYurMvHRJEgxDbMJ6-ryFqyDolkRBMY9FCBnnxakTh6Txki/s1600-h/IMGP7161.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374476156600550722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqqb0Cb1B0gHfLkF7mWPWTMHCVUfrCM1oJLHNST_PKlYIJ-EN1SA6Syvchm-UfcGxXWfNjEhybZM-NeqcYNatMp-UHEeiJLYurMvHRJEgxDbMJ6-ryFqyDolkRBMY9FCBnnxakTh6Txki/s400/IMGP7161.JPG" /></a><br />Bryan was last up and got a good chuckle out of his excellent ride up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoIo55_k-FtQGbkwMEqgumzITlOj3f8vtRPRvScCCn5_iWV06jRwSqci6pqw2lFKFUyJEjTr36yxGFyC-OK81OvJcoUdmbnkWObL_zuEVhfeKKPl9fKTPFkT2y0_8koj8arMexqRJ_sxn/s1600-h/IMGP7164.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374475406191838098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoIo55_k-FtQGbkwMEqgumzITlOj3f8vtRPRvScCCn5_iWV06jRwSqci6pqw2lFKFUyJEjTr36yxGFyC-OK81OvJcoUdmbnkWObL_zuEVhfeKKPl9fKTPFkT2y0_8koj8arMexqRJ_sxn/s400/IMGP7164.JPG" /></a><br />Aaron takes a break.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNHkrlJai4feRahYPkakLJbL2C-Uu3ieQ-LkdZTRk8AsSZnavcBPLDENPwqhsPdyllQGVloYTn1F0NM_gitQgK41hmGherqEEQAEVbXZIv3-L0aJ278QiIc7bBbO1crHzr6gpl2NPrbLZ/s1600-h/IMGP7166.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374475400360423026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNHkrlJai4feRahYPkakLJbL2C-Uu3ieQ-LkdZTRk8AsSZnavcBPLDENPwqhsPdyllQGVloYTn1F0NM_gitQgK41hmGherqEEQAEVbXZIv3-L0aJ278QiIc7bBbO1crHzr6gpl2NPrbLZ/s400/IMGP7166.JPG" /></a><br />The Horse Creek Trail was blocked by a downed tree and we had to walk the bikes down the scary hill to the trail below. </div><div></div><div>Note! Aaron rode down this but don't try it at home.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjnZAKc_nZyHYUJZMM_Ae5KIU_-yQF13BWrivIlqgWXxjVm11-ToYiefoFuEU4TZhDn6DkCFEbUGVGYG1mhhT7jfVnZtXaKub80Lx_Xab4VrzYoL_lqKJ_tIlQeLmnLc-jCxfG81fvtsA/s1600-h/IMGP7167.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374475392705399698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjnZAKc_nZyHYUJZMM_Ae5KIU_-yQF13BWrivIlqgWXxjVm11-ToYiefoFuEU4TZhDn6DkCFEbUGVGYG1mhhT7jfVnZtXaKub80Lx_Xab4VrzYoL_lqKJ_tIlQeLmnLc-jCxfG81fvtsA/s400/IMGP7167.JPG" /></a><br />Mining display in Rico.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrxhE0Fu7qiPLOfQ2scHpXtyrhFjF5yU6ePmu7UeQRnmAxCttJ65AryibCqlxRhqfucvKta5UZ_bSQ4FoeswL8jn2bFMn-Khc-aY7CDZtSV-y3yzgjCrcl27_PwoI51g5kakALBQPmbaM/s1600-h/IMGP7172.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374475376836994690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrxhE0Fu7qiPLOfQ2scHpXtyrhFjF5yU6ePmu7UeQRnmAxCttJ65AryibCqlxRhqfucvKta5UZ_bSQ4FoeswL8jn2bFMn-Khc-aY7CDZtSV-y3yzgjCrcl27_PwoI51g5kakALBQPmbaM/s400/IMGP7172.JPG" /></a><br />Galloping Goose train on display in Delores. About nine of these were built and ran between <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ridgeway</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cortez</span>, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Durango</span>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9ypx-rh_hgBscvbenuFCFMRzZNwYM8tvsaf7I36xwHHTkqFlrXdFSbEwaaDHxZQ7ldTLUcFQuR9sVxblThiBa2hWePBHTrNn-Ymo1R9SxPmXzIVJdi1pJcOkfgtgSx-hN1_GtjvDs89Q/s1600-h/IMGP7184.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374475371271023586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9ypx-rh_hgBscvbenuFCFMRzZNwYM8tvsaf7I36xwHHTkqFlrXdFSbEwaaDHxZQ7ldTLUcFQuR9sVxblThiBa2hWePBHTrNn-Ymo1R9SxPmXzIVJdi1pJcOkfgtgSx-hN1_GtjvDs89Q/s400/IMGP7184.JPG" /></a><br />I had a lot of fun attending a Pow Wow in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cortez</span>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-75223829961745866732009-08-26T13:35:00.000-07:002009-08-26T19:51:10.315-07:00Running the Pikes Peak Ascent - August 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVbrFSYfq6eK3vBjZaWhUn5v5vor7X9wm0hsqtjsk42WxPz03Yjto5-iTvUZn3GMxC2JUEDvh0svaN4QYK7JMVLKJY2mwxfGb_-fQG0XY1GLz441Uh-W5-68Ldaqscl6_cFyQ02olnX6O/s1600-h/IMGP6975.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374413110995135906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVbrFSYfq6eK3vBjZaWhUn5v5vor7X9wm0hsqtjsk42WxPz03Yjto5-iTvUZn3GMxC2JUEDvh0svaN4QYK7JMVLKJY2mwxfGb_-fQG0XY1GLz441Uh-W5-68Ldaqscl6_cFyQ02olnX6O/s400/IMGP6975.JPG" /></a> Pikes Peak in background! My brother Doyle and my daughter Traci were registered to run the Pikes Peak Ascent (13.3 miles and 7,800 feet elevation gain) and I volunteered to "pace" them.<br /><br />That's the Garden of the Gods rock formations in the sunlight.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigGOBUllF9oZLoFpzyZeAMaWM3yND9V96MzySwvHd96ciP2NZQpI5-6FM35gVcN6HC5RgwBg6KNeOe-BPprOGx6O_p9Dx5ZkbowWesokIKd-AOeow6SGwvfwAAjAVRGVAuiBk87S4wKga/s1600-h/IMGP6983.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374413099994433298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigGOBUllF9oZLoFpzyZeAMaWM3yND9V96MzySwvHd96ciP2NZQpI5-6FM35gVcN6HC5RgwBg6KNeOe-BPprOGx6O_p9Dx5ZkbowWesokIKd-AOeow6SGwvfwAAjAVRGVAuiBk87S4wKga/s400/IMGP6983.JPG" /></a><br />The "start" in front of the police station in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Manitou</span> Springs.<br /><br />Traci and I were both <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">apprehensive</span> about our condition for the climb.<br /><br />This was "Ascent" day (August 15).<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBOTiF0wy2GvqSzJP5SmP_BZfwlxms6BprpoikIqzE1AH5pYQcCiLtjOw4GO5rFhPUA5Dn9SHnixU2NU_ho3NxP5814OTues6OPGa-yDrJBsK3k-rOqqamDGqfCNjAMOXB3I4GvwozOCm/s1600-h/IMGP6986.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374413093943929538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBOTiF0wy2GvqSzJP5SmP_BZfwlxms6BprpoikIqzE1AH5pYQcCiLtjOw4GO5rFhPUA5Dn9SHnixU2NU_ho3NxP5814OTues6OPGa-yDrJBsK3k-rOqqamDGqfCNjAMOXB3I4GvwozOCm/s400/IMGP6986.JPG" /></a><br />There's brother Doyle with the famous <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Manitou</span> Incline <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">rail bed</span> in the background. The tracks are <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">gone</span> now and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">lots</span> of runners climb it for training.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPerRz-2u794z1cNREVn7twfHifAjRJhqtRNxIWjkctERK_FdA7tbKjDb-v5eiXc5Y93dZ4dFTHdbuvXVIHSnShBPuit2P0lwWyhPfMt3kgWOOH1cfZ-8fLB5U0x2dzhLF1SmPwILUyBLg/s1600-h/IMGP6989.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374409013175304898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPerRz-2u794z1cNREVn7twfHifAjRJhqtRNxIWjkctERK_FdA7tbKjDb-v5eiXc5Y93dZ4dFTHdbuvXVIHSnShBPuit2P0lwWyhPfMt3kgWOOH1cfZ-8fLB5U0x2dzhLF1SmPwILUyBLg/s400/IMGP6989.JPG" /></a><br />Traci with one of the old Pikes Peak Cog Train steam locomotives. They still have one that runs and they run it up the Peak occasionally.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8atYFThq3CEpqsPoqI3hDPVVNjlgaTf33KDHM-z4u0Y6403Tj-9SEFm9ehITkSV156PteUF5HAaK0sstKWoNDukcthRVxseYAFGxSMsIkxh8wbY_ZEZUuoSe5uDffZULAS2oVn331e_-3/s1600-h/IMGP6991.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374408998733821730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8atYFThq3CEpqsPoqI3hDPVVNjlgaTf33KDHM-z4u0Y6403Tj-9SEFm9ehITkSV156PteUF5HAaK0sstKWoNDukcthRVxseYAFGxSMsIkxh8wbY_ZEZUuoSe5uDffZULAS2oVn331e_-3/s400/IMGP6991.JPG" /></a><br />A good view of the peak on the way to Barr Camp. Doyle with Traci behind.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdovwU6ynpWmsBaGWW9LFNOG5nQvBxXkjGZO243CCifqJRkHl1pJ-7iB5bSVqJ0W1VhNwJSJk-hBizHwjvkWs39ZVumc83mN92mj_Oto6gyOcCMgEIcFErrqcJL8ESrbc-4bbeX_4tr9vb/s1600-h/IMGP6999.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374408992495508178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdovwU6ynpWmsBaGWW9LFNOG5nQvBxXkjGZO243CCifqJRkHl1pJ-7iB5bSVqJ0W1VhNwJSJk-hBizHwjvkWs39ZVumc83mN92mj_Oto6gyOcCMgEIcFErrqcJL8ESrbc-4bbeX_4tr9vb/s400/IMGP6999.JPG" /></a><br />Water and aid station area around The A-Frame<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaehyphenhyphen0Bi_GPvjRoCRH9nsbUi_oBplrrzftnfYy4K3g6S_t_PNZjmYrTUbxtyN74R11OYWDk2TH6C4swqTfoQ66FR59LWDB5nRV-f_ygGZl_poQNOhz1bUYNSNqS3xE2siSP3Tkq8dMgOS9/s1600-h/IMGP7000.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374408980227154306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaehyphenhyphen0Bi_GPvjRoCRH9nsbUi_oBplrrzftnfYy4K3g6S_t_PNZjmYrTUbxtyN74R11OYWDk2TH6C4swqTfoQ66FR59LWDB5nRV-f_ygGZl_poQNOhz1bUYNSNqS3xE2siSP3Tkq8dMgOS9/s400/IMGP7000.JPG" /></a><br />A-Frame at treeline<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2Eip1kQSynah6HN95GYgIPFpi4if_0Q0PmMNxXTNGasQMBTGgDlM5bosL5NW59ohp66rDSTtjjSlQGhldw_I-nGNCKYGXIfl8W1lGO4TI1bSSxIpoDF_Raa5dCytskZtochE8tmh1-XO/s1600-h/IMGP7001.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374408968879505330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2Eip1kQSynah6HN95GYgIPFpi4if_0Q0PmMNxXTNGasQMBTGgDlM5bosL5NW59ohp66rDSTtjjSlQGhldw_I-nGNCKYGXIfl8W1lGO4TI1bSSxIpoDF_Raa5dCytskZtochE8tmh1-XO/s400/IMGP7001.JPG" /></a><br />Monument to Augustine Roberts who died on her 14t<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">h</span> ascent at age 88.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGune5w9TDKnZjrhIkz2hZ1IX6YRdbp1q3n3yRhpsyNqTSRpBLsfYRYNODsxxOj1V5NkhYu-_1MZrgFwQsnf6l9wy-VnCkbGq1fZcRSzmvzMJvlc0i2LgXX_-w_SAJGCmTvBeE_FpBjI_H/s1600-h/IMGP7003.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374395626577112930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGune5w9TDKnZjrhIkz2hZ1IX6YRdbp1q3n3yRhpsyNqTSRpBLsfYRYNODsxxOj1V5NkhYu-_1MZrgFwQsnf6l9wy-VnCkbGq1fZcRSzmvzMJvlc0i2LgXX_-w_SAJGCmTvBeE_FpBjI_H/s400/IMGP7003.JPG" /></a><br />Traci - Looking south toward one of the Pikes Peak South Slope watershed reservoirs.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsNLHJfNadthpsOB_r18Hj9iUQatbw_wXMeB2bKVGEozzOI4OCzGzmLx1oi_MpM1UlEK2CAlfsasxOrNKPU_brmUi1qJA7Gd3xpSVZ17CM4wBE5Yzxm-J4JlvmuFCA-jVTLXmZt11Uy8M/s1600-h/IMGP7005.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374395612772393570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsNLHJfNadthpsOB_r18Hj9iUQatbw_wXMeB2bKVGEozzOI4OCzGzmLx1oi_MpM1UlEK2CAlfsasxOrNKPU_brmUi1qJA7Gd3xpSVZ17CM4wBE5Yzxm-J4JlvmuFCA-jVTLXmZt11Uy8M/s400/IMGP7005.JPG" /></a><br />About a mile from the top, this group was serving cold <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">PBR's</span>. Traci tried a sip and we moved on. Very nice and a fun stop!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6ODDXgfJRNzy8-HPAecy2nC3gBE0p76OMW9_tzazhmpk8rFSdoptt2sPskd6FJDDz2yjOH78d4VZ6URSYGFEgmfBxYhM7nybcMFLOFUPC6k9lEC-JXwRek7tYn5URHGz-b12U55BXtP8/s1600-h/IMGP7007.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374395601139292146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6ODDXgfJRNzy8-HPAecy2nC3gBE0p76OMW9_tzazhmpk8rFSdoptt2sPskd6FJDDz2yjOH78d4VZ6URSYGFEgmfBxYhM7nybcMFLOFUPC6k9lEC-JXwRek7tYn5URHGz-b12U55BXtP8/s400/IMGP7007.JPG" /></a><br />Traci crosses the line in 5:34 while I duck off the course since I ran "bandit". I would have registered but I thought I'd be out of town on the race date.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YrJoFSgodcY8SO-VP4gPStn_gj30Q4kvUKbKQ5lLSvV8tkrLu_o8V70_rGI4hyjShf17fY_LQ1226n-7hCWB_R0h2Hos5Einc9iNo1Wz4tjqPeVqGsqeoSj0_FrBK6UtXNkqCEe5hn81/s1600-h/IMGP7013.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374395592865796866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YrJoFSgodcY8SO-VP4gPStn_gj30Q4kvUKbKQ5lLSvV8tkrLu_o8V70_rGI4hyjShf17fY_LQ1226n-7hCWB_R0h2Hos5Einc9iNo1Wz4tjqPeVqGsqeoSj0_FrBK6UtXNkqCEe5hn81/s400/IMGP7013.JPG" /></a><br />Doyle, Traci, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">MegaMel</span> on top of the Peak. We had a wonderful time!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Gr3oJDCEJk7EozfecgunCDo8Fk1aSuQAe3sIPObQGBZE0tQpQvSwYR4E8mlfzXwGlRrX9NbYkf-xnVBidJlaX-SAtx4t9vfsCXiUXrF7637gG7agwgjFgYZsZPkNHWvDQdc245nX53u4/s1600-h/IMGP7018.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374395577859472594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Gr3oJDCEJk7EozfecgunCDo8Fk1aSuQAe3sIPObQGBZE0tQpQvSwYR4E8mlfzXwGlRrX9NbYkf-xnVBidJlaX-SAtx4t9vfsCXiUXrF7637gG7agwgjFgYZsZPkNHWvDQdc245nX53u4/s400/IMGP7018.JPG" /></a><br />Here's Mark (Aimee's husband), <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">MegaMel</span>, Doyle, Traci (my daughter), Aimee (Doyle's daughter), and Peyton (Doyle's grand-daughter). </div><br /><div>We spent a little time in the visitor's center eating some 14,000 foot home-made donuts. </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Here's the YouTube video I did on "How To Climb a 14'er (14,000 foot peak)"!</div><div>Click on the Play arrow to watch it.</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxgdVGpY9_adg5iezW4WVaeGkBvqoXId1AkgkXkOiBZPazmh5MDGa-poGD6nj9dZQpABFfK8kJCilhC8H6Y3A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-51178210483932680902009-08-03T20:16:00.001-07:002009-08-03T20:45:06.299-07:00Ormes Peak Training Run - July 31, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVjWx089VGWarzkk-ppsMT6nH8z5GPfkHP2o2fFkUjZOVinXBqJ7AFKZ5Aco1vYn0TSwPMaUWNK2ISxU-qkVme-t7ER0Z5SzzZZBhDQM5qaag99DG3LUJ28UQEfXIKec7wq9ZeOV0NoSd/s1600-h/IMGP6867.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365944621498054770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVjWx089VGWarzkk-ppsMT6nH8z5GPfkHP2o2fFkUjZOVinXBqJ7AFKZ5Aco1vYn0TSwPMaUWNK2ISxU-qkVme-t7ER0Z5SzzZZBhDQM5qaag99DG3LUJ28UQEfXIKec7wq9ZeOV0NoSd/s400/IMGP6867.JPG" /></a> The Pikes Peak Marathon Ascent is only two weeks away and my training for it has been a bit wimpy. My brother Doyle is coming up from TX and I hope I can keep up with him. I thought climbing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ormes</span> Peak would be a good training run and felt that seeing the three "Bambi's" as I left my house was a good omen.<br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqN92pE-IVA2G6lwAEH7BdLln0NZVNZFszLjj0UJMtXO0ky-0DvojHByTINDXozSSPp1whn5oOlVGD_AE8v43yz4fRhVzAZLFgBXIKITOEGEQeGsw1BCp13o8n6o1JOnNzwXQdAA2dh31g/s1600-h/IMGP6869.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365944613823344210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqN92pE-IVA2G6lwAEH7BdLln0NZVNZFszLjj0UJMtXO0ky-0DvojHByTINDXozSSPp1whn5oOlVGD_AE8v43yz4fRhVzAZLFgBXIKITOEGEQeGsw1BCp13o8n6o1JOnNzwXQdAA2dh31g/s400/IMGP6869.JPG" /></a><br />Here's a shot of Mt. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Blodgett</span> as I passed by on the south side. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ormes</span> Peak is a 4.3 mile/ 3,000 foot elevation gain hike and it lies a couple miles west of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Blodgett</span>. It is 9,700 feet in elevation.<br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMTeg9P7V_a5HKZvdmAqJuW4dPJ5QOzdpIh_HUO4KKH8kQm5lPc7o58s3LJuM6pr0pGozJQS0nKCoNFf4ZPYmMALLsXRiArW4_tjxsmyUNnBFzo46y6RnzZjsxo46ur2NEyPrz2TMosmD/s1600-h/IMGP6870.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365944610996776050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMTeg9P7V_a5HKZvdmAqJuW4dPJ5QOzdpIh_HUO4KKH8kQm5lPc7o58s3LJuM6pr0pGozJQS0nKCoNFf4ZPYmMALLsXRiArW4_tjxsmyUNnBFzo46y6RnzZjsxo46ur2NEyPrz2TMosmD/s400/IMGP6870.JPG" /></a><br />The trail going up is really nice. This little waterfall is a great spot. About 1/3 of the hike is hiking up a steep mountainside following cairns but no real trail.<br /><br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwodWnbZcmF0kRgtdjHeXiUKM7LqQuu3acrFv8sY9XULgX30Yjl5lEruIg63kGekxDQbDhnoy6fqOJDhEeULVfkweKGz-N-Rph5vau49zumvPMTg4Goe_y5O2UsXzb0TgiZNa8sw7xBugN/s1600-h/IMGP6877.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365944607808061218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwodWnbZcmF0kRgtdjHeXiUKM7LqQuu3acrFv8sY9XULgX30Yjl5lEruIg63kGekxDQbDhnoy6fqOJDhEeULVfkweKGz-N-Rph5vau49zumvPMTg4Goe_y5O2UsXzb0TgiZNa8sw7xBugN/s400/IMGP6877.JPG" /></a><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ormes</span> Peak with Pikes Peak in the background. </div><div> </div><div>Here I am with a "Big Stick", "Little Bang-bang", and my knife ("Baby").<br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OQBawU41Jl6TAH3SiN-UBJJYOEIFVSOELs32Zwxr0m1koCiTCJAOOSuxOV8RM0RsxvMXSOFgnoq27_d0ePtD0DudyqDZZ2B_V7t6QYGdLgSaaSDPXgvn6iM9d5iRTEbezEQ6sDX87xGx/s1600-h/IMGP6880.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365944599201327650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OQBawU41Jl6TAH3SiN-UBJJYOEIFVSOELs32Zwxr0m1koCiTCJAOOSuxOV8RM0RsxvMXSOFgnoq27_d0ePtD0DudyqDZZ2B_V7t6QYGdLgSaaSDPXgvn6iM9d5iRTEbezEQ6sDX87xGx/s400/IMGP6880.JPG" /></a><br />The 360 degree view is about the same as on top of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Blodgett</span>. That's Rampart Reservoir.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiDLz06vIm8wCpv8SMwu28rrmTYOY9jB207y43j1OfjYyHfPBxw8o0cGVqHIPAZsPyAKU16e7byxUzRC_-B6omswQ0lvVUzpP5CPqwlmxZfAYST3mli8HN7G7pf6GxCKqxNmFVKDVxHA4/s1600-h/IMGP6885.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365943796964944338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiDLz06vIm8wCpv8SMwu28rrmTYOY9jB207y43j1OfjYyHfPBxw8o0cGVqHIPAZsPyAKU16e7byxUzRC_-B6omswQ0lvVUzpP5CPqwlmxZfAYST3mli8HN7G7pf6GxCKqxNmFVKDVxHA4/s400/IMGP6885.JPG" /></a><br />Another view of Pikes Peak!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisH16QqtTzBEPix_JqCCdJ_zffPpxXuj7W-4wajOkFVRUs1hh9WmDIIbUKlSHaZQc7X49U545EQV0kEsiO6BTD-4q9hojqwOLk9nH6POeBk5lRrIvGorD_0hOZJH_tsO2_OwO8L9nWd4hw/s1600-h/IMGP6887.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365943795374420834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisH16QqtTzBEPix_JqCCdJ_zffPpxXuj7W-4wajOkFVRUs1hh9WmDIIbUKlSHaZQc7X49U545EQV0kEsiO6BTD-4q9hojqwOLk9nH6POeBk5lRrIvGorD_0hOZJH_tsO2_OwO8L9nWd4hw/s400/IMGP6887.JPG" /></a><br />There's Mt. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Blodgett</span> at the left end of the ridge<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hvot35PUuqceBOzxMPlUTCDYXsKBZ9_WCIR5uhyphenhyphenDWh3uIB5m9WU0nozy043OpxVGPs8dAd65P_e-JIfyJOIQ5u5Fb9IugD8Jx6dAmQozfLjp6-ssuOW6yhytBxmVSekVVhySeCPDVeE9/s1600-h/IMGP6888.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365943787975282690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hvot35PUuqceBOzxMPlUTCDYXsKBZ9_WCIR5uhyphenhyphenDWh3uIB5m9WU0nozy043OpxVGPs8dAd65P_e-JIfyJOIQ5u5Fb9IugD8Jx6dAmQozfLjp6-ssuOW6yhytBxmVSekVVhySeCPDVeE9/s400/IMGP6888.JPG" /></a><br />The rock outcropping in the center of the picture on the far ridge, is called "Lone Pine" on the Pikes Peak Atlas map because of a lone pine growing on top. I came up over the ridge about a 1/2 mile to the left of it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4qlQ78CK00e9P1jub0WLsRqZhL-5Iw5AW9MdtrItxY-m07xypx6jm9sN-thVHZYynxxvnI9ZxH0c3tPkszAX4uJCaLp-8i1AzmEtCMwO_9csePGpfi3SGTEDAGQF508Pe8PJpkrgKsHi/s1600-h/IMGP6893.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365943779972598562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4qlQ78CK00e9P1jub0WLsRqZhL-5Iw5AW9MdtrItxY-m07xypx6jm9sN-thVHZYynxxvnI9ZxH0c3tPkszAX4uJCaLp-8i1AzmEtCMwO_9csePGpfi3SGTEDAGQF508Pe8PJpkrgKsHi/s400/IMGP6893.JPG" /></a><br />This water collector was built in 1931 to provide irritation and drinking water for the Mt. St. Francis tuberculosis sanitarium. Note the two pipes!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhexAjOJTjM1unZWUke2KwhK9HoDmuf2rLkcqMbT7ZkplNTvGVGJHryGexSTxuA9Oy37quHiEm39M0B7cw2Tw0bC_GnFpb2iz9CPhrNlhyUzCpsgAXOMlrZyjx6YRwheJRjhxTmygpPY-/s1600-h/IMGP6894.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365943774834672034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhexAjOJTjM1unZWUke2KwhK9HoDmuf2rLkcqMbT7ZkplNTvGVGJHryGexSTxuA9Oy37quHiEm39M0B7cw2Tw0bC_GnFpb2iz9CPhrNlhyUzCpsgAXOMlrZyjx6YRwheJRjhxTmygpPY-/s400/IMGP6894.JPG" /></a><br />The water collector is in back and the pipes and valves are in the structure in the foreground.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2wwE5gaTkypehAs1PeSuJAiv4KTydXOSL8P_Ajz7X6UpdU1HDLXwPjb3tOuvRcbCYpb8Lb0LEPluhzcfTdo5ksyz5F5ko8zah9YnJbPl9rw2d8VqExqyFnDyI-uWIrUGAqLscuYMyKETv/s1600-h/IMGP6894.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-17208825118831851742009-05-22T03:55:00.000-07:002009-05-26T22:11:47.266-07:00Cliff Dwellings Trip - Madera, Mexico March 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzI93sFqRs1jvBUbKmh1C6kIY4ffB9NB94iqH0A6hlAxsO8ef5u6I41pFcOhBC_Ada3_3AuIQwyfFC13Q4KDuABDC39IOG8jPEzETPsCJcH9pTJItRFLlvquMcEZI9ybrNT8mUNhng_f_/s1600-h/IMGP6008.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338605082721839794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzI93sFqRs1jvBUbKmh1C6kIY4ffB9NB94iqH0A6hlAxsO8ef5u6I41pFcOhBC_Ada3_3AuIQwyfFC13Q4KDuABDC39IOG8jPEzETPsCJcH9pTJItRFLlvquMcEZI9ybrNT8mUNhng_f_/s400/IMGP6008.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Camping at the Poncho Villa State Park, two miles north of the border towns - Columbus/ <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Palomas</span> (twenty miles south of Deming, NM.<br /><br /><br /><br />Note sign - What luck, we're camped on a New Mexico "Birding Trail".<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDwjtZll5GZLyXj3xV0JcZZmq_7ODBorZKmk7Q-FqGJOoiliVOo6LDQ5FLryJpCMGdnMDzWN-zJc75f8EeR4MvxtZcq32Z-m3vIEiGuxobkmz6CzfLRCs3qdN-rTTNHj9Xog2EW3eTFLt/s1600-h/IMGP6010.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338605076767844834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDwjtZll5GZLyXj3xV0JcZZmq_7ODBorZKmk7Q-FqGJOoiliVOo6LDQ5FLryJpCMGdnMDzWN-zJc75f8EeR4MvxtZcq32Z-m3vIEiGuxobkmz6CzfLRCs3qdN-rTTNHj9Xog2EW3eTFLt/s400/IMGP6010.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Poncho Villa slept here!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7Fc8rp6-DrZlGZ_0c7gimHybPdwIdLy2jQykex9IznN9u4eL4Bau8KxlLigVoRmW5XibnQF20ouq_nD_ZXeE2gfGQgOWGkREIPXruWA440_f4Nt0Y8qEkEQzAxo3gWSe8YqyByAIs-Tp/s1600-h/IMGP6019.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338604772015157778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7Fc8rp6-DrZlGZ_0c7gimHybPdwIdLy2jQykex9IznN9u4eL4Bau8KxlLigVoRmW5XibnQF20ouq_nD_ZXeE2gfGQgOWGkREIPXruWA440_f4Nt0Y8qEkEQzAxo3gWSe8YqyByAIs-Tp/s400/IMGP6019.JPG" /></a><br />Cattle drive and school bus loading!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fMp80wNsMJfbbBCvwHzVSn5IFamb7mMzYuOV6wOE3G8R1utXiMNkEyLKC9OqrUnNge1J8QbxT0xPVt9CzIl52zJWm3CYM4adIa1a1dwjXhF3-lRYf3oZmehzk8XmvxUvnhDZ6NhtIR-g/s1600-h/IMGP6023.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338604770245190642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fMp80wNsMJfbbBCvwHzVSn5IFamb7mMzYuOV6wOE3G8R1utXiMNkEyLKC9OqrUnNge1J8QbxT0xPVt9CzIl52zJWm3CYM4adIa1a1dwjXhF3-lRYf3oZmehzk8XmvxUvnhDZ6NhtIR-g/s400/IMGP6023.JPG" /></a><br />We found this cool campground five miles north of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Madera</span>. Heriberto, the caretaker lives in the cabin and we were the only campers for eight days. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We rode our <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">dirtbikes</span> to several different cave dwellings (usually around 50 miles each way), hiked and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mtn</span>. biked the four mile trail around the lake, and kayaked. Very peaceful!<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWI2NSCNf9rJdAvRPpjdiZZz1iuztyPwQFUlKjJxc4qHF1xgteN8h8QGc1yOt5HG-UFqyFi8-RjKkTSuB4BjquPOmHkzeaSdrXu324TG6Wl0pcGCqsFN2jiwH5LPrZRyUYm-Ihz0LaUdg/s1600-h/IMGP6039.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338604763893463010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWI2NSCNf9rJdAvRPpjdiZZz1iuztyPwQFUlKjJxc4qHF1xgteN8h8QGc1yOt5HG-UFqyFi8-RjKkTSuB4BjquPOmHkzeaSdrXu324TG6Wl0pcGCqsFN2jiwH5LPrZRyUYm-Ihz0LaUdg/s400/IMGP6039.JPG" /></a><br />Our camp dog!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8p0L0xU1YxaEXOIujTEcZt0N4E-kcjc56rsX5dKuUpmmMx2brHBvVDnixv48Aq3MTCnp09oUa8efZ1ziWwVMShr7mzsTGEH5o2fGVx3nAi8LdlsCZx7Jh_h7CC44PfdGt61HRPjukS-j9/s1600-h/IMGP6040.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338604759992665458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8p0L0xU1YxaEXOIujTEcZt0N4E-kcjc56rsX5dKuUpmmMx2brHBvVDnixv48Aq3MTCnp09oUa8efZ1ziWwVMShr7mzsTGEH5o2fGVx3nAi8LdlsCZx7Jh_h7CC44PfdGt61HRPjukS-j9/s400/IMGP6040.JPG" /></a><br />Our camp horses!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWa2zgPc3mCactCg0tsbLi81AYLK9q5_Tl6RB2DoF-asUbO0L3RmQoPo0tgB0ggSaOtyB2TZZjeLxcvtqj72_b3srH2kGaAbjyR_UiAmsqME_97PIJ27wEqeCDU3JL6M23xHqa93QqtoQ/s1600-h/IMGP6049.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338604754136361042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWa2zgPc3mCactCg0tsbLi81AYLK9q5_Tl6RB2DoF-asUbO0L3RmQoPo0tgB0ggSaOtyB2TZZjeLxcvtqj72_b3srH2kGaAbjyR_UiAmsqME_97PIJ27wEqeCDU3JL6M23xHqa93QqtoQ/s400/IMGP6049.JPG" /></a><br />We visited several cliff dwelling sites within 50 miles of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Madera</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nuevo</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Casas</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Grandes</span>. Here's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cueva</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">del</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Puente</span>. Our guide said that few visitors climb up to it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGugAXbw-6DKFroa4dMBK2T1Z5pXYlCjIUp8p6KPlfGu8Q476j0zGi-CGOfmmgWeGRc2z50Wsupen4ss_E2Mfzf7K736u4Qjs-tWyElbstJd5bJpR72yGOZkdGi0d6_0Uidf5xAL8WLRvZ/s1600-h/IMGP6052.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338604127507211058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGugAXbw-6DKFroa4dMBK2T1Z5pXYlCjIUp8p6KPlfGu8Q476j0zGi-CGOfmmgWeGRc2z50Wsupen4ss_E2Mfzf7K736u4Qjs-tWyElbstJd5bJpR72yGOZkdGi0d6_0Uidf5xAL8WLRvZ/s400/IMGP6052.JPG" /></a><br />Sandie on the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">puente</span> (bridge).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-K6Bh-QO5vNq1P6Yl7Ky3RIz-ds157yyXAejgCM0gX2bMMbfQuChpPKjJ5Z5rnqCUnELlJjZzAHi1Y8WA6Vpp83U4bM86LSFuk_f5z1Xd16mVikFbRMC8TyS-43pO72TNB1dt90JaMWck/s1600-h/IMGP6078.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338604124440958162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-K6Bh-QO5vNq1P6Yl7Ky3RIz-ds157yyXAejgCM0gX2bMMbfQuChpPKjJ5Z5rnqCUnELlJjZzAHi1Y8WA6Vpp83U4bM86LSFuk_f5z1Xd16mVikFbRMC8TyS-43pO72TNB1dt90JaMWck/s400/IMGP6078.JPG" /></a><br />Our camp cat!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFPHioxBShVSNSV1Su6D5hleMyd5bLFkoag7QLZp31iITvZ6Y9vcmReHNv-7vC5WzElgWWb_4yRVViUaBiwPcaiHn_6HT9xRPw6uXfwZ-QXm1_2lH25vsUT88V9ubwJ3zlb2E02n5LdrU/s1600-h/IMGP6079.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338604119944728034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFPHioxBShVSNSV1Su6D5hleMyd5bLFkoag7QLZp31iITvZ6Y9vcmReHNv-7vC5WzElgWWb_4yRVViUaBiwPcaiHn_6HT9xRPw6uXfwZ-QXm1_2lH25vsUT88V9ubwJ3zlb2E02n5LdrU/s400/IMGP6079.JPG" /></a><br />We went out kayaking several times on our lake.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEE1Aaw5Cu-QQ36aYNaPCA-pnPek8TpGEnFmGPHiwIIEltSVsdMW-LuvnYlKAMAosd9k6U2XK67ekAB5cSXDiObXminMioNm_4RyzHk1HL2yceoTjDLhwh4QujoslEqQPcxR2Xn729o8pz/s1600-h/IMGP6090.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338604114002837506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEE1Aaw5Cu-QQ36aYNaPCA-pnPek8TpGEnFmGPHiwIIEltSVsdMW-LuvnYlKAMAosd9k6U2XK67ekAB5cSXDiObXminMioNm_4RyzHk1HL2yceoTjDLhwh4QujoslEqQPcxR2Xn729o8pz/s400/IMGP6090.JPG" /></a><br />The caretaker of our campground (Heriberto) put out a net in the lake to catch some carp. When he brought in the catch, he offered me one. Of course I said yes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFcszvtKGXu2hsH5w5HVDsNE8Cxn_StPL-cFrDHKOJ3jLlLqnp_Xc0KuCTEqf7kEVHN4xj8QqPPk9YNJydEqWVV95_BaUByrvCXUkinECMF598nbWV8TB11Exfa_6co5yNL9KNrqYyTkp/s1600-h/IMGP6092.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338604116306741490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFcszvtKGXu2hsH5w5HVDsNE8Cxn_StPL-cFrDHKOJ3jLlLqnp_Xc0KuCTEqf7kEVHN4xj8QqPPk9YNJydEqWVV95_BaUByrvCXUkinECMF598nbWV8TB11Exfa_6co5yNL9KNrqYyTkp/s400/IMGP6092.JPG" /></a><br />The carp, ready for cooking. The lake was very clean and the carp was as good as a Colorado trout. No kidding!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaomDRTSU6tiFTerGBgAwx1eWa_U5FDo72Fdc0fPb8BkoBGTkI2o0KTmaWSSemc9VbB29czHIKv7Z1is3-nPtFbG8Yn8_OiOoGCZ89-i6TMNimWKQAfpAAcLjS4rQYlKojgtSPjnw7OZgi/s1600-h/IMGP6096.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338603578758652866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaomDRTSU6tiFTerGBgAwx1eWa_U5FDo72Fdc0fPb8BkoBGTkI2o0KTmaWSSemc9VbB29czHIKv7Z1is3-nPtFbG8Yn8_OiOoGCZ89-i6TMNimWKQAfpAAcLjS4rQYlKojgtSPjnw7OZgi/s400/IMGP6096.JPG" /></a><br />One of the dirt roads we rode to the cliff dwellings. We camped around 7K feet and went up over 8K and then dropped to 4.5K feet.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyijW_9ZONXsbTEKNZmrhg71A5fJGcgRD0TCERlz3w53O1wcDLozx8U1Xd13CG5QgEJCIBD9g5PKC0aNb5zuazf_x_pXLnT3TlEeYjpxUvA9BFU06TCQAvNdxiohBikMdNbOoBHb__kj2/s1600-h/IMGP6099.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338603576123344850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyijW_9ZONXsbTEKNZmrhg71A5fJGcgRD0TCERlz3w53O1wcDLozx8U1Xd13CG5QgEJCIBD9g5PKC0aNb5zuazf_x_pXLnT3TlEeYjpxUvA9BFU06TCQAvNdxiohBikMdNbOoBHb__kj2/s400/IMGP6099.JPG" /></a><br />This site location (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Huapoca</span> Canyon) included three cool dwelling sites. This path led to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cueva</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">de</span> la <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">serpiente</span>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphDM8Y1qlLOE_jaFdKvTJHqX5yc_Jb5YiDQoLzQVW8NzfWTc0ATPY6DbuxG4BvguJk3rzoQF45gNlKjpPYOIh3LZf29S47DYEnXsGIqkkbWZ3Z4C5S9FMuzFSwp3i48O5EqYxvy1TY1I-/s1600-h/IMGP6108.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338603567996657346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphDM8Y1qlLOE_jaFdKvTJHqX5yc_Jb5YiDQoLzQVW8NzfWTc0ATPY6DbuxG4BvguJk3rzoQF45gNlKjpPYOIh3LZf29S47DYEnXsGIqkkbWZ3Z4C5S9FMuzFSwp3i48O5EqYxvy1TY1I-/s400/IMGP6108.JPG" /></a><br />We were the only tourists at all the cliff dwellings we visited.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVl_unxFlpJ0vdJnfvBhyphenhyphenRteiwaLldSfU1xk1PdPGDgA_AEpZE0GnajsQDXNxXhYWwViwR3zzfHWGfCDHH2SKyPRLKp6fRNYY4sQOkEyY-5E5gR0zgcU52vM5t1Onm01Thw_HWmanpZtEy/s1600-h/IMGP6126.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338603560833529698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVl_unxFlpJ0vdJnfvBhyphenhyphenRteiwaLldSfU1xk1PdPGDgA_AEpZE0GnajsQDXNxXhYWwViwR3zzfHWGfCDHH2SKyPRLKp6fRNYY4sQOkEyY-5E5gR0zgcU52vM5t1Onm01Thw_HWmanpZtEy/s400/IMGP6126.JPG" /></a><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cueva</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">del</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mirador</span>!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKMywxoG17mlYa8FoB8AEq-j9qHH6-KGeKaT5HWXgY7-fy6XAbqFIxsPjLgXTh4wb3dDx9ubuXh5PY9rbMGxt33QMwFHA9k44XXHVAleCbgbfjL1EqybX1gBgcy9xgU-lnxEUteu_2BjM/s1600-h/IMGP6151.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338603559365960418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKMywxoG17mlYa8FoB8AEq-j9qHH6-KGeKaT5HWXgY7-fy6XAbqFIxsPjLgXTh4wb3dDx9ubuXh5PY9rbMGxt33QMwFHA9k44XXHVAleCbgbfjL1EqybX1gBgcy9xgU-lnxEUteu_2BjM/s400/IMGP6151.JPG" /></a><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cueva</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Grande</span>! A small waterfall ran down from the overhanging roof.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rEmpXr81mRzLVorpuV-xN03TOoLHX-2xi5PhmoMZqeui0B8EQX1GdYotKO-21R9t3ACBsdN8ewljquu1CVcvd7lefhic2hsisDUuSUtupUwdTqKDopN7jcfMAUWAgCtabmwxQOOmcdyG/s1600-h/IMGP6157.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338602989351752914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rEmpXr81mRzLVorpuV-xN03TOoLHX-2xi5PhmoMZqeui0B8EQX1GdYotKO-21R9t3ACBsdN8ewljquu1CVcvd7lefhic2hsisDUuSUtupUwdTqKDopN7jcfMAUWAgCtabmwxQOOmcdyG/s400/IMGP6157.JPG" /></a><br />Another switch-backed road that we rode.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPZjW38ZSqGmC6C6kTSci2blgwpbTB1sB8QAkkY1xML5FcZSomo9FspdRtpBxsQW-3F9Y2KBU64ctZTTdzWXVz66u50FCjb8JiNsd_AJiJDWb-xD58bUt_5cQEZTmozOKKvI5PNjzot0_/s1600-h/IMGP6158.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338602984834984898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPZjW38ZSqGmC6C6kTSci2blgwpbTB1sB8QAkkY1xML5FcZSomo9FspdRtpBxsQW-3F9Y2KBU64ctZTTdzWXVz66u50FCjb8JiNsd_AJiJDWb-xD58bUt_5cQEZTmozOKKvI5PNjzot0_/s400/IMGP6158.JPG" /></a><br />Riding the motorcycle across this suspension bridge was a little scary.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lCa86I6hmfYcNnS3ijdt5zpcn-hePpb_guef5X6vLv5y_inuqyOmWBIgjq-7jpO7od7OlFP-QGN0gQox1Rz9HDKuW6JT1JLEzPYdYX1FJlJiQWalE8XIi469TjS__tU9OmDU2xo-vDav/s1600-h/IMGP6168.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338602982020950018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lCa86I6hmfYcNnS3ijdt5zpcn-hePpb_guef5X6vLv5y_inuqyOmWBIgjq-7jpO7od7OlFP-QGN0gQox1Rz9HDKuW6JT1JLEzPYdYX1FJlJiQWalE8XIi469TjS__tU9OmDU2xo-vDav/s400/IMGP6168.JPG" /></a><br />We stopped at this Hot Springs pool and enjoyed the warm waters. Right! No other customers but us. Will certainly be more crowded as summer approaches.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhQAbtXWt5J2XBebN4lhdhFNhzoO6zd_nUgo2xSq7SZqfqaT6jL6E0wQYQGsAPgRDtwJs89yOGgBhZ7qfxOMbJIkllkG-dMYc_7xeZteQOCzONbA4zRrTtKvU6cIXldl6R0Pf_Izc6dbP/s1600-h/IMGP6176.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338602981268665042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhQAbtXWt5J2XBebN4lhdhFNhzoO6zd_nUgo2xSq7SZqfqaT6jL6E0wQYQGsAPgRDtwJs89yOGgBhZ7qfxOMbJIkllkG-dMYc_7xeZteQOCzONbA4zRrTtKvU6cIXldl6R0Pf_Izc6dbP/s400/IMGP6176.JPG" /></a><br />Another suspension bridge on the way to La <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">Rancherias</span> (more cliff dwellings) and another hot springs.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOQBRcvRcHjCgRRKeus9S85OTtSaZjWknD7nT_2V-SMOLxg_z6j8kLe0pprcY3Qkl6dq9Z03MxS7ZwPyQmIqfcHT4yNRM2lQVyTPV0Z1_TJP0bnkS9mELBaEVv-LBiIokb2tGGZ0LYx3P/s1600-h/IMGP6193.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338602979537662178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOQBRcvRcHjCgRRKeus9S85OTtSaZjWknD7nT_2V-SMOLxg_z6j8kLe0pprcY3Qkl6dq9Z03MxS7ZwPyQmIqfcHT4yNRM2lQVyTPV0Z1_TJP0bnkS9mELBaEVv-LBiIokb2tGGZ0LYx3P/s400/IMGP6193.JPG" /></a><br />Our campground in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nuevo</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Casas</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">Grandes</span>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LbZoFWbgPAQtKuEgciEN95pU1-9Ph0CS0JsCXl2vkQo2lko8vj4F06eB2dzWBU17q8mpqpZJZ8820jnAWbVP6rYGXuVL4O15AOh1Kp6n7bN_aA5CfCxfEBEuYJdl8gIGjKjIkcIvMhCb/s1600-h/IMGP6203.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338602281855129986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LbZoFWbgPAQtKuEgciEN95pU1-9Ph0CS0JsCXl2vkQo2lko8vj4F06eB2dzWBU17q8mpqpZJZ8820jnAWbVP6rYGXuVL4O15AOh1Kp6n7bN_aA5CfCxfEBEuYJdl8gIGjKjIkcIvMhCb/s400/IMGP6203.JPG" /></a><br />On the road to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cueva</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">de</span> la <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">Olla</span> (jar).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbIPJh7eE-5_baarMWGdPYRpAP8GQIPwyv2hkPwLDBJHKWNzfEuhqavjcPhZYzRYVl_pUmuuAIuXIrF92r8F7IXJs3ALo8KXQ_mTt_CfA8ic__hU-WyFA8NFs-uy7zfQ27S5O3EFs50oE/s1600-h/IMGP6224.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338602275965469666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbIPJh7eE-5_baarMWGdPYRpAP8GQIPwyv2hkPwLDBJHKWNzfEuhqavjcPhZYzRYVl_pUmuuAIuXIrF92r8F7IXJs3ALo8KXQ_mTt_CfA8ic__hU-WyFA8NFs-uy7zfQ27S5O3EFs50oE/s400/IMGP6224.JPG" /></a><br />Sandie checks out the view.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhVG94932nGL_nxSoJpEcR0Jb6GOTVN-TM8eNpoTdWWy3Llebx0TR6aaXnmoJsidAaNu4Vyxy1GKLYUR7NLu2Lvuc56v9d8iLczbeQ7B1jISKTVNZOXN3rMHbGNIUszBm5lBxX3y1NE5W/s1600-h/IMGP6234.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338602273849781810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhVG94932nGL_nxSoJpEcR0Jb6GOTVN-TM8eNpoTdWWy3Llebx0TR6aaXnmoJsidAaNu4Vyxy1GKLYUR7NLu2Lvuc56v9d8iLczbeQ7B1jISKTVNZOXN3rMHbGNIUszBm5lBxX3y1NE5W/s400/IMGP6234.JPG" /></a><br />We rode <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">thru</span> some farms looking for the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sirupa</span> hot springs.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZUEzUgpUsAYKQDYC-bppaAvy7lYqSpvcfRoVtu87bdhYw2ttOBfZa-tpuvMXB5bn6kjd-jJ96Pt-djYRapsdP3d8J4BLtpAvvAG2y-F0FyM5skhegPoC6CydtDUbnGBP4HL-9Xbfh0bZ/s1600-h/IMGP6236.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338602268147591298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZUEzUgpUsAYKQDYC-bppaAvy7lYqSpvcfRoVtu87bdhYw2ttOBfZa-tpuvMXB5bn6kjd-jJ96Pt-djYRapsdP3d8J4BLtpAvvAG2y-F0FyM5skhegPoC6CydtDUbnGBP4HL-9Xbfh0bZ/s400/IMGP6236.JPG" /></a><br />"El Willy"!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjppVmcU2qi7SkAWNGQUfkkJRTc9Q8nsaTbikiDcKdNQOLjZHO-IuIs90twL6VB1yvLun7VJuXKN9xPbioBpw1mVNDb0Tvt12mHccZAsCp388dyF-h3CITmOQ4Vhb_cfC_nJMilsNjEGRl/s1600-h/IMGP6244.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338602263389547682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjppVmcU2qi7SkAWNGQUfkkJRTc9Q8nsaTbikiDcKdNQOLjZHO-IuIs90twL6VB1yvLun7VJuXKN9xPbioBpw1mVNDb0Tvt12mHccZAsCp388dyF-h3CITmOQ4Vhb_cfC_nJMilsNjEGRl/s400/IMGP6244.JPG" /></a><br />Our campground in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nuevo</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">Casas</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">Grandes</span>!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVX4vP4sXS4hFS5IRSjrsnF5VnOmRt3lZ8ixa7Je4npnGXgSP060psOCQoP8Zlew6d3Hww9psXyy60MYihumVYPMs2-EfnjFWs4Nwk-vkLXpiaJ-zOAoGGkEo0p-4ezRQSU6AaZYXj1k_T/s1600-h/IMGP6257.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338601710726745282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVX4vP4sXS4hFS5IRSjrsnF5VnOmRt3lZ8ixa7Je4npnGXgSP060psOCQoP8Zlew6d3Hww9psXyy60MYihumVYPMs2-EfnjFWs4Nwk-vkLXpiaJ-zOAoGGkEo0p-4ezRQSU6AaZYXj1k_T/s400/IMGP6257.JPG" /></a><br />2 for 1 shrimp dinner in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nuevo</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error">Casas</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error">Grandes</span>. Very good!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrozIMp37P1mwt4QgTyKjMushutckb2acCGzaiyDDpnxOslJ6Dk7ihHlx4Bcnjb8pKxHp9DG3cxCg1WdHt7pWjHxSolT7OkssAuM-Nuz-fuiIfjPJW903QEqV1pZGcy6nWSSTp83Y66Q5/s1600-h/IMGP6262.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338601704392314466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrozIMp37P1mwt4QgTyKjMushutckb2acCGzaiyDDpnxOslJ6Dk7ihHlx4Bcnjb8pKxHp9DG3cxCg1WdHt7pWjHxSolT7OkssAuM-Nuz-fuiIfjPJW903QEqV1pZGcy6nWSSTp83Y66Q5/s400/IMGP6262.JPG" /></a><br />Taco stand lunch on the way back to the border.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVNR5g0CvgVTovcW_KZXZXc5TspA1d5KkdNZhyphenhyphenuOT6ZCvyOcKTB2fw8Fcx7BuC2PYvwEUuSB8FatoHe3VVdYdxiaT_PcSFtrPdqefbsNOIBZlkMvFTvCrS7KmUDgGmxXxvDeTStGWJLXe/s1600-h/IMGP6274.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338601707978113570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVNR5g0CvgVTovcW_KZXZXc5TspA1d5KkdNZhyphenhyphenuOT6ZCvyOcKTB2fw8Fcx7BuC2PYvwEUuSB8FatoHe3VVdYdxiaT_PcSFtrPdqefbsNOIBZlkMvFTvCrS7KmUDgGmxXxvDeTStGWJLXe/s400/IMGP6274.JPG" /></a><br />When we crossed the border, we headed for Silver City, NM. Friends that we knew in Colorado Springs moved there for better weather. They took us to Whitewater Canyon for a hike and we loved it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtOMj0qrwlqZj5OxO8-CMOQZgw3wop8qZVeyJASEt9z9YkxqTEwKxTKbWDu2-7eRU70L7uCQKKurRgUWAjnmD9POiO30B-9pFY90nqUY9c0j5yFdGG8mSx3c7hjtPGkf2SS1L_fgYRaiD/s1600-h/IMGP6280.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338601701564698546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtOMj0qrwlqZj5OxO8-CMOQZgw3wop8qZVeyJASEt9z9YkxqTEwKxTKbWDu2-7eRU70L7uCQKKurRgUWAjnmD9POiO30B-9pFY90nqUY9c0j5yFdGG8mSx3c7hjtPGkf2SS1L_fgYRaiD/s400/IMGP6280.JPG" /></a><br />Lot's of catwalks. Back in the gold mining days, there were two water pipelines that ran down the canyon.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIu5vJtmeH3PUaMlX1paBW7QyMfYW8BlI8uzhgBpRaa3YFCB8qyu0VbOunpL2k2hqy8yB64Ibm8gkasnDu0l3Rl_vBAgZaDoREcpqk3a9F42q-rY9O49pnqZaPRcJtkL6QcDLt8d5kNEJ/s1600-h/IMGP6295.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338601696307114834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIu5vJtmeH3PUaMlX1paBW7QyMfYW8BlI8uzhgBpRaa3YFCB8qyu0VbOunpL2k2hqy8yB64Ibm8gkasnDu0l3Rl_vBAgZaDoREcpqk3a9F42q-rY9O49pnqZaPRcJtkL6QcDLt8d5kNEJ/s400/IMGP6295.JPG" /></a><br />This is the Gila Cliff Dwelling site. Very impressive!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEO1XxRrYakeZ_AQC6_wCmrZVKOu0BlsN9rCUF-xEfb-icGE4SBEo-7ONX50JnRXPGlNirxhiV6F3GF0gkfhj-J3mvT7055NUrbVAVzrLOS8fUw0-_yrF0YJERwuJI7G4ACaShnaVhfgUS/s1600-h/IMGP6304.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338601143528453282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEO1XxRrYakeZ_AQC6_wCmrZVKOu0BlsN9rCUF-xEfb-icGE4SBEo-7ONX50JnRXPGlNirxhiV6F3GF0gkfhj-J3mvT7055NUrbVAVzrLOS8fUw0-_yrF0YJERwuJI7G4ACaShnaVhfgUS/s400/IMGP6304.JPG" /></a><br />We had a lot of fun hiking here!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4pW-dvalGxan6yJhbkERwC0C9NF703_xTXp-p1S4MiXorN-Rn6Te5QeTrlYguzCIq2-ZR_c92kvdv5WRdMcf5-sYp9CqIb4VugT7A9AaPd_QE2PhJEld0Q6u6nk1wD0bzgJo2wbxYyyZ/s1600-h/IMGP6305.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338601138872159522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4pW-dvalGxan6yJhbkERwC0C9NF703_xTXp-p1S4MiXorN-Rn6Te5QeTrlYguzCIq2-ZR_c92kvdv5WRdMcf5-sYp9CqIb4VugT7A9AaPd_QE2PhJEld0Q6u6nk1wD0bzgJo2wbxYyyZ/s400/IMGP6305.JPG" /></a><br />Gila "Hippie" Hot Springs! Nice!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprMU8XaDSEp-9JU-XFxQnttzMoQUiQK2vAMK3uMugnx-4QM7Mej-jCd5sFZ373gfKwtZW9Ev5ECQIQjRXrIKGp6swa1FDMpMXxMCGOyOXsIFJ80u_7fIDTlkiYr84UjGhCw4MfGHAV6BZ/s1600-h/IMGP6316.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338601128915950354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprMU8XaDSEp-9JU-XFxQnttzMoQUiQK2vAMK3uMugnx-4QM7Mej-jCd5sFZ373gfKwtZW9Ev5ECQIQjRXrIKGp6swa1FDMpMXxMCGOyOXsIFJ80u_7fIDTlkiYr84UjGhCw4MfGHAV6BZ/s400/IMGP6316.JPG" /></a><br />If you're going to Mexico, why not get some dental work done at great prices? We loved it!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uW44JUmMsJkv98YAFrRNd-vMR-Y8C28ShmYlFSW819KtOaFE0ZtInr9lZCl6II1I6Mhoify6SKYPfhz3VwlN8IM5e2aFrecsCRf0Vq8ukjLC1_kOCrVkEU8F0EGCF6_P-eeGXq_SIvbd/s1600-h/IMGP6321.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338601124450284802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uW44JUmMsJkv98YAFrRNd-vMR-Y8C28ShmYlFSW819KtOaFE0ZtInr9lZCl6II1I6Mhoify6SKYPfhz3VwlN8IM5e2aFrecsCRf0Vq8ukjLC1_kOCrVkEU8F0EGCF6_P-eeGXq_SIvbd/s400/IMGP6321.JPG" /></a><br />Downtown <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-error">Palomas</span>, Mexico! As you can see, very hectic and dangerous. We walked around town and had a lot of fun.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUfkMKI02CJWhWFZQpbLsvNmd-E1yH6ybMCyX43XpZaAsORfiRL3qrxvZA2F1ynzPPAzjqN95uBxbQZJSfOsZL8UY5WXmAE6n_VHuXipvyhXEI-bu7PwvKhJEzGU9rjNMg39BYC-4ikX_/s1600-h/IMGP6327.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338601124420963730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUfkMKI02CJWhWFZQpbLsvNmd-E1yH6ybMCyX43XpZaAsORfiRL3qrxvZA2F1ynzPPAzjqN95uBxbQZJSfOsZL8UY5WXmAE6n_VHuXipvyhXEI-bu7PwvKhJEzGU9rjNMg39BYC-4ikX_/s400/IMGP6327.JPG" /></a><br />Camping at Elephant Butte Reservoir on the way home.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-19708062729596865142009-05-21T19:55:00.000-07:002009-05-22T03:30:09.502-07:00Baja Whale Watching - February 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBVFJJF49JAo1vYsf4UdjwYz4dcyCGW6aFE32Jo5pv2cEnkuMR2WoRrCsCxAa4v9zcZAOiFcF9R9qSYdIFKqweqOy4QVgHxAwhVlv45954-okoiGcbZR63jFzIjvL5a3r-tzzzn1q1eBl/s1600-h/IMGP5630.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338484132930435938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBVFJJF49JAo1vYsf4UdjwYz4dcyCGW6aFE32Jo5pv2cEnkuMR2WoRrCsCxAa4v9zcZAOiFcF9R9qSYdIFKqweqOy4QVgHxAwhVlv45954-okoiGcbZR63jFzIjvL5a3r-tzzzn1q1eBl/s400/IMGP5630.JPG" /></a><br />Sandie and I stopped on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wolfcreek</span> Pass on the way to L.A. to pick up Colin and Thea for a trip to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Baja</span> to pet the Grey Whales. The white stuff seemed like a great reason to head for some fun in the sun.<br /><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqI83RE5yjGuxuCIBa-YzAzZ5dJy-d5mg8hgQNgCOkzC-KxTt79Fg7ctaCdH4uYWRcnPyz2-8C1hUB1IeBolHLqUYKCf0JD_IVW2yRCKZIoUph-fauSfZefOOcZ_15RbBATiwOaeRTYrGe/s1600-h/IMGP5632.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338483909473066146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqI83RE5yjGuxuCIBa-YzAzZ5dJy-d5mg8hgQNgCOkzC-KxTt79Fg7ctaCdH4uYWRcnPyz2-8C1hUB1IeBolHLqUYKCf0JD_IVW2yRCKZIoUph-fauSfZefOOcZ_15RbBATiwOaeRTYrGe/s400/IMGP5632.JPG" /></a><br />Two mountain bikes, a sea kayak, and dual-sport <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">dirtbike</span> should be enough toys.<br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGNaEhkM-Fev0YXTPY6xCeVOzJKysovje3sXuVExEue9PzVnZZPSoHzFewbghCBfXERXZeOyoc92ASa61HGwPzzJ2qCZDgpm3tr6boNhePl_SWdslSheuDzwuToE6TK7XrZSR40mal-NW/s1600-h/IMGP5635.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338483903847067874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGNaEhkM-Fev0YXTPY6xCeVOzJKysovje3sXuVExEue9PzVnZZPSoHzFewbghCBfXERXZeOyoc92ASa61HGwPzzJ2qCZDgpm3tr6boNhePl_SWdslSheuDzwuToE6TK7XrZSR40mal-NW/s400/IMGP5635.JPG" /></a><br />Our stop in Joshua Tree National Park for some hiking/ camping was a lot of fun.<br /><br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPY3NBTJhioXhsPHhhbjA-iYu_W8qp8XSusLDJ8qtEbaQSZeLsR3zPOFz0Swq49dhuEPCsXe4X1cXg7mex4xRh7aL0zcS-iz74XuPQ4Qbp8UAYi2ir9Dd1XWmoGk_LOXvQ2HRANq76aw1G/s1600-h/IMGP5641.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338483897920485218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPY3NBTJhioXhsPHhhbjA-iYu_W8qp8XSusLDJ8qtEbaQSZeLsR3zPOFz0Swq49dhuEPCsXe4X1cXg7mex4xRh7aL0zcS-iz74XuPQ4Qbp8UAYi2ir9Dd1XWmoGk_LOXvQ2HRANq76aw1G/s400/IMGP5641.JPG" /></a><br />We hiked up 5,000 foot Ryan <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mtn</span>. for some great views.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qxo6hHEnZ9DU5ZmoVH5H184JwPNmGKLuH_ZJmhroOh0Nxv4iepp9Pt0DBsyC4-NM68cEAS0XroiZO4HtTNwIdfLxlBJcdzRiM4M12XmJiTr2ZLngMpjR6Hy4JVnXDy_KwptfY58USCD7/s1600-h/IMGP5643.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338483894775774690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qxo6hHEnZ9DU5ZmoVH5H184JwPNmGKLuH_ZJmhroOh0Nxv4iepp9Pt0DBsyC4-NM68cEAS0XroiZO4HtTNwIdfLxlBJcdzRiM4M12XmJiTr2ZLngMpjR6Hy4JVnXDy_KwptfY58USCD7/s400/IMGP5643.JPG" /></a><br />A bit windy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACQKYzAPV0cz_ETyaFwaGFT4lEtq33laCGVCRYqh-N0IBiAEGRzFdPMIIdTrtW2ZyT3hb8UgVWTu-SXeS_Q0_bO54_uxgKx6eY6TZ3WbkDwE6iS1kkcmzCeH1Q2ZFHpxeWVKthm8kJjlx/s1600-h/IMGP5646.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338483892399801666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACQKYzAPV0cz_ETyaFwaGFT4lEtq33laCGVCRYqh-N0IBiAEGRzFdPMIIdTrtW2ZyT3hb8UgVWTu-SXeS_Q0_bO54_uxgKx6eY6TZ3WbkDwE6iS1kkcmzCeH1Q2ZFHpxeWVKthm8kJjlx/s400/IMGP5646.JPG" /></a><br />Joshua Trees!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdOeYTMQa96SHtGlCyDW1X-r8xdYZoIqNttPtPp9hQqzQVpQCt5m0CaPBw4MDKbDwHi2y2X31j2URrGptG3DbOAiX90bqcEADdi-PNmWN3bssAsMFquM-ay2lH5MQ-6JX_QDV1npzoaEm/s1600-h/IMGP5648.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338483094848451602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdOeYTMQa96SHtGlCyDW1X-r8xdYZoIqNttPtPp9hQqzQVpQCt5m0CaPBw4MDKbDwHi2y2X31j2URrGptG3DbOAiX90bqcEADdi-PNmWN3bssAsMFquM-ay2lH5MQ-6JX_QDV1npzoaEm/s400/IMGP5648.JPG" /></a><br />Abandoned 1900 homestead!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuKNOFiYYRVE1n2VqlAnYBzYM_pmGrSIOcwt1Lj-qTDdyn-EJsMftj-HcLZY1AGFAIm4d8kLl1MN3hoGlKMQFtr8FcOm-R9-XHqSrOW-b6PnAa2y5qimZXp7PJNKnNerBlsRQcnimA04z/s1600-h/IMGP5654.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338483094212965298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuKNOFiYYRVE1n2VqlAnYBzYM_pmGrSIOcwt1Lj-qTDdyn-EJsMftj-HcLZY1AGFAIm4d8kLl1MN3hoGlKMQFtr8FcOm-R9-XHqSrOW-b6PnAa2y5qimZXp7PJNKnNerBlsRQcnimA04z/s400/IMGP5654.JPG" /></a><br />Great campground! Free! Casino in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Indio</span>!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnP-DiulqqXIpq1j6683SCCnlrmwu3jkmXMHVENRi-oVz75ThO19Rw3XxS-ZqrtRaza8o8om0BcwptXQpWJDDTXg1eGxlZroXLGvyvJZPrTPYYPLBwUlwy0taLcB7D6PNqMP06C9M8ET0/s1600-h/IMGP5724.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338483087014203586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnP-DiulqqXIpq1j6683SCCnlrmwu3jkmXMHVENRi-oVz75ThO19Rw3XxS-ZqrtRaza8o8om0BcwptXQpWJDDTXg1eGxlZroXLGvyvJZPrTPYYPLBwUlwy0taLcB7D6PNqMP06C9M8ET0/s400/IMGP5724.JPG" /></a><br />Border crossing at Tijuana! Smooth - No problems!<br /><br />We camped at a truck stop on the U.S. side the night before and when Fox News ran a strong government warning against travel to Mexico, I thought, I hope Colin and Thea's Mom isn't watching this.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnP_UBn2IVId0VMlvuhT7iHg9wcJEoOAxSrnt_GcyrUfCO9Pm2Gs0nULCjC8qUXg3PdyicU7uKB7xm_uJBivsxx8z1-BN7Ge8871SAKgLnbXupaNBIlgK0j7BildOF0aT6sViOsKG7_vyp/s1600-h/IMGP5728.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338483082106304850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnP_UBn2IVId0VMlvuhT7iHg9wcJEoOAxSrnt_GcyrUfCO9Pm2Gs0nULCjC8qUXg3PdyicU7uKB7xm_uJBivsxx8z1-BN7Ge8871SAKgLnbXupaNBIlgK0j7BildOF0aT6sViOsKG7_vyp/s400/IMGP5728.JPG" /></a><br />Famous blowhole - La <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bufadora</span>!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnZ4xzPqQhLatrp-oF7HjXhmRki1CefHI9qUFK5WxlvZL3hgEDqXqjDWGgYYGJz8HEsqhSAvRFbfrrUyAw_2U7HiLBw3DeoIO2q-wDO0apG7daE8SOIc4oGV32Lj2bkWOX7CwQ9Cgl37T/s1600-h/IMGP5729.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338483074641440098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnZ4xzPqQhLatrp-oF7HjXhmRki1CefHI9qUFK5WxlvZL3hgEDqXqjDWGgYYGJz8HEsqhSAvRFbfrrUyAw_2U7HiLBw3DeoIO2q-wDO0apG7daE8SOIc4oGV32Lj2bkWOX7CwQ9Cgl37T/s400/IMGP5729.JPG" /></a><br />The incoming waves fill a cave, trapping air, which blows the water like a geyser.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4ZTS8hX5tVx9k0IvnCjjbhPB8tV84UFw1caZsw9AhTDknFKgSkx0wwEsckqFWwbrOIuNtMpmyLPjjrHXpEk_iZe0nqFIZjMZvcN7EDTF7qsHcfGR_v1kAT-gtR9TXpoyQJd41q-qmI58/s1600-h/IMGP5738.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338482290570191714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4ZTS8hX5tVx9k0IvnCjjbhPB8tV84UFw1caZsw9AhTDknFKgSkx0wwEsckqFWwbrOIuNtMpmyLPjjrHXpEk_iZe0nqFIZjMZvcN7EDTF7qsHcfGR_v1kAT-gtR9TXpoyQJd41q-qmI58/s400/IMGP5738.JPG" /></a><br />The kids got a kick out of this sign at our campground in El Rosario.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqH2u1lUwlVsebUcYXuRX1iClnp5nNEUE_uXRrmPdCnmue63D3xOWwwo_mi81Q3jBCSYW28WuTQDPLXmw43mjGq_LyT0OVB3CB7Tj4tyB6QdQHeAdfxSzddRW5jw-Voi5YY6KrKP4bk5Q/s1600-h/IMGP5740.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338482284684358274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqH2u1lUwlVsebUcYXuRX1iClnp5nNEUE_uXRrmPdCnmue63D3xOWwwo_mi81Q3jBCSYW28WuTQDPLXmw43mjGq_LyT0OVB3CB7Tj4tyB6QdQHeAdfxSzddRW5jw-Voi5YY6KrKP4bk5Q/s400/IMGP5740.JPG" /></a><br />A typical outdoor market!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikg-TJRegLREJxnkp3aRySGHN1TnJ_1P43czFfb9UFZUQQYd3UKfcDZBCR296KAHNdaStvbh8NKyEuOo0-nhj57g9WZK8J0qmlWwEanncH1j0IlLaWlpxpQC1z8ycK1LC_OAq9ibHEAzx5/s1600-h/IMGP5756.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338482281069936930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikg-TJRegLREJxnkp3aRySGHN1TnJ_1P43czFfb9UFZUQQYd3UKfcDZBCR296KAHNdaStvbh8NKyEuOo0-nhj57g9WZK8J0qmlWwEanncH1j0IlLaWlpxpQC1z8ycK1LC_OAq9ibHEAzx5/s400/IMGP5756.JPG" /></a><br />Colin says, "This isn't like Taco Bell".<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xA5uOqFLfRCu75LheJk6HIGIZuPMkDl31WQfRgs_ZSTnm8VcqzHLttePbvQb8N7kzgvHzf__3AzPxU4VzK7nTxKNx7sG3FAhucEJXum-f7pW_9LTA9j4DidoVGoEujXsVNho_jdoipBW/s1600-h/IMGP5761.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338482274256429282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xA5uOqFLfRCu75LheJk6HIGIZuPMkDl31WQfRgs_ZSTnm8VcqzHLttePbvQb8N7kzgvHzf__3AzPxU4VzK7nTxKNx7sG3FAhucEJXum-f7pW_9LTA9j4DidoVGoEujXsVNho_jdoipBW/s400/IMGP5761.JPG" /></a><br />Checking out the skeleton at the whale watching beach near Guerrero Negro.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTX72qeO0TD2TaghcMrZWoVJE3aY7LZiBXyWe6e09wksizX-md5242qHEMNEm43oKZkB3YFExOO8JIRnnyb5rAlEqdkEXHCYKKisDB4HPyvbcLLUn5tL7AoOSVeDUSsM4bnM-I3HGh92bo/s1600-h/IMGP5805.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338482273049800466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTX72qeO0TD2TaghcMrZWoVJE3aY7LZiBXyWe6e09wksizX-md5242qHEMNEm43oKZkB3YFExOO8JIRnnyb5rAlEqdkEXHCYKKisDB4HPyvbcLLUn5tL7AoOSVeDUSsM4bnM-I3HGh92bo/s400/IMGP5805.JPG" /></a><br />This Momma whale with baby approaches our 18 foot boat. We were able to pet it as it came up to our boat. That happened twice on our tour.<br /><br />I wish I'd gotten better Pics but I was video taping at the same time that I was snapping photos.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUTpKboAT_ITXip-XuZpl_6SPtbVsEuVA_SGCwVl1m254fEJpGVTkbEnB6knpHelFzl7NpPd9EJwI9uwEjqcb9Vzm6i7m059US1Yp827SRpqwOQ5URDFA8kmGCeiIcC551qqXiEaW1CJZ/s1600-h/IMGP5859.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338479798665969730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUTpKboAT_ITXip-XuZpl_6SPtbVsEuVA_SGCwVl1m254fEJpGVTkbEnB6knpHelFzl7NpPd9EJwI9uwEjqcb9Vzm6i7m059US1Yp827SRpqwOQ5URDFA8kmGCeiIcC551qqXiEaW1CJZ/s400/IMGP5859.JPG" /></a><br />I took Colin and Thea on some motorcycle rides out in the desert. The people living here were mining a white rock called <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Caliza</span>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqXMiZmBedhrXA_HPkRO7ncvhzXg4oPy3iXXwr1ORxlNNeZpcdbnbqIJ_DuEA4EOhSmkgO07bEC1odgZ18_JxfRD_4YhB0LfnZh-CEhanKWgth2UZKXs5wGqQSy8VZ7X1cUEp4iuFqRo/s1600-h/IMGP5868.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338479792503034610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqXMiZmBedhrXA_HPkRO7ncvhzXg4oPy3iXXwr1ORxlNNeZpcdbnbqIJ_DuEA4EOhSmkgO07bEC1odgZ18_JxfRD_4YhB0LfnZh-CEhanKWgth2UZKXs5wGqQSy8VZ7X1cUEp4iuFqRo/s400/IMGP5868.JPG" /></a><br />Sign at the highway south of Guerrero Negro.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtCpcFvnx_yF_IYUL2zBxoAtVFKvNeZMe_Bd7uhi5x85fbRrOGYlWdxigqx-y4Accrcj6GPnvKio6vh2JaT6s27c2OgvhRagohdScNVk0h3mBtUKue-XQ1rsLqG3OW9e_JAFxqzn0jv0Y/s1600-h/IMGP5878.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338479791524546546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtCpcFvnx_yF_IYUL2zBxoAtVFKvNeZMe_Bd7uhi5x85fbRrOGYlWdxigqx-y4Accrcj6GPnvKio6vh2JaT6s27c2OgvhRagohdScNVk0h3mBtUKue-XQ1rsLqG3OW9e_JAFxqzn0jv0Y/s400/IMGP5878.JPG" /></a><br />Lunch stop on the way back to the border.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1k8BN-8uNC8Va7drbjykRc2RDyhT16y0zr1VQVxC2SSDxT_-5RCnEXjwHDkDBZo8CLh3dsjAZcBONRkHkKQIPNggZFWJUdwnrts-zJxhQHT5pB2lk8n9Nu9wiCIli4l2A8Le6__6Z7MdP/s1600-h/IMGP5905.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338479790848055282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1k8BN-8uNC8Va7drbjykRc2RDyhT16y0zr1VQVxC2SSDxT_-5RCnEXjwHDkDBZo8CLh3dsjAZcBONRkHkKQIPNggZFWJUdwnrts-zJxhQHT5pB2lk8n9Nu9wiCIli4l2A8Le6__6Z7MdP/s400/IMGP5905.JPG" /></a><br />When we got back to L.A., Traci flew out for a family weekend. None of us had ever been to Santa Catalina Island and we wanted to check it out and do a hike there. </div><div> </div><div>Traci and Trevor<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhso3Ghx4wrVb9v0tffxWEPL-e2eudft2iNyvIcPMNn95gsJg8EzF9HbWXf2gtkzDgzVjYGvHJG7neyy47-CvRUDj3atZkzQYXja6v4zlP8sOA0P2uadkMYXnIL9CggrhBOnNTILHAPdBk2/s1600-h/IMGP5929.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338479783557962706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhso3Ghx4wrVb9v0tffxWEPL-e2eudft2iNyvIcPMNn95gsJg8EzF9HbWXf2gtkzDgzVjYGvHJG7neyy47-CvRUDj3atZkzQYXja6v4zlP8sOA0P2uadkMYXnIL9CggrhBOnNTILHAPdBk2/s400/IMGP5929.JPG" /></a><br />This is one of the great views on our 11 mile hike. </div><div> </div><div>A great trip!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-51551863010942250352008-09-11T11:50:00.000-07:002008-11-18T20:06:38.337-08:00MegaMel's August 2008 Adventures!MegaMel's August Travel and Activities Report!<br /><br />Motorcycle Trip to Telluride!<br /><br />Traci and Jay Wedding!<br /><br />Bonneville Salt Flats!<br /><br />Colorado Adventure Dirtbike Ride!<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br /><br />Motorcycle Trip to Telluride!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMav0v3e9VAYdmhISDINDwvX_VZhuuzLdgbCOusGE6QTQhEPmn7RRfebhjsJa0at_wU0O_nN6OgEWn1BO4gjrxlcIJZiVPBAMvMk4ynIHx8YXhgWAZfD6lHez2I3oQK3IxkyX_yoCP7Ih/s1600-h/IMGP4693.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244875792776006418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMav0v3e9VAYdmhISDINDwvX_VZhuuzLdgbCOusGE6QTQhEPmn7RRfebhjsJa0at_wU0O_nN6OgEWn1BO4gjrxlcIJZiVPBAMvMk4ynIHx8YXhgWAZfD6lHez2I3oQK3IxkyX_yoCP7Ih/s400/IMGP4693.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />MegaMel and Sandie, along with brother Doyle, his son Richard and wife Sarah.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1QKOCCrl4e6YPRWPBM8Un51n-pigzyxjhVGx4pH11UHllkjXgYUxZSNp8W8L0B-uWY5i2TbRxtHmXbzuQz4OL9E37lek4bPdTqKDE_Vjvr0BDm9OhyQhcJLimC13KS08u0jjLs1Drpu2/s1600-h/IMGP4701.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244875794113416578" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1QKOCCrl4e6YPRWPBM8Un51n-pigzyxjhVGx4pH11UHllkjXgYUxZSNp8W8L0B-uWY5i2TbRxtHmXbzuQz4OL9E37lek4bPdTqKDE_Vjvr0BDm9OhyQhcJLimC13KS08u0jjLs1Drpu2/s400/IMGP4701.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />MegaMel and Sandie on Independence Pass.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclp8OOQjmC_RafRfwO0vmFfki-n-2uZQzGhKfMtrr7uSZsBPLN1RlX9Hfnon2CFpxODT0wJUM_FL8LglFgM4CbdVuisO_vmsYEjPk1GpYlFfUrqwlio7NeOOGwL-lCeTu6jMM6j8XiS9w/s1600-h/IMGP4704.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244875362361439186" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclp8OOQjmC_RafRfwO0vmFfki-n-2uZQzGhKfMtrr7uSZsBPLN1RlX9Hfnon2CFpxODT0wJUM_FL8LglFgM4CbdVuisO_vmsYEjPk1GpYlFfUrqwlio7NeOOGwL-lCeTu6jMM6j8XiS9w/s400/IMGP4704.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Lunch break outside Aspen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmvNfv878DS7Utqg-ayIZWF53e7pp6-rZTkpIsf95iC0AR8D9enM4RFMGebtD9cVvAQGr9juOnJ8OFjxSsGOpsw_nEZCHQDhnTaeHJxgL5RB3Qcek1l7d92odTo909v8Jo_nZOWbZ5eM_/s1600-h/IMGP4706.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244875365238115906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmvNfv878DS7Utqg-ayIZWF53e7pp6-rZTkpIsf95iC0AR8D9enM4RFMGebtD9cVvAQGr9juOnJ8OFjxSsGOpsw_nEZCHQDhnTaeHJxgL5RB3Qcek1l7d92odTo909v8Jo_nZOWbZ5eM_/s400/IMGP4706.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A lot of people don't know that my brother Doyle really is Spiderman.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IhNg7R_IQnDsWmq25UA_SVociNZXYoJOfG_BCa0CcunPX0-ZheTo1obSBqig__7i1bcwuXaiVjEyp3C_C7F6kfH8rkjA_U_N5dJVyzZAD9RHuttuq_8quih3GnNU6goXPKFmnmDOLyIr/s1600-h/IMGP4714.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244875374385269250" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IhNg7R_IQnDsWmq25UA_SVociNZXYoJOfG_BCa0CcunPX0-ZheTo1obSBqig__7i1bcwuXaiVjEyp3C_C7F6kfH8rkjA_U_N5dJVyzZAD9RHuttuq_8quih3GnNU6goXPKFmnmDOLyIr/s400/IMGP4714.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One of nine Galloping Goose Trains that were built. They ran from Ridgeway to Cortez and then to Durango, and still run a few times per year. Gotta' try it!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRp_B1PSARdPiLSdqyG2j7_B0RoMQS4ns_UVD_hqlz2QjauVKYHpGjjpu9_xFSDD80a3X1VUTZroRTGLM_jzpvhpbFgGs8BL1Y2Z-L9ttOhLg5H7Z-EGIbVtCRUR67MQm0Fj8dtC96CRT/s1600-h/IMGP4719.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244875379895980418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRp_B1PSARdPiLSdqyG2j7_B0RoMQS4ns_UVD_hqlz2QjauVKYHpGjjpu9_xFSDD80a3X1VUTZroRTGLM_jzpvhpbFgGs8BL1Y2Z-L9ttOhLg5H7Z-EGIbVtCRUR67MQm0Fj8dtC96CRT/s400/IMGP4719.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ouray! One of Colorado's most beautiful places.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4sWTyUoA3vGOnP5ulVvN7wVOk926A5Mmh7GLZdC8bdQK7wnlh0RE-cyfjEO9Yel5frJ7QX3I8CTD8RTGA8dzVmvi7Lwxqy6ew44AeGOQztHhGQukcij-HPtJiRozAfH8hA4XlVvzDEcCe/s1600-h/IMGP4724.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244875388678661762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4sWTyUoA3vGOnP5ulVvN7wVOk926A5Mmh7GLZdC8bdQK7wnlh0RE-cyfjEO9Yel5frJ7QX3I8CTD8RTGA8dzVmvi7Lwxqy6ew44AeGOQztHhGQukcij-HPtJiRozAfH8hA4XlVvzDEcCe/s400/IMGP4724.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Durango Silverton RR.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6oQaHe3JhmbkCFqrJuB0KED3MqdG50US2A8CJoyPdtqc9ZRtBSF0pcA_emZpLjT2hn8lpvXp2WX704e0sLRFw1Mw-MA6IJcO5wiiy8oTpt87EpUqt4O0xK2NLCHDDotwWIRa8PM1sO94/s1600-h/IMGP4728.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244874440874912962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6oQaHe3JhmbkCFqrJuB0KED3MqdG50US2A8CJoyPdtqc9ZRtBSF0pcA_emZpLjT2hn8lpvXp2WX704e0sLRFw1Mw-MA6IJcO5wiiy8oTpt87EpUqt4O0xK2NLCHDDotwWIRa8PM1sO94/s400/IMGP4728.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Downtown Silverton.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtQogSrvRZroUvLZo2_CQseBfbVYque4PzIaAUmBJSdclzJOr9-U0rr9HmE-6Vj0PDsk3UmQevUSqxurKO0XVZIEOydFg3Xh_26-QLEtbg8M1Il4Et2YL3pxH-BOy7gF8QFzGZ4ICkux4/s1600-h/IMGP4743.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244874445087182498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtQogSrvRZroUvLZo2_CQseBfbVYque4PzIaAUmBJSdclzJOr9-U0rr9HmE-6Vj0PDsk3UmQevUSqxurKO0XVZIEOydFg3Xh_26-QLEtbg8M1Il4Et2YL3pxH-BOy7gF8QFzGZ4ICkux4/s400/IMGP4743.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />MegaMel and Sandie on the V-Strom. Note the Galloping Goose rail line in the background, below the cliffs.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ95VMqlrT5Bz6Qr0fqvI8h0eyXuacbpyj2VO4fMp1sb5jDVKNsoCIRLA9psoChJsW0wit0tK2NqIUjoGaekwnDAkIo2t86TFLUQ2jlF2Z5RDbcNJEv_owmlXcweHMeg4Gc7l8q2hPgQ48/s1600-h/IMGP4747.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244874452509811026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ95VMqlrT5Bz6Qr0fqvI8h0eyXuacbpyj2VO4fMp1sb5jDVKNsoCIRLA9psoChJsW0wit0tK2NqIUjoGaekwnDAkIo2t86TFLUQ2jlF2Z5RDbcNJEv_owmlXcweHMeg4Gc7l8q2hPgQ48/s400/IMGP4747.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bridalveil Falls and Hydro-Electric plant near Telluride.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaObT4PaKUYofVXPadyJ3nKO8XxPoHKIDGZmPO-gdX6NJBInDkhJx3vpP3UITvE4ZWmtYv7_-W8jvl4PEyFw5uhtKUeI-hzUeArggdun645f7jwvbl4rOu_H_XT1k1RGyIsl-5SQhTjX-/s1600-h/IMGP4753.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244874454636454514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaObT4PaKUYofVXPadyJ3nKO8XxPoHKIDGZmPO-gdX6NJBInDkhJx3vpP3UITvE4ZWmtYv7_-W8jvl4PEyFw5uhtKUeI-hzUeArggdun645f7jwvbl4rOu_H_XT1k1RGyIsl-5SQhTjX-/s400/IMGP4753.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />MegaMel and Sandie with Mt. Sneffels in background (I climbed it from the opposite side (much easier) when I was busy climbing all 54 of Colorado's 14'ers.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrB9pt0yY93-sWbncoXI1-wXpZsIS368WwKQEbVTVnQW2b8ndzTuxj-Nkuvyqw-OUoYxcWBsv5HVd2jMxXyn1DeYDK8cIRLmMEhqLwQc957WXTV0zJOBSfCYsoeoJP5mgdUzcv78cDWA8K/s1600-h/IMGP4758.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244874459768001234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrB9pt0yY93-sWbncoXI1-wXpZsIS368WwKQEbVTVnQW2b8ndzTuxj-Nkuvyqw-OUoYxcWBsv5HVd2jMxXyn1DeYDK8cIRLmMEhqLwQc957WXTV0zJOBSfCYsoeoJP5mgdUzcv78cDWA8K/s400/IMGP4758.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Doyle, Aimee (his daughter), Mark (fiancee), and MegaMel in front of Barr Camp.<br /><br />**************************************************************************<br /><br /><br />Our daughter Traci married her longtime boyfriend Jay on July 31, 2008 in Ft. Collins at The Tapestry House. We had three days of dinners, party's, and outings. It was a blast.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRO_mJdasUkk-9EpsQedBDroTXZvZ6OUKPuSloOtFeaXKWEJb7kYSdTJkieO2_sMX3tjI8C_jlSl7S8iNq6IF8dFs6wqeZ_hgKXeA7HuRk5jW-VxvN0kdbxSOpwmpZCE71keRx5eaVb44Y/s1600-h/DSC_0102.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244866181326359538" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRO_mJdasUkk-9EpsQedBDroTXZvZ6OUKPuSloOtFeaXKWEJb7kYSdTJkieO2_sMX3tjI8C_jlSl7S8iNq6IF8dFs6wqeZ_hgKXeA7HuRk5jW-VxvN0kdbxSOpwmpZCE71keRx5eaVb44Y/s400/DSC_0102.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Traci and Jay (Bride and Groom) have some fun on our Wedding Whitewater Rafting trip down the Poudre outside Ft. Collins.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxY4iKzbeomaDSmCvBaIv_BvDnWwcX04TerEXj_r-RrYChtorgLMO60rIRasF7Z-EqIMafimFq7wQFv2HbPZSOkE28AtJgSEwKgVB8h7yv1piG5rRK9ZdYteqvrZlfDyTvZe9FiBWjaXR/s1600-h/DSC_0104.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244866188500716146" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxY4iKzbeomaDSmCvBaIv_BvDnWwcX04TerEXj_r-RrYChtorgLMO60rIRasF7Z-EqIMafimFq7wQFv2HbPZSOkE28AtJgSEwKgVB8h7yv1piG5rRK9ZdYteqvrZlfDyTvZe9FiBWjaXR/s400/DSC_0104.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Yes, we had a lot of fun the the Class 3+ rapids. One of our boats flipped twice. We had fifty people on the trip.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm78gVjyM5rZUzQ7TVpTSf271-MQ-wI9d5hWkAFs2jZ4eSX_vPgZN_asxeVdDrYE39bXDhEm5DGQ7j4v4HEygCYZy3LSBh48gQ7dqRitvmhVVmT9-N7DJZSPSp8xwvwWEsd6AN2HZ-tV61/s1600-h/DSC_0049.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244865301954576930" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm78gVjyM5rZUzQ7TVpTSf271-MQ-wI9d5hWkAFs2jZ4eSX_vPgZN_asxeVdDrYE39bXDhEm5DGQ7j4v4HEygCYZy3LSBh48gQ7dqRitvmhVVmT9-N7DJZSPSp8xwvwWEsd6AN2HZ-tV61/s400/DSC_0049.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />MegaMel and Traci head down the aisle.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVBTIjTlhh3Ru_QkKpXmrI-a4mjNZtLy2-gr-kwPErcCzDzAfgg58WnzPqTB4as2PauiHFi1lo32yDvnSmVZ9tNG-rtr0VTIt4taeV0o7a8fpnYsseTQB5IPfo-gbZjM8njWi_p3l88mm/s1600-h/IMGP4581.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244865318549325266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVBTIjTlhh3Ru_QkKpXmrI-a4mjNZtLy2-gr-kwPErcCzDzAfgg58WnzPqTB4as2PauiHFi1lo32yDvnSmVZ9tNG-rtr0VTIt4taeV0o7a8fpnYsseTQB5IPfo-gbZjM8njWi_p3l88mm/s400/IMGP4581.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />All the Grand kids. Taylor, Dakotah, Colin, Jordyn, Baylee, and Thea.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQ2dQbLB_-ziE1mV3NA5LMX7eU2jcw0ebZirSdJWhCzEEXjp94cJhJAkroIExdSJbfkrrGKAmdVusfN9h_Dwbfu5ZxQ3ZbXqltoHLI7pmdOAGZRSMPCvyXxhRUqSUfp78H0Ad3Kl7bLQ6/s1600-h/IMGP4595.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244862631164181314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQ2dQbLB_-ziE1mV3NA5LMX7eU2jcw0ebZirSdJWhCzEEXjp94cJhJAkroIExdSJbfkrrGKAmdVusfN9h_Dwbfu5ZxQ3ZbXqltoHLI7pmdOAGZRSMPCvyXxhRUqSUfp78H0Ad3Kl7bLQ6/s400/IMGP4595.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The Tapestry House in Ft. Collins.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mfkMRkWcNHzbw4Sx2fkggPLm-IfcGb7YHc_TpOsrAYr1ZCDTPIOVMzSlgJZHnQx5AUOT7RlU9z_CTgVEDq3i3oFQxLCRsNja-0BvgSxwp_-Ovw9dUQLBmCWBabig4yUGQ65zo2hOaGmV/s1600-h/IMGP4598.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244862634350696050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mfkMRkWcNHzbw4Sx2fkggPLm-IfcGb7YHc_TpOsrAYr1ZCDTPIOVMzSlgJZHnQx5AUOT7RlU9z_CTgVEDq3i3oFQxLCRsNja-0BvgSxwp_-Ovw9dUQLBmCWBabig4yUGQ65zo2hOaGmV/s400/IMGP4598.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Traci during the photo shoot prior to the wedding.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaUb83HYM6YmnJx2xrWwqamTBHhxzV_bWNBsYXIyoCkdIIkx8KgSb5CiFq9qd-LDpTerWaX63oDfF1zM_2f-pCPCqDm6agB0I3l1xMVpQoFHUYnzAuRwkzG4q6F-dZ3xcFEquxDHz0GsB/s1600-h/IMGP4599.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244862646512992322" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaUb83HYM6YmnJx2xrWwqamTBHhxzV_bWNBsYXIyoCkdIIkx8KgSb5CiFq9qd-LDpTerWaX63oDfF1zM_2f-pCPCqDm6agB0I3l1xMVpQoFHUYnzAuRwkzG4q6F-dZ3xcFEquxDHz0GsB/s400/IMGP4599.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />MegaMel, Granddaughter Jordyn (Sophomore at CSU), and Sandie.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LqKIDDrOtCtrIBi81n4GZ7rEtZs0QkNMisXy5YqW4d5MraB25GBhNHQGhCsSIFYeYUQwU00Ls7RAo97s3t-wcwoc7LJuok74bGlyQBZZ9NLHXusMunwm4gad3XGkGZKSEXAOxdT7-lNG/s1600-h/IMGP4610.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244862647902256786" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LqKIDDrOtCtrIBi81n4GZ7rEtZs0QkNMisXy5YqW4d5MraB25GBhNHQGhCsSIFYeYUQwU00Ls7RAo97s3t-wcwoc7LJuok74bGlyQBZZ9NLHXusMunwm4gad3XGkGZKSEXAOxdT7-lNG/s400/IMGP4610.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We had three days of party's at the wedding but our Whitewater Rafting day was a high point (second after the wedding itself of course). Here's Jay (the groom), Trevor, Dakotah (granddaughter), Taylor (granddaughter), Jordyn (granddaughter), MegaMel, Maia (daughter-in-law), Traci, Colin (grandson).<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZqWrAJQ4E5yursCWrdTECPOHNGD0lHu1YZS4kUXwGydGuqt06ZW2kUqL-jpUHADxKH-5fDQZ3sDQx59pmfrJ9aGTtSCqhycare7aiozLqXU1V34825JuPXcMb9llkZKFGk3E91FiR4Q-/s1600-h/IMGP4674.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244862653420616626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZqWrAJQ4E5yursCWrdTECPOHNGD0lHu1YZS4kUXwGydGuqt06ZW2kUqL-jpUHADxKH-5fDQZ3sDQx59pmfrJ9aGTtSCqhycare7aiozLqXU1V34825JuPXcMb9llkZKFGk3E91FiR4Q-/s400/IMGP4674.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />MegaMel, Sandie, Jordyn, Taylor, Dakotah, Colin, Baylee, Thea.<br /><br /><br />***********************************************************************<br /><br />Bonneville Salt Flats trip with Jack Bergman.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0W3fS7GaVQn8envvRkDal4zyDA04L0svqZz0njX52Ab0fl07dWgnad_0afUbk_qvAjsqEEIMiHUe_7GbCnImDgQ4UEGuaqb6-ts_O7-QdGSXDZqIfVsMK3AQpL0x_3xgRRPCq7S8x7MC/s1600-h/IMGP4895.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244859904142800306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0W3fS7GaVQn8envvRkDal4zyDA04L0svqZz0njX52Ab0fl07dWgnad_0afUbk_qvAjsqEEIMiHUe_7GbCnImDgQ4UEGuaqb6-ts_O7-QdGSXDZqIfVsMK3AQpL0x_3xgRRPCq7S8x7MC/s400/IMGP4895.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Jack Bergman with 250 cc Triumph without the fairing. He set a record in both classes again this year (Partial Streamlined and Modified).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8dVZ97sGtCKBMWvQw4cf-pdliW0iKMKfEyQhXD5Gu3Gm8j4se9FcKWfGe_14aaVXzWQEN74fTFuS4u8YuT0UXuojSLD2TBFZTCZLB78k_ksJ2lNsA9MSP7sNBfpA8Eli_CQ0SdJ-s0_3/s1600-h/IMGP4809.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244859915093400242" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8dVZ97sGtCKBMWvQw4cf-pdliW0iKMKfEyQhXD5Gu3Gm8j4se9FcKWfGe_14aaVXzWQEN74fTFuS4u8YuT0UXuojSLD2TBFZTCZLB78k_ksJ2lNsA9MSP7sNBfpA8Eli_CQ0SdJ-s0_3/s400/IMGP4809.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />These guys were pitted next to us. They hoped to go 330 MPH and had almost 4,000 HP in the motor.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqiaaYdnYU3-O87fmRU0ki7e3IxbGymIge3uVu9BjOAF5y90gE4BS_ayQuMJyT5Fc_jkeCE4ht-becsOTAwRCUahhKF8L51s_Hb7UER4TGVm2M1qXSoox_D3xdfG-Gs1skrimVnA0l0mUS/s1600-h/IMGP4830.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244859919853534018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqiaaYdnYU3-O87fmRU0ki7e3IxbGymIge3uVu9BjOAF5y90gE4BS_ayQuMJyT5Fc_jkeCE4ht-becsOTAwRCUahhKF8L51s_Hb7UER4TGVm2M1qXSoox_D3xdfG-Gs1skrimVnA0l0mUS/s400/IMGP4830.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There were 500 entries and at least 50 "Rat Rods" (built to look like they were built in the '50's). Probably another 50 or so Street Rods were on hand as well. Quite a show!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRzx4Pk7RD0uHmwnitcOhlf86J0pgQNksQB-oQA50CTeBjkw6Pr8LiBP8SvL0aO9Kmskj7THnM_ig5iPxNS_uPA3N1DPh89L_UeITpwWogpYlzU671FfwPx7SDeuvlxT4_fDa1qeSdcwX/s1600-h/IMGP4851.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244859925562491298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRzx4Pk7RD0uHmwnitcOhlf86J0pgQNksQB-oQA50CTeBjkw6Pr8LiBP8SvL0aO9Kmskj7THnM_ig5iPxNS_uPA3N1DPh89L_UeITpwWogpYlzU671FfwPx7SDeuvlxT4_fDa1qeSdcwX/s400/IMGP4851.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Jack, on the Start Line. Anyone can hang out here and talk to drivers and crews. Fun!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3XjtBMuA1WeVmhQpjNBxhhsOMofFm0oc-pUMTsRkIDJnxdwhViF0Ibx8Xk9QuSJguNap_PCaGeFmtkhGv8ewc7h3Nr1fJDCyQegUDoVy7hb73ZYlieczwdkJq_7t6EEUQ4DCFEdWCFTH/s1600-h/IMGP4770.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244859934237159394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3XjtBMuA1WeVmhQpjNBxhhsOMofFm0oc-pUMTsRkIDJnxdwhViF0Ibx8Xk9QuSJguNap_PCaGeFmtkhGv8ewc7h3Nr1fJDCyQegUDoVy7hb73ZYlieczwdkJq_7t6EEUQ4DCFEdWCFTH/s400/IMGP4770.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />BC, Wally, and Jack at Tech. inspection.<br /><br /><br />***********************************************************************<br /><br /><br />Colorado Adventure Dirtbike Ride in Beulah.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_R0EvlvsffT3gxAQB7UEDrhaGZxwrz1M2CHCRVtsfIBulUjREGqOVVka7ReGOKsjnKkTHNdyJiM9L5fUeC45gFMVtOC5Ams0dnhRlebgbE7KNYV5jdWh7wnGfh1MAum8U4Le80_HUxNGF/s1600-h/Colorado+Adventure+2008+094.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244846631534910274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_R0EvlvsffT3gxAQB7UEDrhaGZxwrz1M2CHCRVtsfIBulUjREGqOVVka7ReGOKsjnKkTHNdyJiM9L5fUeC45gFMVtOC5Ams0dnhRlebgbE7KNYV5jdWh7wnGfh1MAum8U4Le80_HUxNGF/s400/Colorado+Adventure+2008+094.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Roman cooks us a big batch of Slovakian goulash. Tasty!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2svHSYm9eShZhbZ1Yh6V3vAm6seI28b02IcYxZIVxF0GWwVf1yaQM9Oi494-Obs3ofqOYbAqmaggfnPFGlMq3PXOjCo19Q0uQ4Li5_6YbTBNcH9GQJLMFsUGnrIqmL4G6QgAyLF7Imbg/s1600-h/Colorado+Adventure+2008+140.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244846635606675682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2svHSYm9eShZhbZ1Yh6V3vAm6seI28b02IcYxZIVxF0GWwVf1yaQM9Oi494-Obs3ofqOYbAqmaggfnPFGlMq3PXOjCo19Q0uQ4Li5_6YbTBNcH9GQJLMFsUGnrIqmL4G6QgAyLF7Imbg/s400/Colorado+Adventure+2008+140.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />How 'bout that goulash? Buddy wants a taste.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ffCSxC5juQdGx3oWODZH5cFV8-O7yde0gVECtAPE80_bEhkUPteHM7vhmS1SwzX6k0gKsxvYDrYfoLuJsRV_m-MVNpMWhSVXX5IzHWNUBhjS4i2eG4H-gnmje1DsBTsAD2gpVs7Fx7_B/s1600-h/Colorado+Adventure+2008+145.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244846647846784882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ffCSxC5juQdGx3oWODZH5cFV8-O7yde0gVECtAPE80_bEhkUPteHM7vhmS1SwzX6k0gKsxvYDrYfoLuJsRV_m-MVNpMWhSVXX5IzHWNUBhjS4i2eG4H-gnmje1DsBTsAD2gpVs7Fx7_B/s400/Colorado+Adventure+2008+145.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Our every night campfire was loads of fun.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepR7eRwWX6VdEQxUPP02ubKRKNGUQCBjn9CSMKJu-1qCsJftCdM9lmlJj61NSH2ZR2Y97C7ANIL7xz3-Z2rE2-l6VFGg-y-rit0zA4Cd72g0aQ6Xv5s8cZCNAr7B1qtkBdC5Ik0jy2Deg/s1600-h/Colorado+Adventure+2008+156.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244846655516944226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepR7eRwWX6VdEQxUPP02ubKRKNGUQCBjn9CSMKJu-1qCsJftCdM9lmlJj61NSH2ZR2Y97C7ANIL7xz3-Z2rE2-l6VFGg-y-rit0zA4Cd72g0aQ6Xv5s8cZCNAr7B1qtkBdC5Ik0jy2Deg/s400/Colorado+Adventure+2008+156.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Joi and her cabin.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1EpdMTSS_LvkLq9SZnGGqoHWaKVT0gfrkzq3d1qmQ8uINjBQk6I6b-QAlWDq9lMFVHJU9N4_sG72QbwPi-g63zTr_I7dGyxk4sMg50s0UQHWAz8R5ev5WsGZ-o_wQdZUYaT1nCEouCTT/s1600-h/Colorado+Adventure+2008+159.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244846662238076642" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1EpdMTSS_LvkLq9SZnGGqoHWaKVT0gfrkzq3d1qmQ8uINjBQk6I6b-QAlWDq9lMFVHJU9N4_sG72QbwPi-g63zTr_I7dGyxk4sMg50s0UQHWAz8R5ev5WsGZ-o_wQdZUYaT1nCEouCTT/s400/Colorado+Adventure+2008+159.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Chevy Flatbed on it's "maiden voyage".<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfD0MU0hMy2nXov_nQpaQy9hDgq-t9qJlWLHmCkqYtEGMvTp1VhfcpZiG5ckWLMVHm6HtfZpMwJFHf0Zmo9bWmG17B-12_Q5a-lV00WjRYrKnhz0r_2YRPb5rn_3ZgiUkT5aWkliiQGZy/s1600-h/Colorado+Adventure+2008+199.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244842634722071042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfD0MU0hMy2nXov_nQpaQy9hDgq-t9qJlWLHmCkqYtEGMvTp1VhfcpZiG5ckWLMVHm6HtfZpMwJFHf0Zmo9bWmG17B-12_Q5a-lV00WjRYrKnhz0r_2YRPb5rn_3ZgiUkT5aWkliiQGZy/s400/Colorado+Adventure+2008+199.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Harry preparing some of his signature Brats. Buddy's hoping for a taste.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQYO_dp_pFTJOcnuGXTEy-mMGu5E5NxFfAbFJCl5m_SZci1uJsA6YnbpoPc7S-TVRj5JQJtQr3CREMW_cHFudtOFP2RHQzwu14WHedI1db57dOB_lxEarmR3vKhSnOb7sCeeYUWlB5AZj/s1600-h/Colorado+Adventure+2008+202.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244842637886036466" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQYO_dp_pFTJOcnuGXTEy-mMGu5E5NxFfAbFJCl5m_SZci1uJsA6YnbpoPc7S-TVRj5JQJtQr3CREMW_cHFudtOFP2RHQzwu14WHedI1db57dOB_lxEarmR3vKhSnOb7sCeeYUWlB5AZj/s400/Colorado+Adventure+2008+202.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Judy from St. Louis and my wife Sandie enjoying the Beulah views.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJeVOR414QLYGMvers_pdPSsikvTzRdZAQpqagfGOtyVlza15VVvgL_uRUHhz_DrnnfHXlcjzZSrfu3uPxM1-c6TYfC81cHR7uY-FI-W8sMKcjD6GBoivcEiK-KdsDr9-JYjIgWZM_7Z3/s1600-h/Colorado+Adventure+2008+205.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244842645495707362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJeVOR414QLYGMvers_pdPSsikvTzRdZAQpqagfGOtyVlza15VVvgL_uRUHhz_DrnnfHXlcjzZSrfu3uPxM1-c6TYfC81cHR7uY-FI-W8sMKcjD6GBoivcEiK-KdsDr9-JYjIgWZM_7Z3/s400/Colorado+Adventure+2008+205.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />BC's new "Shed". BC and Harry working on the roofing.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdufjry-BuU6G80dQKp01JlHaWdf8CI_U7yGkOryPm6wNmS1qI0vz78-1SpDJBEnFQD-OhMIA57R5H8XNScNjzJ5qHCajYughrfD7eqOTNmj7A_2Qf57B-NkFpX_wbjenUiBph1IoAHace/s1600-h/Colorado+Adventure+2008+211.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244842656395413426" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdufjry-BuU6G80dQKp01JlHaWdf8CI_U7yGkOryPm6wNmS1qI0vz78-1SpDJBEnFQD-OhMIA57R5H8XNScNjzJ5qHCajYughrfD7eqOTNmj7A_2Qf57B-NkFpX_wbjenUiBph1IoAHace/s400/Colorado+Adventure+2008+211.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Bob Garner, Mike Kunz, BC, MegaMel, Harry Wedler, and Don Zobel watch while we try to get "Little Blue", a 1-1/2 HP Hit & Miss engine, running.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5z5MAmzjXL-IJ0DRUNRXqZ9h5TO4HBvsReXNi_y1TzkX6vWPNsjlJHGZtXzsotR_M9fIwIUucVK7bs9CCJ_hstz-CKzys6mSuT31WcZCcM_WQTJjl2_qDIBpnG4wn6Q3bfKcCidyRD6Ys/s1600-h/IMGP4903.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244840932144041250" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5z5MAmzjXL-IJ0DRUNRXqZ9h5TO4HBvsReXNi_y1TzkX6vWPNsjlJHGZtXzsotR_M9fIwIUucVK7bs9CCJ_hstz-CKzys6mSuT31WcZCcM_WQTJjl2_qDIBpnG4wn6Q3bfKcCidyRD6Ys/s400/IMGP4903.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />MegaMel with his KTM 450EXC<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RC_QuJW_36md4_fHeNmjPD5P8YBRI_NA-_3HX0mCWE0t6rcyp-8eSoFYcTA4rOjn1Xzo5mLhSaT56YPj9cv5RiwD-ZX2HkqFXs0RZB0eRTzWfrMFORx26jgHLqsZ3qAm_rwMBPS9vXQa/s1600-h/IMGP4905.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244840941566677970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RC_QuJW_36md4_fHeNmjPD5P8YBRI_NA-_3HX0mCWE0t6rcyp-8eSoFYcTA4rOjn1Xzo5mLhSaT56YPj9cv5RiwD-ZX2HkqFXs0RZB0eRTzWfrMFORx26jgHLqsZ3qAm_rwMBPS9vXQa/s400/IMGP4905.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />BC on a very narrow single-track through the Aspens.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8WxNBvk8nIGFqdnny2JvTRlZV1qC22A0RFw1KUMnGYAFT1hIE78bIw4rMc9_4MeqmLKtOR2T5fUxpI9lZXWAxrH2FppFVkykXSmwdERBheBQJqSqzhrSa5ggW-uVwVtJ7tw_8k4WllEw/s1600-h/IMGP4908.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244840948137148402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8WxNBvk8nIGFqdnny2JvTRlZV1qC22A0RFw1KUMnGYAFT1hIE78bIw4rMc9_4MeqmLKtOR2T5fUxpI9lZXWAxrH2FppFVkykXSmwdERBheBQJqSqzhrSa5ggW-uVwVtJ7tw_8k4WllEw/s400/IMGP4908.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />First private resort on National Forest land.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHH4dCcY4uifcszr5IRL0X8siW6qT0vbP-AhFFBKbzNyfaRzo2mzWqBi8TD2Om1v83XyXNZBiudAhsSOSec6iREMuMpmshmLYYEMOlumBf_4bbtjAyIxpiQzKLzjmSMO3pLR6BNfka7VJ/s1600-h/IMGP4927.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244840957148789314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHH4dCcY4uifcszr5IRL0X8siW6qT0vbP-AhFFBKbzNyfaRzo2mzWqBi8TD2Om1v83XyXNZBiudAhsSOSec6iREMuMpmshmLYYEMOlumBf_4bbtjAyIxpiQzKLzjmSMO3pLR6BNfka7VJ/s400/IMGP4927.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Starting the '49 Chevy. See the YouTube on it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtrg3LIwzfpu93EqO5v1AYFeYbNRjs1WEfEE3qDixvPCxFgriLs4Hjg50ps7At0c3wxAA39_03B1kLUvtbhe23EDQ0rA7OQncGMPLBmPqIu3VrTddYwfI_rdNq08uUqCywvs3bED09AJG/s1600-h/IMGP4928.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244840959584787266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtrg3LIwzfpu93EqO5v1AYFeYbNRjs1WEfEE3qDixvPCxFgriLs4Hjg50ps7At0c3wxAA39_03B1kLUvtbhe23EDQ0rA7OQncGMPLBmPqIu3VrTddYwfI_rdNq08uUqCywvs3bED09AJG/s400/IMGP4928.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Zobel shows how to get the starter working.MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-67991444992152864452008-08-27T21:00:00.000-07:002008-11-18T20:07:09.389-08:00RTAA - Roadtrip Across America<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolj7_AZAjV9DlR5iMgLF7LHSHI-1ScCg0I1YOQYgZkGHtPV4iljeYhsoY1Kr3Smzp54EzJKKGoxLTtnwtJhKP79OetfdelH_3xsf5hy0ysj-QcuFUsq49rSxSy0b261gRdaUahvhwSiKH/s1600-h/IMGP4209.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239418042714547394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolj7_AZAjV9DlR5iMgLF7LHSHI-1ScCg0I1YOQYgZkGHtPV4iljeYhsoY1Kr3Smzp54EzJKKGoxLTtnwtJhKP79OetfdelH_3xsf5hy0ysj-QcuFUsq49rSxSy0b261gRdaUahvhwSiKH/s400/IMGP4209.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Trevor (son) and his buddy Brent made it to Colorado Springs with Trev's "Millenium Falcon" (an 80's Tioga Motorhome - MoHo) along with their two boys Colin and Ian.<br /><br />Trev and I had planned a RTAA (Roadtrip Across America) to Nashville using my MoHo from Colorado Springs.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitz2E0rTksY2_QCsBh0VjAo6xGh3jIYH4eUFE63cpoIzpTzu376wEdeZRgMrYC3UVTQJBMwcn25tJh2h_vnbxZt51Ol2KXGY-YfVYt3np2APDOSYoidiLaIo71CyMVotaOm5OWTyKWzk2f/s1600-h/IMGP4212.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239418050778809858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitz2E0rTksY2_QCsBh0VjAo6xGh3jIYH4eUFE63cpoIzpTzu376wEdeZRgMrYC3UVTQJBMwcn25tJh2h_vnbxZt51Ol2KXGY-YfVYt3np2APDOSYoidiLaIo71CyMVotaOm5OWTyKWzk2f/s400/IMGP4212.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Riding our Mtn. Bikes down the Barr Trl. on Pikes Peak seemed like a good idea to start our adventure.<br /><br />The Barr Trl. is "Hot", with 8K elevation drop over 12 miles of fast single-track.<br /><br />We did some crashin' but what else would you expect?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7Wr2-BygtBqDYfjL-LpT8cCwEV6bzlGmqwoJ_3IiGgkMgF76_mLwdmw4gCXw1joEUTAoLxQWMqexZTFMWqCPIKeYTDeO9eYpDwU4imZf71RflYEzinYR_rtKJAZqcJprpKnJ72jVAzYn/s1600-h/IMGP4216.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239417601087723154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7Wr2-BygtBqDYfjL-LpT8cCwEV6bzlGmqwoJ_3IiGgkMgF76_mLwdmw4gCXw1joEUTAoLxQWMqexZTFMWqCPIKeYTDeO9eYpDwU4imZf71RflYEzinYR_rtKJAZqcJprpKnJ72jVAzYn/s400/IMGP4216.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Halfway down we hit the coffee and snickers pretty hard at Barr Camp.<br /><br />It's a great place to spend the night.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrvc2j07CMLtBqfo3e6ZvWDM86kWwSbCPC0NOPWU_raXpGq0FqyDTmxRpu2RxYKj5r9ceCoyOwUQZgcS0hPbl2uNQHLQCqY9ak0yvFfdlky-yMmZsrfhi4jCpqvSbMzUHgx0oQQIwRmDo/s1600-h/IMGP4222.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239417610028627138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrvc2j07CMLtBqfo3e6ZvWDM86kWwSbCPC0NOPWU_raXpGq0FqyDTmxRpu2RxYKj5r9ceCoyOwUQZgcS0hPbl2uNQHLQCqY9ak0yvFfdlky-yMmZsrfhi4jCpqvSbMzUHgx0oQQIwRmDo/s400/IMGP4222.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Sandie and I left Colorado Springs in our MoHo with Trevor and his two kids from CA (Colin and Thea). Thea flew here direct from CA, electing not to do the eight day MoHo trip with the "Butcher Boys".<br /><br />After spending a night in Ft. Collins to say Hi to our daughter Traci, we rolled on to the Black Hills and made a stop in Hot Springs.<br /><br />Why pay to go to some commercial hot springs when the local river flows at 90 Deg. F. Fun!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIZy0uUdyL6MiovlpsAuc6dugIOWsSgclVWAR2DdR3kDu0kTtMRN6CLa-OB4rMQSAomPVo2-WTYpip-9xExyC5o0BOeKl9RSud2zAAmcG569CaYVN8nb27H0xS1Y2E5eyRRZMIMOAZMpG/s1600-h/IMGP4269.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239417618383136770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIZy0uUdyL6MiovlpsAuc6dugIOWsSgclVWAR2DdR3kDu0kTtMRN6CLa-OB4rMQSAomPVo2-WTYpip-9xExyC5o0BOeKl9RSud2zAAmcG569CaYVN8nb27H0xS1Y2E5eyRRZMIMOAZMpG/s400/IMGP4269.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Colin really wanted to catch some fish and we tried as often as possible.<br /><br />One of the lakes in the Black Hills.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqa6qLvhsjhQPCcCWgodailF85SOeC0_zaibFyIjjn7Z5qMjR-5fZ3YELJ_5AM2kBEhwCAW1V2rabNjXx9DA_CJq_oNXK4KCwcQu2_2Aikk2i-V9jgiRWAxVFG6P8hS5DsjVjr9BF9Dpty/s1600-h/IMGP4275.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239417633565631010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqa6qLvhsjhQPCcCWgodailF85SOeC0_zaibFyIjjn7Z5qMjR-5fZ3YELJ_5AM2kBEhwCAW1V2rabNjXx9DA_CJq_oNXK4KCwcQu2_2Aikk2i-V9jgiRWAxVFG6P8hS5DsjVjr9BF9Dpty/s400/IMGP4275.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Colin and Thea at Mt. Rushmore.<br /><br />We also visited Wind Cave N.P. and the Crazy Horse memorial.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMHHXcwd0gP1qzAfG6GU4BRAfvAssW7dljmxc98ZHNM4ggpSO0gdAx6dF3JVhkbSnMI7ELlpg1BeMA-Q-Bj6GOp5jQvOZGl02pR9EOGfx5NGJnFRkqNorLZppBZwV4ax9LH4y_ACPtwOH/s1600-h/IMGP4315.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239416135134442546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMHHXcwd0gP1qzAfG6GU4BRAfvAssW7dljmxc98ZHNM4ggpSO0gdAx6dF3JVhkbSnMI7ELlpg1BeMA-Q-Bj6GOp5jQvOZGl02pR9EOGfx5NGJnFRkqNorLZppBZwV4ax9LH4y_ACPtwOH/s400/IMGP4315.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />After a fun morning at Wall Drug (I guess it's one of the top ten site-seeing attractions of America?) we drove twenty miles north to<br />Creighton to camp at the Babcock Ranch (7K acres).<br /><br />I've been there a couple of times before to ride dirtbikes with Randy Babcock.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIvRx28KRcdxqt9_V6fFsq_1FWs1qxZFo6ADa8-oD2P3geTmSuYCkArad7rOcBOe7Ed7YduBlo9G7Iuu9eanG55ogj5JIIkp4O6WfSd6g2dJ_v54LSgmhYk6I8TgMeSR2XaX8Y_51y4RH/s1600-h/IMGP4326.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239416150971665554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIvRx28KRcdxqt9_V6fFsq_1FWs1qxZFo6ADa8-oD2P3geTmSuYCkArad7rOcBOe7Ed7YduBlo9G7Iuu9eanG55ogj5JIIkp4O6WfSd6g2dJ_v54LSgmhYk6I8TgMeSR2XaX8Y_51y4RH/s400/IMGP4326.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I'm pretty sure a swim in the Missouri River will cure most anything.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkxMcQSZ670wtXaup_DPGEFG9AF2xE5w6zhSDJlbSfgMGMTV4BXYm_Tbyc-Pme52YDyBN32EelzomGep1TJEybCqYFXasWNzvtqSjvmGumF5dKA2usWbu4LyOBR6WvMZxe0tyAt3PQfSH/s1600-h/IMGP4331.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239416160277032786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkxMcQSZ670wtXaup_DPGEFG9AF2xE5w6zhSDJlbSfgMGMTV4BXYm_Tbyc-Pme52YDyBN32EelzomGep1TJEybCqYFXasWNzvtqSjvmGumF5dKA2usWbu4LyOBR6WvMZxe0tyAt3PQfSH/s400/IMGP4331.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Cleaning the Bass that Colin caught at a campgroung near Omaha.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22fLwAqO2V1uAdZkImEeGadrO9dMhdmmfUyGydrh9j_sHkufCLLZkLMi_sG4vnMfMSb09C9THIHjGOm2ZG_optKVJ1BSMRo4X8633TuWcNzGkE571vAna7KJG9WJRFAooqvs-CeoiMc4A/s1600-h/IMGP4344.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239416168476575506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22fLwAqO2V1uAdZkImEeGadrO9dMhdmmfUyGydrh9j_sHkufCLLZkLMi_sG4vnMfMSb09C9THIHjGOm2ZG_optKVJ1BSMRo4X8633TuWcNzGkE571vAna7KJG9WJRFAooqvs-CeoiMc4A/s400/IMGP4344.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><p></p><p>Watrous Watkins Woolen Mill state park. My third visit there. </p><br />The only complete 19th century woolen mill in existence.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp31tO85USGFODGnXWgDIZ7yUHVOiTHQ1j4MdRfvR5NDJIAQILrbORP582x8QHrHREDcU2K95rDMc6SpSuBKJ9VcELKfve5YG6aUTfRcaleScIiczo92sOH-oT5lHVC02IkRfEBvIya3uX/s1600-h/IMGP4345.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239416177967499906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp31tO85USGFODGnXWgDIZ7yUHVOiTHQ1j4MdRfvR5NDJIAQILrbORP582x8QHrHREDcU2K95rDMc6SpSuBKJ9VcELKfve5YG6aUTfRcaleScIiczo92sOH-oT5lHVC02IkRfEBvIya3uX/s400/IMGP4345.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The entire buildings machinery (four floors) was powered by a single-cylinder steam engine.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfC6UL7mPp7ZI0HMyD6EuZsol1hh2GFFUpmKKWNyOlyc3xbx9PYVDyCXe_jtChC93fBS0H7ja8hf14iotbY1fC4snJFwNnOn3VIvA9w7pVKz6fhoDe74OMK_TQOcysTyaHrIP2vQxWgpb2/s1600-h/IMGP4384.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239414954046600914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfC6UL7mPp7ZI0HMyD6EuZsol1hh2GFFUpmKKWNyOlyc3xbx9PYVDyCXe_jtChC93fBS0H7ja8hf14iotbY1fC4snJFwNnOn3VIvA9w7pVKz6fhoDe74OMK_TQOcysTyaHrIP2vQxWgpb2/s400/IMGP4384.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><p></p><p>We didn't want to take the time to stop but the arch in StL looked cool.</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqy1-q5KGJn4QF1uyk0xZFhRCUj0oVAdl6EofBwvoe5xpjGkoWPdE5ARq8t2CrWp8Z3TOOQPTeTcRsYQ50ujtadRW6njMrzb7QDpuizGliBXCF47NganzuGDpQCy_coAIraozfOGRQvCY9/s1600-h/IMGP4397.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239414965290491650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqy1-q5KGJn4QF1uyk0xZFhRCUj0oVAdl6EofBwvoe5xpjGkoWPdE5ARq8t2CrWp8Z3TOOQPTeTcRsYQ50ujtadRW6njMrzb7QDpuizGliBXCF47NganzuGDpQCy_coAIraozfOGRQvCY9/s400/IMGP4397.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />While we we're visiting Trevor's buddy Marco in Nashville, I rode my DR350 dirtbike 75 miles to Lynchburg to visit my "Old Buddy" Jack (#7 founder).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHzWdsy2I3BXqpZG0fpaibWg5yMK7dX9f0jX9AdbSjtgeoIcFA-GACG_ucwp1kl_zkZCRjtcZcHQRJU7txRaTVy222D1xqX1lyF7LJDZbWSlP-s5koim4VvYJqXD6RXu1U65rMfwvzMS2/s1600-h/IMGP4422.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239414969409969218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHzWdsy2I3BXqpZG0fpaibWg5yMK7dX9f0jX9AdbSjtgeoIcFA-GACG_ucwp1kl_zkZCRjtcZcHQRJU7txRaTVy222D1xqX1lyF7LJDZbWSlP-s5koim4VvYJqXD6RXu1U65rMfwvzMS2/s400/IMGP4422.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The MoHo in Marco's driveway.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRebWYNWawakLGFLqzLoIG0tSuXGKIz3pr6Slbazw9maWwAKEYF5BwAoHtK3ghfpT5y2AmTpp0gXJfEQp5bV_fAZhkaAG1qOOX4VK2-LQOmLdDB-3GlXKD90WcVzlxhYuD5Ep01TAEJ_bN/s1600-h/IMGP4451.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239414973763216770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRebWYNWawakLGFLqzLoIG0tSuXGKIz3pr6Slbazw9maWwAKEYF5BwAoHtK3ghfpT5y2AmTpp0gXJfEQp5bV_fAZhkaAG1qOOX4VK2-LQOmLdDB-3GlXKD90WcVzlxhYuD5Ep01TAEJ_bN/s400/IMGP4451.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We found the Natchez Trace State Park halfway between Nashville and Memphis. We camped next to a beautiful lake with a great swimming beach.<br /><br />The park had a free shooting range so we sharpened up our shooting skills a bit. The girls did some shooting but seemed to prefer doing workbooks.<br /><br />A fellow camper (Robert - around 70 I think?) went with us and showed us the routine of "Cowboy Shooting".<br /><br /><br /><br />On the way back to Colorado we stopped at my brother Lyle's house on Lake of the Ozarks to waterski for a few days. It was fantastic!MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-54591011400359171562008-07-14T15:24:00.000-07:002008-11-18T20:07:41.590-08:00Various trips and activities the past couple of months.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWHjUnpq90oVVZ3ZkXfkerKKvmhG7xMur9nKCqUrlK9-vgTY8m8zFILrv_BzejqQjBb4dXd8WRCOpJYtADYwaWV87fcMRCRpWLVPdQCJTXFRBkQIccLeLSzF6lE48eeHKqiV5Og_Mr_66/s1600-h/6-13-08+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223005619304197922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWHjUnpq90oVVZ3ZkXfkerKKvmhG7xMur9nKCqUrlK9-vgTY8m8zFILrv_BzejqQjBb4dXd8WRCOpJYtADYwaWV87fcMRCRpWLVPdQCJTXFRBkQIccLeLSzF6lE48eeHKqiV5Og_Mr_66/s400/6-13-08+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />These Pics are not in order. There just some stuff I've been <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">doin</span>' for the past couple of months.<br /><br /><br />Camping at Beulah!<br /><br />Taylor and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Baylee</span> loved riding the trails at Carson Hill Ranch.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJUNtQOUeBfsagVMDGhAzpjK1KmmS6O-gbM14B63McSTCaXvM1lNl9Fo4Xz3EUb0KJszW1PfsLeceEg0wCwgqGsSf5nQ9F2JwHlfMzNiITituOoJUveDWuDgjNWAEFVWRyak_5CAGjyv6/s1600-h/6-13-08+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223005625127394034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJUNtQOUeBfsagVMDGhAzpjK1KmmS6O-gbM14B63McSTCaXvM1lNl9Fo4Xz3EUb0KJszW1PfsLeceEg0wCwgqGsSf5nQ9F2JwHlfMzNiITituOoJUveDWuDgjNWAEFVWRyak_5CAGjyv6/s400/6-13-08+009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sandie and I rode Bryan's ATV along with the girls on their <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">dirtbikes</span>.<br /><br />This is shot of Bryan's barn and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">MoHo</span> shed at his old cabin.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNm1jfeIe15ER6ulwovElgsB5l-iir2KEauQQI_KHIHkkVwShWSTghaG7YcHNkEaIGx6TphgYL1icdQGUEfL9eHa2m8-yw-xXDCQa6d_ZGejmiBQfgJUx_e7EXEgd15J6b8s1uz5oOdM7/s1600-h/6-13-08+017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223005626377837986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNm1jfeIe15ER6ulwovElgsB5l-iir2KEauQQI_KHIHkkVwShWSTghaG7YcHNkEaIGx6TphgYL1icdQGUEfL9eHa2m8-yw-xXDCQa6d_ZGejmiBQfgJUx_e7EXEgd15J6b8s1uz5oOdM7/s400/6-13-08+017.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Baylee</span> had fun just riding around at the old cabin.<br /><br />That's the Greenhorn Mountains in the background. We love to sit on Bryan's deck and look at those.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcxQZkFod1kiiLjmmN3_SB6sMMUMO_8-0_5989MNom5L4z1P1cmjDK7KEjs-fhlPj4xkJkfflu2vDskiriCyOt7l-MAwBID6FJhPHrtWbaJTPCkPK6aJQBUC3V0_8M0PR0VCUcRIguz2R/s1600-h/IMGP3363.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223004996941641570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcxQZkFod1kiiLjmmN3_SB6sMMUMO_8-0_5989MNom5L4z1P1cmjDK7KEjs-fhlPj4xkJkfflu2vDskiriCyOt7l-MAwBID6FJhPHrtWbaJTPCkPK6aJQBUC3V0_8M0PR0VCUcRIguz2R/s400/IMGP3363.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here I am in KC riding the Little Blue Trail with my nephew, Chaise.<br /><br />We rode a comfortable fifteen miles. Chaise just kept on "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">crankin</span>'!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsENB4V0WwGr8nPB8kltU0WwEHPbiBu6m5e6zJqw57NmB-d8aaaJoepOFLjaz0stkTlJg8WPw26BPo_1epJAthLxuDGuU38UE_vHb-bj3Cpgl96e5l1lkLjG9sYON2_u4kfJwRzDvGYRLj/s1600-h/IMGP3444.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223005008251950594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsENB4V0WwGr8nPB8kltU0WwEHPbiBu6m5e6zJqw57NmB-d8aaaJoepOFLjaz0stkTlJg8WPw26BPo_1epJAthLxuDGuU38UE_vHb-bj3Cpgl96e5l1lkLjG9sYON2_u4kfJwRzDvGYRLj/s400/IMGP3444.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's my "Mega" brother, Kendall and my wife Sandie.<br /><br />Kendall pretty much builds the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Mittler</span> Bros. Craftsman race trucks single-handed. They do have a motor builder and get some help "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">hangin</span>' bodies", but it seems like Kendall is the "Main Man".<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXI8VCubhyknmwa9gKTmL3HNtpmcCLdHF2nOOpg6vOJ4n058A6-ePkwdi7Btn7xn3LNPzeWKMjWG1LPsq0QgOFK4LBaaR8tQZzX5OF7M5xwShIib_SfVCB2yQ1MkKqd6G_gTkdZB8xSlc/s1600-h/IMGP3471.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223005012214274690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXI8VCubhyknmwa9gKTmL3HNtpmcCLdHF2nOOpg6vOJ4n058A6-ePkwdi7Btn7xn3LNPzeWKMjWG1LPsq0QgOFK4LBaaR8tQZzX5OF7M5xwShIib_SfVCB2yQ1MkKqd6G_gTkdZB8xSlc/s400/IMGP3471.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />On our trip to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Branson</span>, I did a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Mtn</span>. Bike ride at the Weldon Springs wildlife area.<br /><br />This place was an ordnance storage facility in the 40's and a nuclear production facility in the 60's.<br /><br />Now it's a "beautiful thing to work with" with something like 36 lakes.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRdEjycLYIpUBpsovVnYCns91AQ25_RdLEmIjenCnqBwjD6kM-tevMeYUYYbBPONETl8wAs2-vxXtv9KRdXX7J11P8FaPOD5iO5C8KXz6pzw_cVhYQP-eChdILwefFRzXtjDWQzNud41M/s1600-h/IMGP3474.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223005019447424562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRdEjycLYIpUBpsovVnYCns91AQ25_RdLEmIjenCnqBwjD6kM-tevMeYUYYbBPONETl8wAs2-vxXtv9KRdXX7J11P8FaPOD5iO5C8KXz6pzw_cVhYQP-eChdILwefFRzXtjDWQzNud41M/s400/IMGP3474.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One of the many <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">ammunition</span>/ ordnance bunkers scattered around Weldon Springs.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMklW8t-eoAPzIibRqR1QEgh6p3_tDrDwqsO1Hr5BYNNiKGm7r9dq22HULPriuARiTwUWvm5SpS2B0d2hBIiiEucdT63rM4QdVop6nwecoIBNIzQilu-yrpMxyA3IIoYyWrC4K7p8Oxisb/s1600-h/IMGP3553.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223005028536874434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMklW8t-eoAPzIibRqR1QEgh6p3_tDrDwqsO1Hr5BYNNiKGm7r9dq22HULPriuARiTwUWvm5SpS2B0d2hBIiiEucdT63rM4QdVop6nwecoIBNIzQilu-yrpMxyA3IIoYyWrC4K7p8Oxisb/s400/IMGP3553.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Sandie and I traveled to KC for a wedding and college graduation for our niece Mallory.<br /><br />We finally made it to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Branson</span> and loved it.<br /><br />Crossing this river at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Busiek</span> State Park was a little interesting.<br /><br />Sandie did a hike while I biked.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKe_uWQYPvtDxSEXMQiCS0Zre8swJG2MNFu4e18xcZUKU6xfr8rieZc96LZEcZJ0NFjolETL7GAXzhiYHhSDIEyBm93EXYTg_91xeDIVsg8lGXZDwZf7FfLbP_xDUKptnq62FFzR2_ax4C/s1600-h/IMGP4069.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223002801472410482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKe_uWQYPvtDxSEXMQiCS0Zre8swJG2MNFu4e18xcZUKU6xfr8rieZc96LZEcZJ0NFjolETL7GAXzhiYHhSDIEyBm93EXYTg_91xeDIVsg8lGXZDwZf7FfLbP_xDUKptnq62FFzR2_ax4C/s400/IMGP4069.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In June we packed up the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">MoHo</span> for a few nights of camping with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Baylee</span> and Taylor.<br /><br />We paddled the kayak on Pueblo Reservoir and rode bicycles on the river trail.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDahu1uchVjUiLqfMijt-of6SJa5UPshPo6n_hUOKfgcvSsR84iMjO3X9K6E9Z2HPrqkx_WZIQwztY39fzl6pSAPv-Ev2VCIHDce9BjmdH9xQaDlrpl4bonXXavXUfB6h4izzhXfbuQln/s1600-h/IMGP4102.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223002812434678018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDahu1uchVjUiLqfMijt-of6SJa5UPshPo6n_hUOKfgcvSsR84iMjO3X9K6E9Z2HPrqkx_WZIQwztY39fzl6pSAPv-Ev2VCIHDce9BjmdH9xQaDlrpl4bonXXavXUfB6h4izzhXfbuQln/s400/IMGP4102.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We hiked up on the Mesa and had a great view of the reservoir<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTzE2mjmgE3cOpTh3fCv2QsrNaz1h-74uX5geo9uvlLTL_MvWK1QWvv2oTOjLeWg6HSFYEsoNT5M4PyAcP6N6aGGYpnpFwJMSlfbv7ptZCn6cbPGeATZGjmJ1ELnOsUgqBV-XcYq6PWlq/s1600-h/IMGP4107.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223002821218858674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTzE2mjmgE3cOpTh3fCv2QsrNaz1h-74uX5geo9uvlLTL_MvWK1QWvv2oTOjLeWg6HSFYEsoNT5M4PyAcP6N6aGGYpnpFwJMSlfbv7ptZCn6cbPGeATZGjmJ1ELnOsUgqBV-XcYq6PWlq/s400/IMGP4107.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We parked the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">MoHo</span> next to the beach and did some paddling close by.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoY1KlujtvHAOW9I44NSMG05iSJhgDfA2F750PVmxIjZAr_R9vH9utr2X75PWtomzRx4ywl_WUK-0ZoM-IPZwOvHxZ0SioqgOJmmtdWi_e4ttI7-IOvcGGQc_RPJBS2h4tVLKimhgSbknn/s1600-h/IMGP4113.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223002845735726754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoY1KlujtvHAOW9I44NSMG05iSJhgDfA2F750PVmxIjZAr_R9vH9utr2X75PWtomzRx4ywl_WUK-0ZoM-IPZwOvHxZ0SioqgOJmmtdWi_e4ttI7-IOvcGGQc_RPJBS2h4tVLKimhgSbknn/s400/IMGP4113.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is back at Beulah. What a nice place to enjoy a morning cup of "Joe".<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFD6It5TINJANck2tX4pOsRmrpx9JbiRq95e6k4jR6fV8bd5-2W7OE-sZjj4bTvi7qbxqirPPyZgfHLjjYSs80v10iqGCHCAkdFTkcw2seT1IgHev46PcaIzaCTdDR-Vy7w49l_yt1Rwl/s1600-h/IMGP4113.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLHkMv77QOLyDLWlIonSIhQ_XqOx6Rv6RBxSZ6d3ygIIzw15ECMhdKiaPik53N5Ov5qwWKo4_VSZ4tgtv0u3SJerq9_Ilb2aiu4qT5Ia5b99vIRxagLG4SNDw0Trg353MQsBfqBPlbHCt/s1600-h/IMGP4120.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223000808407235346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLHkMv77QOLyDLWlIonSIhQ_XqOx6Rv6RBxSZ6d3ygIIzw15ECMhdKiaPik53N5Ov5qwWKo4_VSZ4tgtv0u3SJerq9_Ilb2aiu4qT5Ia5b99vIRxagLG4SNDw0Trg353MQsBfqBPlbHCt/s400/IMGP4120.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We made a stop at Bryan's cabin for snacks.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pXop5NASpAy60yI-ZDlLutRqbJhkbeMkoL7BB2AAwIKC7zVFFZunJtmFpC2r9ygz_NibRZ24FksqMqEycOd5kPwT_VJUQuLn-GHfx4YC5Lz6sZSgh3juGIUW3xpBjEyHjaHeQohSR6at/s1600-h/IMGP4127.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223000824928676098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pXop5NASpAy60yI-ZDlLutRqbJhkbeMkoL7BB2AAwIKC7zVFFZunJtmFpC2r9ygz_NibRZ24FksqMqEycOd5kPwT_VJUQuLn-GHfx4YC5Lz6sZSgh3juGIUW3xpBjEyHjaHeQohSR6at/s400/IMGP4127.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is Pic of Pikes Peak that I took while climbing Mt. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Blodgett</span>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoho8ZSSTRu69EOvM5ELRsHKrl520XCujP-7D8uhyphenhyphen8jjIUMNVqu_iLqkSIVmTYqcTJQzMnqzIhifkvSuOSvf4uWJHFNhc8KHsVuLWPqzAMsxig44HxFe-1GiiYmZ4LXMRsNASEJT031q9q/s1600-h/IMGP4130.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223000827917834322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoho8ZSSTRu69EOvM5ELRsHKrl520XCujP-7D8uhyphenhyphen8jjIUMNVqu_iLqkSIVmTYqcTJQzMnqzIhifkvSuOSvf4uWJHFNhc8KHsVuLWPqzAMsxig44HxFe-1GiiYmZ4LXMRsNASEJT031q9q/s400/IMGP4130.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jack Bergman (This years AMA Sportsman of the Year - I hope I have the title right?) is heading <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">back</span> to the Bonneville Salt Flats in August.<br /><br />He'd love to break his existing speed record out there.<br /><br />He and I have been spending some time at a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Dyno</span> shop trying to squeeze the last ounce of HP out of his Triumph.<br /><br />I sat on the bike for some of our "runs".<br /><br />Lot's of noise and vibration.MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-55964182430389678332008-04-19T17:19:00.000-07:002008-04-19T18:20:44.508-07:00SUV/ Couples Trip to Copper Canyon - 04/08<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191118510116856594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCUQxOpPQkX5g7oOdY_psNzPKthQBEZ8t2-biIGxZfdZjQ1VGU07Sbvirlec3hvtNh9ZHGhp_CrdaboLVf3Ory2uhSxe0Cb5iyOc92Sj1FtI8I-qmiPepeRxX6bit_aI4u4HnbXsxBpID/s400/IMGP2909.JPG" border="0" /><br />My third visit since October to the Copper Canyon. Some people ask why and I say why not.<br /><br />Instead of my usual dirt-bike trip down there, this would be a couples "luxury" trip with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">SUV's</span> and nice rooms. It doesn't get much better than that.<br /><br />Sandie at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Paquime</span>! I tried to visit this place before but it was closed. It was written up in National Geographic for being very interesting and it's on the exact longitude line of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Chaco</span> Canyon and Chimney Rock. Interesting! How did the "ancients" do that?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLx14qf74fr5uf3mPknPKWbxWWegSFX-enQv7UR_IC75RjBFQy6vDBY_trUxYkXjz65jmr30J0bNSMYjAAEdPAh4VvcTCcojx6Ak4CAUsXlTgQtcnFapXHT8FfsKJ0rui2tIOAcRJTX3M5/s1600-h/IMGP2911.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191118518706791202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLx14qf74fr5uf3mPknPKWbxWWegSFX-enQv7UR_IC75RjBFQy6vDBY_trUxYkXjz65jmr30J0bNSMYjAAEdPAh4VvcTCcojx6Ak4CAUsXlTgQtcnFapXHT8FfsKJ0rui2tIOAcRJTX3M5/s400/IMGP2911.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />An aerial view of the settlement! People lived here from around 1,000 A.D. to 1,500 A.D.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCyFuRX35aNlwwUJV_aR5OXPSQE-2fIN6GUhaeQRhrCZ6RuamUgFDY0-vzYldoA96qaYodQvEMR2NAr47ZP36yLxuk84YwXkavv9edws-kU27CSo7YTwIxrmZMF80gTHKZRhroKCmp23z/s1600-h/IMGP2934.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191118531591693106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCyFuRX35aNlwwUJV_aR5OXPSQE-2fIN6GUhaeQRhrCZ6RuamUgFDY0-vzYldoA96qaYodQvEMR2NAr47ZP36yLxuk84YwXkavv9edws-kU27CSo7YTwIxrmZMF80gTHKZRhroKCmp23z/s400/IMGP2934.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This display of a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">complete</span> mariachi band made from scrap metal was in front of an art studio. I play the drums and couldn't resist this shot with a "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">compadre</span>".<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXqp57sbkSjyKeId8S5Oaq7WSTUYPHS0DQE92aw5TN9jeGjkkeXd_RwnsB4JYmRQo243aY_VG6d5KxS_RK6FQRYXulLj2qHXfP9ojz6Odi4BF9SBeTH_xOK4VU0sowb7fY3woi7xoAHRy/s1600-h/IMGP2965.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191117758497579714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXqp57sbkSjyKeId8S5Oaq7WSTUYPHS0DQE92aw5TN9jeGjkkeXd_RwnsB4JYmRQo243aY_VG6d5KxS_RK6FQRYXulLj2qHXfP9ojz6Odi4BF9SBeTH_xOK4VU0sowb7fY3woi7xoAHRy/s400/IMGP2965.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is inside the cave dwelling just outside Creel. 50,000 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Tarahumaras</span> live in the five major canyons of the "Copper Canyon" system and many of them use cliff overhangs for living quarters.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZhVa9xkA1dAOjFqIS5pg5TbDOYFevg7wyo6hV1PE0yjDv_gkZcGhcN7JNhpqOipsc2DdXJD5-dsloLz6B4Iq_YihNPG_xux-jHPW-PgbQ_GDkUAM-DWFtk-Gr7kpuKsGdpDBQpchVw-R/s1600-h/IMGP2966.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191117775677448914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZhVa9xkA1dAOjFqIS5pg5TbDOYFevg7wyo6hV1PE0yjDv_gkZcGhcN7JNhpqOipsc2DdXJD5-dsloLz6B4Iq_YihNPG_xux-jHPW-PgbQ_GDkUAM-DWFtk-Gr7kpuKsGdpDBQpchVw-R/s400/IMGP2966.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Everyone said this apron was really me. I said maybe I could wear it in the garage when I work on cars and motorcycles.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWJ6wU8euv-U_fgHwh2Ma-N3-Qt6F7Mrx_kvXIaDyBeims9m_cyKODKWjftQKPZiI3z16F7015pPorPL-LZUYHdS9wEyR30aVSVpD_ApDBPccn81igH3WTzMY8i7XdQnGZemaKysNlriG/s1600-h/IMGP2976.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191117779972416226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWJ6wU8euv-U_fgHwh2Ma-N3-Qt6F7Mrx_kvXIaDyBeims9m_cyKODKWjftQKPZiI3z16F7015pPorPL-LZUYHdS9wEyR30aVSVpD_ApDBPccn81igH3WTzMY8i7XdQnGZemaKysNlriG/s400/IMGP2976.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />All the tourists in Creel have to visit the valley of the "mushroom rocks".<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFAFTALTOahocEUB1sh5vKT-4aL0lpKtkXPfKALXaxpraIK6OPEGMKgHVg2K3hscgAWpeR6HVzY2-QORfsA6gWAFBQSZ4FKvsAXC42saYRvOQxPC2H_NLjYtxe3_ZYQIkCiL_Akr6ggn0/s1600-h/IMGP2977.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191117805742220018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFAFTALTOahocEUB1sh5vKT-4aL0lpKtkXPfKALXaxpraIK6OPEGMKgHVg2K3hscgAWpeR6HVzY2-QORfsA6gWAFBQSZ4FKvsAXC42saYRvOQxPC2H_NLjYtxe3_ZYQIkCiL_Akr6ggn0/s400/IMGP2977.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Tarahumaras</span> make <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">lots</span> of crafts and they seem to be just about anywhere you stop.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjsA5t9CrXIOYLmjLkRBsIrdmNzVCVPDjUAs0RjoVCwM6xHE8g_MqxX4w3kZcs67xcqywlvE1ZP5JV_5nPsfZzNjeCbIgjQBO3qiLxIWXYXVjOGyuFcwYwnCyc-OzY4rwXsBaGy_rQBQr/s1600-h/IMGP2987.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191117810037187330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjsA5t9CrXIOYLmjLkRBsIrdmNzVCVPDjUAs0RjoVCwM6xHE8g_MqxX4w3kZcs67xcqywlvE1ZP5JV_5nPsfZzNjeCbIgjQBO3qiLxIWXYXVjOGyuFcwYwnCyc-OzY4rwXsBaGy_rQBQr/s400/IMGP2987.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This church dates back about 300 years. It's the San Ignacio Mission.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedTAAaqHHl8dtz7zipBELVWyxgZy6bmULIfh6vJEyHBvxt5Rozx6if9ecQW2AoHnZCnZFV-8KbNrcznJqmBDfqtNLRQ-fQq1TQko8ydtjZf810ZWzQF8ij9LYE812cszE3zL9R78vMaKP/s1600-h/IMGP2996.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191117281756209778" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedTAAaqHHl8dtz7zipBELVWyxgZy6bmULIfh6vJEyHBvxt5Rozx6if9ecQW2AoHnZCnZFV-8KbNrcznJqmBDfqtNLRQ-fQq1TQko8ydtjZf810ZWzQF8ij9LYE812cszE3zL9R78vMaKP/s400/IMGP2996.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We always try to take a supply of toys and candy for the kids. In the places I like to frequent, they seldom see a tourist and are very shy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkZFvSuxLL9OYnvEJxNmiUgYS0kQPFeTnapoglAVOH_9Zy4wsuN6yN9yA0wOd_mcuuY-YYRBqWdAQB50bMEcpVcHl0jS7GusgHAQUcf_QhEVN5Yk_i__BtOk9SjTeq3naDtOIAZ-JsHWf/s1600-h/IMGP2998.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191117290346144386" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkZFvSuxLL9OYnvEJxNmiUgYS0kQPFeTnapoglAVOH_9Zy4wsuN6yN9yA0wOd_mcuuY-YYRBqWdAQB50bMEcpVcHl0jS7GusgHAQUcf_QhEVN5Yk_i__BtOk9SjTeq3naDtOIAZ-JsHWf/s400/IMGP2998.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />In the "Valley of the Monks", you'll see many of these rock formations. That's Sandie, John, and Tina.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpmjlvPshgGgnpe5TpNJMzzKyXzsoAH1p_GENwll2-1mBnpVjXmuKnrC8nIExQOjk_1Ei2wMSYYdeJO0VxAtBYcFSYngJxCqsPeFH_jeblGLUWd6raJLeFDN8CaXv2-y-95eAkgFiry8EL/s1600-h/IMGP3012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191117294641111698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpmjlvPshgGgnpe5TpNJMzzKyXzsoAH1p_GENwll2-1mBnpVjXmuKnrC8nIExQOjk_1Ei2wMSYYdeJO0VxAtBYcFSYngJxCqsPeFH_jeblGLUWd6raJLeFDN8CaXv2-y-95eAkgFiry8EL/s400/IMGP3012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We enjoyed a wonderful picnic lunch at the remains of a hotel or lodge on Lake <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Arareko</span>. Camping is available next to the lake for $1.50 per night per person. I plan to return in the future with my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">MoHo</span> to do some kayaking, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Mtn</span>. Biking, motorcycling, and hiking.<br /><br />That's Rhetta, Sandie, Jack, Tina, Milo, and John.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSL4NhOdauHrRKJaMG4qqN_1tp_9r7DdeApZErFE_cnlsMLEou3-3GrIir5a7YRerspP4mI5e1oTnn79YFZeYlcUEeg1fSP16abK-dga7YppO8pqESpTGqlHMjSlu8J-c4aRRwNPyXOkCd/s1600-h/IMGP3019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191117298936079010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSL4NhOdauHrRKJaMG4qqN_1tp_9r7DdeApZErFE_cnlsMLEou3-3GrIir5a7YRerspP4mI5e1oTnn79YFZeYlcUEeg1fSP16abK-dga7YppO8pqESpTGqlHMjSlu8J-c4aRRwNPyXOkCd/s400/IMGP3019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Tina demonstrates how to pull a plow. We saw several <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Tarahumaras</span> plowing with these all wood plows behind a horse or couple of burros.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczhddORNp80zS5Y4YaeJiWmSgd7pVO0zqwq2eLGLjvawv2SGfttcMCUUyXidLuTREXjs9w1pHkKg3Nuk4y6iBO4oWHQjFSZeTtn-zATha7iGCs7sGlDCw5FmDVHyY1I7XOp0uEbu0e33U/s1600-h/IMGP3033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191117303231046322" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczhddORNp80zS5Y4YaeJiWmSgd7pVO0zqwq2eLGLjvawv2SGfttcMCUUyXidLuTREXjs9w1pHkKg3Nuk4y6iBO4oWHQjFSZeTtn-zATha7iGCs7sGlDCw5FmDVHyY1I7XOp0uEbu0e33U/s400/IMGP3033.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Cusarare</span> Falls! We parked by the highway and hiked a couple of miles past <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Tarahumara</span> log cabins to see it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVqfdLXzPzL2gRR0xHDYOOUuRwxQxAv0akEL5nL7OWwQ-u_IfLfjnGo52NBf9qX7JjMgZQYhYsGFp42cIn6gowa0TeZaUf0RDMeqqpgtfeEv1UzoQeAO4pDV-41om0x7bpvr7TdObM2Ot/s1600-h/IMGP3128.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191116792129937954" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVqfdLXzPzL2gRR0xHDYOOUuRwxQxAv0akEL5nL7OWwQ-u_IfLfjnGo52NBf9qX7JjMgZQYhYsGFp42cIn6gowa0TeZaUf0RDMeqqpgtfeEv1UzoQeAO4pDV-41om0x7bpvr7TdObM2Ot/s400/IMGP3128.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />You drop from 8,000 feet elevation at the highway as you drive the 40 mile dirt road to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Batopilas</span>. It's at 1,900 feet. That's a fun drive!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhWl5Ps284iZeD-nMCsipWfXNu4TnvJ_lJ4_XklzYwLEyFQfZ1P0KPvUitM8YUNfPT4C4WJoyesReVw6BbsPHLjYhyphenhyphen2zE8kzKH2wxUoxKj7DRk5ACky9JzTYK2LVnEg-ZY-nmKcb252-I/s1600-h/IMGP3133.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191116796424905266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhWl5Ps284iZeD-nMCsipWfXNu4TnvJ_lJ4_XklzYwLEyFQfZ1P0KPvUitM8YUNfPT4C4WJoyesReVw6BbsPHLjYhyphenhyphen2zE8kzKH2wxUoxKj7DRk5ACky9JzTYK2LVnEg-ZY-nmKcb252-I/s400/IMGP3133.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />"Switchback City"!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdhSZrusCdXHPu-bBwiS_ezdPYyalpuV-ca5siWE9uYbnxxukVKggdnYS2MEcRUmIh7RWonbqJ6OCMeii-OY1RDL6B4xhPpoDkMTZLLqilLJm2eF8NtbeZWZYODj5JUdp0WL-umq9-Eq8/s1600-h/IMGP3255.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191116805014839874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdhSZrusCdXHPu-bBwiS_ezdPYyalpuV-ca5siWE9uYbnxxukVKggdnYS2MEcRUmIh7RWonbqJ6OCMeii-OY1RDL6B4xhPpoDkMTZLLqilLJm2eF8NtbeZWZYODj5JUdp0WL-umq9-Eq8/s400/IMGP3255.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Batopilas</span>! One of the many suspension bridges in the canyons. Many of them are the only way the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Tarahumaras</span> can get to or from their villages when the rains come. You can see 20 feet of water under this one during that time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KYFMRWM8QVY-MU0tt200mszSATOhr3dYXMhmiNpmESSSdgpSv3qPYDC0QcSIIgvyeWyuzVfqDyVS4F-_03jnylD5jIl9dvmOvkZhhK8gZqDoyqKA0Qmop_wagGxbqFwpXs1r_xds2aHR/s1600-h/IMGP3262.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191116809309807186" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KYFMRWM8QVY-MU0tt200mszSATOhr3dYXMhmiNpmESSSdgpSv3qPYDC0QcSIIgvyeWyuzVfqDyVS4F-_03jnylD5jIl9dvmOvkZhhK8gZqDoyqKA0Qmop_wagGxbqFwpXs1r_xds2aHR/s400/IMGP3262.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Too nice! I'm not used to this style. It's the hotel Real <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Minas</span> and the rooms are wonderful.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip69n8CBfaE3U3-elYKh-oc_xdRc2qBQx1MzODw-_9wMFdA0hda0Onzwg4K3X_UB_2hzPAa6W8RBpmMP6cxQq3_nbLoFm4P4BuUBPWSTgYHvGpMp2-BoThe2cu9Bm_z40Z_25kzUk2Enq2/s1600-h/IMGP3271.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191116813604774498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip69n8CBfaE3U3-elYKh-oc_xdRc2qBQx1MzODw-_9wMFdA0hda0Onzwg4K3X_UB_2hzPAa6W8RBpmMP6cxQq3_nbLoFm4P4BuUBPWSTgYHvGpMp2-BoThe2cu9Bm_z40Z_25kzUk2Enq2/s400/IMGP3271.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Standard <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Tarahumara</span> wear!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrAM9pd_RHb2ej8KXwoVDDlyK1BE9TVb23P40-VHywnmK7pdU7aY9vg1iYwjofbouhZhbXNq1Z0o9ZeABvvVQc26R6Ssk5astBtrlca_oRuRib5t56Gt6CEtWcpju52h9AiVarNNGcpyHg/s1600-h/IMGP3276.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191116259553993170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrAM9pd_RHb2ej8KXwoVDDlyK1BE9TVb23P40-VHywnmK7pdU7aY9vg1iYwjofbouhZhbXNq1Z0o9ZeABvvVQc26R6Ssk5astBtrlca_oRuRib5t56Gt6CEtWcpju52h9AiVarNNGcpyHg/s400/IMGP3276.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The Lost Cathedral! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Satevo</span>!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKBJJuZhi_HcaZP2H45iJ4OYN1lQn7gg0tIw6Vr6T3ZGaxQZWi5QHCRuoL5eHVD_d07_TiOgaxs9jtKNA17OVnYPIqc_cWYEoRADkayJQ4pwNrRbPLiAWKoAIQJY_iagytS7Pn0v-xcw2/s1600-h/IMGP3312.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191116268143927778" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKBJJuZhi_HcaZP2H45iJ4OYN1lQn7gg0tIw6Vr6T3ZGaxQZWi5QHCRuoL5eHVD_d07_TiOgaxs9jtKNA17OVnYPIqc_cWYEoRADkayJQ4pwNrRbPLiAWKoAIQJY_iagytS7Pn0v-xcw2/s400/IMGP3312.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Sandie and I had a blast driving the roads in our 1971 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Baja</span> Buggy. It works really well.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWujGTu5sl0OaZDvmDIw3J9LpiDNzKu6CSF2SeWAxOqi3visErqS0o58VBjztF0NHgs3B5kg7Ik2o0QjPXnCHsu5TyzkSMhjj9SMPnc3W-wDjNI1VhpOQ0Lx0Ivu1BhZRzvKolpNxd5Nj/s1600-h/IMGP3315.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191116272438895090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWujGTu5sl0OaZDvmDIw3J9LpiDNzKu6CSF2SeWAxOqi3visErqS0o58VBjztF0NHgs3B5kg7Ik2o0QjPXnCHsu5TyzkSMhjj9SMPnc3W-wDjNI1VhpOQ0Lx0Ivu1BhZRzvKolpNxd5Nj/s400/IMGP3315.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Always looking for opportunities to practice my S<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">panish</span>, I shut the Buggy off and said Hi to this cowboy. He was heading to church.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG_3_3DrPW_cwibLTcdOngRVO-cgGSE2v7LrscBH8hOH1evYaPT6icAYlPMMtNvpgYNKcNAq_l8S_MRVT7Q17BkEX9W-rBBtbqM_T5dluiGLsMhiGzXgDim0uIdkI8YqsEDihfTd908YHU/s1600-h/IMGP3334.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191116281028829698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG_3_3DrPW_cwibLTcdOngRVO-cgGSE2v7LrscBH8hOH1evYaPT6icAYlPMMtNvpgYNKcNAq_l8S_MRVT7Q17BkEX9W-rBBtbqM_T5dluiGLsMhiGzXgDim0uIdkI8YqsEDihfTd908YHU/s400/IMGP3334.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Wow! 500 or more years old stuff. Our hotel in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Nuevas</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Casas</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Grandes</span> mentioned that we could have a look at their private museum. This is all original pottery from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Paquime</span> settlement.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmmdfq96M_fYZf6x5G4uNLXkFRWeIfD0Z0uAAniYtFCnwbEGjVPHj-lL8hAdfDrb-DFLZkF7bT6KIP_yD8-aDLM6RBfcS6kPChGnrxWZxJC7kVTuLvjiM2MDfPcTLCHkz_f_Qzp9vwYgb/s1600-h/IMGP3349.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191116285323797010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmmdfq96M_fYZf6x5G4uNLXkFRWeIfD0Z0uAAniYtFCnwbEGjVPHj-lL8hAdfDrb-DFLZkF7bT6KIP_yD8-aDLM6RBfcS6kPChGnrxWZxJC7kVTuLvjiM2MDfPcTLCHkz_f_Qzp9vwYgb/s400/IMGP3349.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Milo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Muterspaugh</span> and Helen had driven on ahead of us. Tina <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Sverdrup</span> and Sandie are in back. Rhetta and Jack Bergman in front. John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Strathman</span> was out of the Pic.<br /><br />A great adventure! I'll be back!MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-92144573215665427422008-04-06T09:47:00.000-07:002008-04-06T12:25:39.707-07:00Ski Time in Colorado - April 2008What happened to winter and Ski Time in Colorado? When I hear about something or someplace, I almost always say, "I wanna' do that"! and this year I think I tried it. Sandie and I bought passes to Copper Mountain but only made it up there this week, for the first time.<br /><br />My schedule has been a little crazy.<br />Nov. Copper Canyon - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Dirtbikes</span><br />Dec. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Baja</span>, 3,000 miles - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Streetbikes</span><br />Jan. Trevor and his family to Colorado Springs<br />Feb. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and safari with Sandie<br />Mar. Copper Canyon (again) - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Dirtbikes</span><br /><br />We took <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Dakotah</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Baylee</span> and Taylor.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZXyGMeLEM4NRWj_aP8ecI2VcBgdHeR0b9iWAsLjNVPNIvUSQ1UIypkGNqoDYfMF6d93q_un6YPLg9DXTxJ1tQynUFxCm_epsv6kfV18TaluiFNzxjARXPs-rN1Qx5Y2efC65p8PIU3pk/s1600-h/IMGP2878.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186175809204911810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZXyGMeLEM4NRWj_aP8ecI2VcBgdHeR0b9iWAsLjNVPNIvUSQ1UIypkGNqoDYfMF6d93q_un6YPLg9DXTxJ1tQynUFxCm_epsv6kfV18TaluiFNzxjARXPs-rN1Qx5Y2efC65p8PIU3pk/s400/IMGP2878.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Copper Mountain - "Bunny Run"!<br /><br />Taylor and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Dakotah</span> with Sandie in pink sleeves!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLj8yrmGCawr-Y0tOxe_eGWyWISMYTOerAVnd0jdcSZq3GRwjVAwGfBabXwVsoLCsPgdfB1uzlQh4EXfa15wzkC_l_p8C0ROg7sC7h0UZEgeQabGJJ7TPMXqYvN4_E8I2h-YrFlomSsIRj/s1600-h/IMGP2886.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186175817794846418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLj8yrmGCawr-Y0tOxe_eGWyWISMYTOerAVnd0jdcSZq3GRwjVAwGfBabXwVsoLCsPgdfB1uzlQh4EXfa15wzkC_l_p8C0ROg7sC7h0UZEgeQabGJJ7TPMXqYvN4_E8I2h-YrFlomSsIRj/s400/IMGP2886.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Some of the runs at Copper!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7MZQczQsFC7mvVFa3tq-dst_pbFg48j2zmgZdrHyC48vEA_F2ZGANJUW9N5OwGGvqMaNEzJANy4PAjbtxuj8e-CiwALGTcdjbALoV9kM7FL2IGcctMyxjH0kig-0UjUmwblB1LclsCK0/s1600-h/IMGP2893.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186175826384781026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7MZQczQsFC7mvVFa3tq-dst_pbFg48j2zmgZdrHyC48vEA_F2ZGANJUW9N5OwGGvqMaNEzJANy4PAjbtxuj8e-CiwALGTcdjbALoV9kM7FL2IGcctMyxjH0kig-0UjUmwblB1LclsCK0/s400/IMGP2893.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I spent most of the day helping the girls learn snowboarding but took a ride to the top for a "shredding" run down "Andy's Encore", a fun bumpy/ blue run. Great day!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLO09OeLNiImMhKHymzeZ8Tcq-y-rprOLjTO4wGCkmg4Lg92zK4mHzt-IkaEupJgK37bzmqcGRHZ2dT6E4rX0BvQjun6ududE8g9WD9pMDhVeVDoarWRlNTCBf7AUdNwsqDYq0Wdq1_wz/s1600-h/IMGP2896.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186175830679748338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLO09OeLNiImMhKHymzeZ8Tcq-y-rprOLjTO4wGCkmg4Lg92zK4mHzt-IkaEupJgK37bzmqcGRHZ2dT6E4rX0BvQjun6ududE8g9WD9pMDhVeVDoarWRlNTCBf7AUdNwsqDYq0Wdq1_wz/s400/IMGP2896.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Havin</span>' fun!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisx_b_ACyMRlZzbrX_vQ9SCToDa7w2uSva-rx2T2DhawROLVXnUdvfET0xPCM6O7VP4kerrTQsUxXvUBkkLLSAuwULJcZ87uvDSEcuj-Xp_4YE9roxUtzJsKskAxa43HTl1wDgPdscwtL9/s1600-h/IMGP2900.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186175834974715650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisx_b_ACyMRlZzbrX_vQ9SCToDa7w2uSva-rx2T2DhawROLVXnUdvfET0xPCM6O7VP4kerrTQsUxXvUBkkLLSAuwULJcZ87uvDSEcuj-Xp_4YE9roxUtzJsKskAxa43HTl1wDgPdscwtL9/s400/IMGP2900.JPG" border="0" /></a>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-9917829536518481102008-03-30T14:03:00.000-07:002008-03-30T19:50:24.064-07:00Four Corners - Four Days - Spring Break Trip<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUsvfA1TOz1FNhVGorXO28Y4UexEOTFyeg95POm92nvii1VhLFQqInx-FRn7xBWfBql8OoITj-AIagschYtc9E5NmMD0WHWJhj0M5gCuEn9m0KcqKRD28EAXL8hJPT9edZkFYakPCo_TN/s1600-h/IMGP2758.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183647898828668546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUsvfA1TOz1FNhVGorXO28Y4UexEOTFyeg95POm92nvii1VhLFQqInx-FRn7xBWfBql8OoITj-AIagschYtc9E5NmMD0WHWJhj0M5gCuEn9m0KcqKRD28EAXL8hJPT9edZkFYakPCo_TN/s400/IMGP2758.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Wahatoya Peaks - Named by the Ute indians - Meaning "Breasts of the Earth". Now called Spanish Peaks. Just west of Walsenberg.<br /><br />When our granddaughter, Jordyn was twelve years old she announced that she'd like to see the Four Corners on her spring break. She wanted us to take her in our MoHo and it sounded like fun to us.<br /><br />Now Dakotah (granddaughter number 2) said it was "her turn". We left home Wednesday morning for a 900 mile fun-filled excursion. If someone says "go", Sandie and I are both grabbing for our hats.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbT3xxyoOFSbq42cxF6_HUh_OeKh3MA-ZWM1qD-rZyduEllAxGBy-wf7CQWEF7hX-hZui7dCF6p8HvZIdDtifUvQ8HON9lSe81sLJNb1xjtdvOwktmI59HXYyfKCmfOn8JigdLFLj4LotL/s1600-h/IMGP2765.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183647907418603154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbT3xxyoOFSbq42cxF6_HUh_OeKh3MA-ZWM1qD-rZyduEllAxGBy-wf7CQWEF7hX-hZui7dCF6p8HvZIdDtifUvQ8HON9lSe81sLJNb1xjtdvOwktmI59HXYyfKCmfOn8JigdLFLj4LotL/s400/IMGP2765.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Dakotah on the left with her friend Bree.<br /><br />First stop at the Great Sand Dunes National Park.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHPoDMuGzW2778JGAqAXz4nJC0CPGa7bNbDNmJHM2MdD1QXPoL-WEO6A15_u-7TlqAf5hRXzgLTKNsLz6v0q_XJ93LfF6ElkRP1KKm72SgQHShw-qNSjyim2dNakHdWxuA58bxVEGfncn/s1600-h/IMGP2767.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183647916008537762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHPoDMuGzW2778JGAqAXz4nJC0CPGa7bNbDNmJHM2MdD1QXPoL-WEO6A15_u-7TlqAf5hRXzgLTKNsLz6v0q_XJ93LfF6ElkRP1KKm72SgQHShw-qNSjyim2dNakHdWxuA58bxVEGfncn/s400/IMGP2767.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Hiking up to the tallest dune (750 foot climb). That's Sandie, Dakotah, and Bree.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXPtNV1o6NvciF4SYsFAQ59CTYdqYqFSzM3Z-5JPIWIxbtzDILO8OCxIMCsvzA4g54PskULvXAGpY6Ezq07S5HXkAvmDQ7OpSCsW7_2pEaHK4TUgshC8q7Id4Wz7LMKgUmuoaw0xHBemk/s1600-h/IMGP2769.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183647920303505074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXPtNV1o6NvciF4SYsFAQ59CTYdqYqFSzM3Z-5JPIWIxbtzDILO8OCxIMCsvzA4g54PskULvXAGpY6Ezq07S5HXkAvmDQ7OpSCsW7_2pEaHK4TUgshC8q7Id4Wz7LMKgUmuoaw0xHBemk/s400/IMGP2769.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Looking north on the way up to the high dune.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggrVuiFQjwwJH0IDCKW9SEHzU3B1bx8szWVN6Sb_GU5Dst_BnhNUUldXmq5pk50xSqHawUPaIdukbt7H-gvyp9eCcef5Ug8ZGSEHDFVUJOo9E5AoQUzw3KV_GvqRULHiADpY1hII3xfy3B/s1600-h/IMGP2773.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183647413497364018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggrVuiFQjwwJH0IDCKW9SEHzU3B1bx8szWVN6Sb_GU5Dst_BnhNUUldXmq5pk50xSqHawUPaIdukbt7H-gvyp9eCcef5Ug8ZGSEHDFVUJOo9E5AoQUzw3KV_GvqRULHiADpY1hII3xfy3B/s400/IMGP2773.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />"On Top"! The wind was blasting but we loved being up there.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLOzBbWiH4P-96HBbGtQXQlqwLAOT9qi3jNqs63eu2QtokB9KhdrLmPnKlSp1JmrhHtP-1W0d8Z0pk4jluI8D3-vTnM9qGEI2qfdmMNoIi-CM9Vbdjer3HvfoYChSQ7HemefqE1qnzUx3/s1600-h/IMGP2776.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183647417792331330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLOzBbWiH4P-96HBbGtQXQlqwLAOT9qi3jNqs63eu2QtokB9KhdrLmPnKlSp1JmrhHtP-1W0d8Z0pk4jluI8D3-vTnM9qGEI2qfdmMNoIi-CM9Vbdjer3HvfoYChSQ7HemefqE1qnzUx3/s400/IMGP2776.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We took a couple of plastic sleds but the sand was very soft and the sleds barely moved.<br /><br />When we went with Jordyn, we used cardboard and the speeds were very scary.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqzM6xFxqyrtt1fRStkeHzdm6jc75z72lgoECbai4VDHTZbF8F9OWmXbJy1js324wsc2D3SHUcpAbOkRJvwM8WkMhEePiuX0HEhivH1uy09jDJ59eUQ3rSJpr7mstkZmKQcBHiXeWXaIm/s1600-h/IMGP2782.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183647426382265938" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqzM6xFxqyrtt1fRStkeHzdm6jc75z72lgoECbai4VDHTZbF8F9OWmXbJy1js324wsc2D3SHUcpAbOkRJvwM8WkMhEePiuX0HEhivH1uy09jDJ59eUQ3rSJpr7mstkZmKQcBHiXeWXaIm/s400/IMGP2782.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Dakotah rolls a dune!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqr9NcSjk6wu1IL7OtSyol2cigVdB76DydrfSjgQV5LolcLUkeYjFJ93z4-mpQJVpF_zovIATLcTxHC2u33163rPceWppWKHBWyKlWkvZNOAVIx0ieXmHPYo55OCCnnHuHFeDVIbxyATOq/s1600-h/IMGP2788.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183647434972200546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqr9NcSjk6wu1IL7OtSyol2cigVdB76DydrfSjgQV5LolcLUkeYjFJ93z4-mpQJVpF_zovIATLcTxHC2u33163rPceWppWKHBWyKlWkvZNOAVIx0ieXmHPYo55OCCnnHuHFeDVIbxyATOq/s400/IMGP2788.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Our campsite cost $7 (half price with the "Old Timers" Golden Age Passport).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTtevApMTBlMuyGq0F2S8Iwv2VmjNflQnnbOba8CYUAhOlRhGxIpz_JEfs6nDvT1h_aZTavRe1ujp02EgA_VY8nNeic9ZBjjUQF3kZbs45G2UZo2HWKthmWkydvpMHxU8mRuXL4LoXL22/s1600-h/IMGP2789.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183647443562135154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTtevApMTBlMuyGq0F2S8Iwv2VmjNflQnnbOba8CYUAhOlRhGxIpz_JEfs6nDvT1h_aZTavRe1ujp02EgA_VY8nNeic9ZBjjUQF3kZbs45G2UZo2HWKthmWkydvpMHxU8mRuXL4LoXL22/s400/IMGP2789.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Leaving our campsite we spotted these Mule deer and a bunch more on the other side of the road.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAfQX7_Dfuhqzl-tIpUAvXGkw_Wvo9lRyMx6qk6a5Gk4cmZVcNdJnx2vRSHWJqAzPvZiAl4Akis6d4nq-pI7Cez8IpiISe2y9UHJXbjr8eLxYKQi2AM61VW8vU6wTrhAtzNzFZkmTYtVg/s1600-h/IMGP2790.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183646739187498466" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAfQX7_Dfuhqzl-tIpUAvXGkw_Wvo9lRyMx6qk6a5Gk4cmZVcNdJnx2vRSHWJqAzPvZiAl4Akis6d4nq-pI7Cez8IpiISe2y9UHJXbjr8eLxYKQi2AM61VW8vU6wTrhAtzNzFZkmTYtVg/s400/IMGP2790.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We loved the views all four days.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzEFtkRBhzs7PUPDz0aezMqSDNuDdKj9RPqJIZw2yao8_YWvxNZ9KZ9FbnYmzOVoIAjFPVYw19KASHVcYAcs9jYohhV2vaj2-PLj2GyQfNNAeYmTljt-EXfE0ZoInDHMl4j0NlBqMb2yA/s1600-h/IMGP2792.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183646743482465778" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzEFtkRBhzs7PUPDz0aezMqSDNuDdKj9RPqJIZw2yao8_YWvxNZ9KZ9FbnYmzOVoIAjFPVYw19KASHVcYAcs9jYohhV2vaj2-PLj2GyQfNNAeYmTljt-EXfE0ZoInDHMl4j0NlBqMb2yA/s400/IMGP2792.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Next up was a stop at Pagosa Springs to soak in the hot springs.<br /><br />The complex has a bunch of soaking pools, each a different temperature ranging from 93 to 108 degrees fahrenheit.<br /><br />It was so nice that I was able to take a nice nap laying on the rocks after my first session.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGaFFc8tVOTmIBu1rtFZWAkrEEII_1hWG_YSc4-zvztFVN3J_WcmkvGci17uSGGK6bQBxtnlmExRgMwMq14XKCwqsxXjuGrq44p8axLct7h96rUCEXA84EDEEVKQQXobOEqvSCafhVTJU/s1600-h/IMGP2800.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183646752072400386" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DVTbAL5M1G4_GcHrVPAukaQTkxKRvBsiSY5a92DB8ZT-EwHrzgMoBQLmaXKx4jLNPO6CZE9N2BbHdMZWEU_ZitZSzmw5JYYK8lf3kpwkTvzR3VApkdECQSjGKGeUwHnX0hyphenhyphenyKuWvcbS7/s1600-h/IMGP2810.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183646764957302306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DVTbAL5M1G4_GcHrVPAukaQTkxKRvBsiSY5a92DB8ZT-EwHrzgMoBQLmaXKx4jLNPO6CZE9N2BbHdMZWEU_ZitZSzmw5JYYK8lf3kpwkTvzR3VApkdECQSjGKGeUwHnX0hyphenhyphenyKuWvcbS7/s400/IMGP2810.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Some of the pools, the river, and town.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJv89C6U_4lf4nHDqNj7gJ2JdAYw1vHftArwcOX2jNqqsh1SkcDGmTxynB7AmQwS2aEzaTQg7-ysN0sNqapi7J1j29qYKjMgYqNg9gx2DyMYyFsac7y897XC3icfbw6Wov-4MzY0-EWJ6o/s1600-h/IMGP2815.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183646185136717202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJv89C6U_4lf4nHDqNj7gJ2JdAYw1vHftArwcOX2jNqqsh1SkcDGmTxynB7AmQwS2aEzaTQg7-ysN0sNqapi7J1j29qYKjMgYqNg9gx2DyMYyFsac7y897XC3icfbw6Wov-4MzY0-EWJ6o/s400/IMGP2815.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Hangin'!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtB-G9DdBKPuT-SFVpXtdXVotdOh0pVSWMg_teRHlDCIoc4Bfd6I8p3AHvp7lLYlKKRT867KUyo4sbSoMroDYZLsTAQMYSnnasaSZe7awjLMCqH87020gONq2BsjlEm_pekD7auxPnqVL/s1600-h/IMGP2819.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183646198021619106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtB-G9DdBKPuT-SFVpXtdXVotdOh0pVSWMg_teRHlDCIoc4Bfd6I8p3AHvp7lLYlKKRT867KUyo4sbSoMroDYZLsTAQMYSnnasaSZe7awjLMCqH87020gONq2BsjlEm_pekD7auxPnqVL/s400/IMGP2819.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Dakotah does her "traditional" backbend on the four corners.<br /><br />I did one as well but it was so pathetic I can't show it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip57fqjriXVqKoiHDdHnRmN2az9p4lc2iWLa9cb9xNyBUZpLyFEDshJqiVGq5hrUHpuREWoXES6DFU4q2veShNqHOEePslABtiZo1EI4uCrKzS24NzzTbu_qTGURABtB_RdE8WwYoF5dIf/s1600-h/IMGP2820.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183646206611553714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip57fqjriXVqKoiHDdHnRmN2az9p4lc2iWLa9cb9xNyBUZpLyFEDshJqiVGq5hrUHpuREWoXES6DFU4q2veShNqHOEePslABtiZo1EI4uCrKzS24NzzTbu_qTGURABtB_RdE8WwYoF5dIf/s400/IMGP2820.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Bree does a nice one as well.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvFbYb9MzjfMailbb4Jk1Y2-7CKUyy_4vmLMqwuSqweYqTdLozpQ2EvMJzgViMC4aME9Z-E72KKNGf4YkJMu8NvlRhAWqb2auSZvMRZLt2zatEQau-ayQqAyfiEk0OhtxuXfhGu6nCkSc/s1600-h/IMGP2828.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183646210906521026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvFbYb9MzjfMailbb4Jk1Y2-7CKUyy_4vmLMqwuSqweYqTdLozpQ2EvMJzgViMC4aME9Z-E72KKNGf4YkJMu8NvlRhAWqb2auSZvMRZLt2zatEQau-ayQqAyfiEk0OhtxuXfhGu6nCkSc/s400/IMGP2828.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />If you're anywhere near the Four Corners you must get your ticket punched for eating a Navajo Taco.<br /><br />Watahe! Hello in Navajo. I tried using "Mike" on the Taco cooker but didn't realize the new word I'd just learned thirty miles away was Ute for hello. Oh well! There weren't any fights or anything.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4DbNhnX-0ZaVNEqowT0hNPsNxIMzOs7M700Kz0sp2Vz7LQyjrfmWKjrQX3OQPqGPBs85WCSdr1XzomHKDCUDY_hqkCla8k_X3uEhVzZM1xKWiJiUjh8idC6n13kZx8OdhugdYq6WUhvA/s1600-h/IMGP2837.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183646219496455634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4DbNhnX-0ZaVNEqowT0hNPsNxIMzOs7M700Kz0sp2Vz7LQyjrfmWKjrQX3OQPqGPBs85WCSdr1XzomHKDCUDY_hqkCla8k_X3uEhVzZM1xKWiJiUjh8idC6n13kZx8OdhugdYq6WUhvA/s400/IMGP2837.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Oh boy! Mesa Verde! I never get tired of visiting here.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrdRKU-g4rbFFWeDYtbWUGDfOFwizyvbr3ezj0NST4hLJrACOCpLI06IgtvyBgsKUGmQK4ND-Y2OjHmlyq27Z8dZDOsQ_gZ2_UCJEWhbD8XXAXxXqkI_F82fopocQwfVTkxwDSNU-TmRV/s1600-h/IMGP2845.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183645570956393794" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrdRKU-g4rbFFWeDYtbWUGDfOFwizyvbr3ezj0NST4hLJrACOCpLI06IgtvyBgsKUGmQK4ND-Y2OjHmlyq27Z8dZDOsQ_gZ2_UCJEWhbD8XXAXxXqkI_F82fopocQwfVTkxwDSNU-TmRV/s400/IMGP2845.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Four stories of fascination!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fmtNg456tqyl1zgSn87o91uH9h2Xz_PR4Q8t8V2YOokVUPmdgpWZWK-tXj1SmhzPNKU34mIq_ei82lLnitKDEWbcwWx8o57Hpb5ADxjq9UIV7AB1L9RxnviJ73ClbwOauH47cVU-z2Re/s1600-h/IMGP2856.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183645575251361106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fmtNg456tqyl1zgSn87o91uH9h2Xz_PR4Q8t8V2YOokVUPmdgpWZWK-tXj1SmhzPNKU34mIq_ei82lLnitKDEWbcwWx8o57Hpb5ADxjq9UIV7AB1L9RxnviJ73ClbwOauH47cVU-z2Re/s400/IMGP2856.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Cliff House Ruin - Biggest in the park.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeG-DlG80iZ2HgLCEJPHly2ozq9EanGGqVCkBqM0lif3njNgUt6AOirBBDLS6M7G9SWffKg1ZbKM9ISUDvoOeHcKs2NorYrCdJO9TB9ylf3nQiaHvxx6PCpCy-dPBKmI2cmLXDxs18fVT/s1600-h/IMGP2863.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183645583841295714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeG-DlG80iZ2HgLCEJPHly2ozq9EanGGqVCkBqM0lif3njNgUt6AOirBBDLS6M7G9SWffKg1ZbKM9ISUDvoOeHcKs2NorYrCdJO9TB9ylf3nQiaHvxx6PCpCy-dPBKmI2cmLXDxs18fVT/s400/IMGP2863.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />One of my favorite camping sites (Walmart). This one is in Durango.<br /><br />We stopped at the city park by the river on our way into town and grilled some chicken, then staked out our campsite.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHv8K0jvlAWJhTRfAC6taconibUeQeHbwdRhtmvKQmTinMiptKTWt2jVrFABNGg-00m5MlUoF9UdCInk7PxUDoHf6wPGn-NT6KzC9ezNvmrLtXgNzEi9mgm87bwnGVwOQBfzNoT-RZmMHm/s1600-h/IMGP2872.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183645592431230322" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHv8K0jvlAWJhTRfAC6taconibUeQeHbwdRhtmvKQmTinMiptKTWt2jVrFABNGg-00m5MlUoF9UdCInk7PxUDoHf6wPGn-NT6KzC9ezNvmrLtXgNzEi9mgm87bwnGVwOQBfzNoT-RZmMHm/s400/IMGP2872.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Treasure Falls on the west side of Wolf Creek Pass.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7w9bCDKnR_0sTJ1xhvbbdTPres5A4KCEjgH54vofhHoS7QSEQXjJenPtVXU7eW3o6C5akzjcx-OOhVJW77_tPMS91KF_l7AIwTwS82C46zO07Tb2zK7_nt2XgAEawWMgvBdX7GJ-KXnZO/s1600-h/IMGP2873.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183645605316132226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7w9bCDKnR_0sTJ1xhvbbdTPres5A4KCEjgH54vofhHoS7QSEQXjJenPtVXU7eW3o6C5akzjcx-OOhVJW77_tPMS91KF_l7AIwTwS82C46zO07Tb2zK7_nt2XgAEawWMgvBdX7GJ-KXnZO/s400/IMGP2873.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Looking west from Treasure Falls.<br /><br />We were back home by 6 PM on Saturday night.<br /><br />P.S. My MoHo has the Ford 6.0 Powerstroke diesel engine. I bought it mostly for the turbo-charged diesel power but it probably gets around 20% better mileage than a gas motor would?<br /><br />Now that diesel fuel is running close to $4 per gallon and the MoHo gets 10 MPG, a lot of people gasp when they hear about making a 900 mile trip in four days. But,,,,,,,,,, do the math.<br /><br />$400 in diesel fuel includes sleeping, eating your own food, and lot's of fun.<br /><br />Or, if we had taken my van.<br /><div align="left"><br />$200 in gas in my van + motels ($225) + restaurants ($240) = $665.<br /><br />Of course you don't figure the depreciation, up front $ layout, Etc. since I decided a long time ago that I love the MoHo lifestyle and had to have one. I use this same logic on Sandie when she mentions all my motorcycles, tractor, kayak, musical instruments, boat, Etc.<br /><br />Later,<br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">MegaMel</span></div>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-30483183341994008832008-03-24T18:48:00.000-07:002008-04-10T17:50:17.420-07:00Copper Canyon Exploration - March 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIM_Lt2Rxsv_j471miRMfkZ4QZ_8J9Spwz_L2Js7T3Fi8SnmLiYUu9Rq-AgQQHGKhe-sbhXWdUMIW0_VibNWQ70hO_3I6xiCsflI4a8F3wziKnVZcJUiwrsimKDxmxTCrmiHD39Cp2UQSa/s1600-h/IMGP2452.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181497430178397330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIM_Lt2Rxsv_j471miRMfkZ4QZ_8J9Spwz_L2Js7T3Fi8SnmLiYUu9Rq-AgQQHGKhe-sbhXWdUMIW0_VibNWQ70hO_3I6xiCsflI4a8F3wziKnVZcJUiwrsimKDxmxTCrmiHD39Cp2UQSa/s400/IMGP2452.JPG" border="0" /></a> Five canyons with a combined volume four times the Grand Canyon. And deeper; 8,000 feet elevation on the plateau and 1,700 feet at the bottom. One of the top ten train rides of the world runs through it.<br /><br />Hanging out for a coffee break in Palomas while waiting four hours at the border to get our vehicle permits.<br /><br />Dan, Tom, Keith and I are heading for the Copper Canyon to scout out some new routes.<br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHel38VBGSf7wbnPfBJh1tdG72CBaPxlGp2Nqxwq0A7_AX5Rw2vSe1ApLuXbdB8hs4dBqDA1w1LmaQd-wBWyh5BVXdzquHHTKg3TgFk16uhY36oegYrIGFrElGBq6shR_gmdE1JWsRGtn/s1600-h/IMGP2454.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181495652061936690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHel38VBGSf7wbnPfBJh1tdG72CBaPxlGp2Nqxwq0A7_AX5Rw2vSe1ApLuXbdB8hs4dBqDA1w1LmaQd-wBWyh5BVXdzquHHTKg3TgFk16uhY36oegYrIGFrElGBq6shR_gmdE1JWsRGtn/s400/IMGP2454.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Loading up our bikes at the Plaza in Creel. We were trying out some new saddlebag setups and wanted to do some riding near Creel to check them out.<br /><br />Our mission:<br /><br />Visit Creel, Uruachi, Urique, Batopilas, and back to Creel - Ride 600 miles of dirt - Cross some rivers - Have some fun.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMexJggTa3mh_N47gN_Oa__si8gdX6NUjTPQIFxTE7avs7kJUVrqFKDsdR_Jj0e1JccSAFt0qqyxZOPKGUlxVDr0D4NfFqIggxrzmi6IYTWatUYXmiDacqQQ4SLOXSUIY_FAxUI2wYL25a/s1600-h/IMGP2460.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181495664946838594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMexJggTa3mh_N47gN_Oa__si8gdX6NUjTPQIFxTE7avs7kJUVrqFKDsdR_Jj0e1JccSAFt0qqyxZOPKGUlxVDr0D4NfFqIggxrzmi6IYTWatUYXmiDacqQQ4SLOXSUIY_FAxUI2wYL25a/s400/IMGP2460.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This Tarahumara cave dwelling is only about a mile away from the center of Creel.<br /><br /><br /><br />It's quite common to see the Tarahumaras using cave overhangs like this for living quarters.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJHl3cK503lnwsEoJBwU34mbOm-RfM5pQteBnrUS6TXl0rorf6PJZibXgNBteiRat1MEbvhelQMBUwJ951QmsvqYQ73nqIA8LyC1Lr7lS339zUCrJzes4gtQIejTxaMqIYEisKVK-YqWo/s1600-h/IMGP2467.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181495677831740498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJHl3cK503lnwsEoJBwU34mbOm-RfM5pQteBnrUS6TXl0rorf6PJZibXgNBteiRat1MEbvhelQMBUwJ951QmsvqYQ73nqIA8LyC1Lr7lS339zUCrJzes4gtQIejTxaMqIYEisKVK-YqWo/s400/IMGP2467.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Typical Tarahumara log cabins.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKCuGdF4xduvp7H_LD3etIBt26eVjgwtjxMZiEHMmG9_lfG2qmBjd9zIY6D1P4ZX70OKNjqNeChyGAJFUTFPLPO5bz9CqY0l3if1Vz5xIcOHS0Abeg25LCD52OjlbP4PQQs8krMmEfAOW/s1600-h/IMGP2477.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181495686421675106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKCuGdF4xduvp7H_LD3etIBt26eVjgwtjxMZiEHMmG9_lfG2qmBjd9zIY6D1P4ZX70OKNjqNeChyGAJFUTFPLPO5bz9CqY0l3if1Vz5xIcOHS0Abeg25LCD52OjlbP4PQQs8krMmEfAOW/s400/IMGP2477.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />San Ignacio Mission in the Park with the cave dwellings, Valley of the Mushroom rocks, Valley of the Monks rocks, and Lake Arareko.<br /><br />Camping is available and hiking/ mountain biking on the trails is fantastic.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCzWa17rc1PiRp_gvm-qcZVHVtFVex5b6h7K8bmuelWKMtZ2A8mLXxmG7YLAkaNneQFX2MU4TLntE0dza5ijoMgvHgdZl0DfdqdZjwRlq6NQOIWZctN0pom6M1T0UPFkxaZCoRWzJqWob/s1600-h/IMGP2483.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181495690716642418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCzWa17rc1PiRp_gvm-qcZVHVtFVex5b6h7K8bmuelWKMtZ2A8mLXxmG7YLAkaNneQFX2MU4TLntE0dza5ijoMgvHgdZl0DfdqdZjwRlq6NQOIWZctN0pom6M1T0UPFkxaZCoRWzJqWob/s400/IMGP2483.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We stopped to take Pics of the "Monks" rock formations and we asked this woman if we could take a few Pics of her "washing machine".<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbimkqj2UgdbL7RJ5qigjPNKc8BzuW_LBodYl0FL8XkqwI5xMItNhg_n1P_MZ4hgbq855G3dYkNjA7AkJWROBB6z1we5tYkUH-PW715zEKYC_0qwZZ5MuUDj0IbAcM80sVnJDDOM1vZ_SK/s1600-h/IMGP2485.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181495037881613282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbimkqj2UgdbL7RJ5qigjPNKc8BzuW_LBodYl0FL8XkqwI5xMItNhg_n1P_MZ4hgbq855G3dYkNjA7AkJWROBB6z1we5tYkUH-PW715zEKYC_0qwZZ5MuUDj0IbAcM80sVnJDDOM1vZ_SK/s400/IMGP2485.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Lake Arareko<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwf2opXol3OP4o6IYhJ51eNzIUhzpyzfAQwUFJn4zIepZzNOV-mHR2q6WQNQYo9_R49MxTZg-VMbFGtT88Jqxq8P6OjGmLF3v8o2imcMDdf0HmAQlqmHkWPX-shXvHO8znsgkoPukyaovK/s1600-h/IMGP2492.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181495085126253554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwf2opXol3OP4o6IYhJ51eNzIUhzpyzfAQwUFJn4zIepZzNOV-mHR2q6WQNQYo9_R49MxTZg-VMbFGtT88Jqxq8P6OjGmLF3v8o2imcMDdf0HmAQlqmHkWPX-shXvHO8znsgkoPukyaovK/s400/IMGP2492.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Cusarare Falls - Tom and Dan<br /><br />We left our dirtbikes at a hotel by the highway and hiked 1-1/2 miles.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwUQgXMVmZH4b4aVvsej2VN9wKixAaxLEVJ5uOsxMt9IV5LhOLZgprcIfB5A_n2V7Sy0hyz76WG79qu80MS0EJseHsxJOjHkQiutEnSleBuwKywZ6G7RbS4EBMak3Xp7csXvwBMDCAfHY/s1600-h/IMGP2497.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181495089421220866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwUQgXMVmZH4b4aVvsej2VN9wKixAaxLEVJ5uOsxMt9IV5LhOLZgprcIfB5A_n2V7Sy0hyz76WG79qu80MS0EJseHsxJOjHkQiutEnSleBuwKywZ6G7RbS4EBMak3Xp7csXvwBMDCAfHY/s400/IMGP2497.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Recohauta Hot Springs - I've been wanting to visit here for a long time.<br /><br />The road down to here was "spooky".<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUj0ZtjHqqT4asksi4F2AAOq8nLFHGGh2GosspdRbJPO9p7s7WvGOEFUjJpwWsP-XNWTud2FSNjb_aWPyEsv_gApy3rH_YGeL737hXT6NkaIS3KK3kdQQ_7CWXKQOnvA9to5Pj40HBool/s1600-h/IMGP2503.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181495145255795730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUj0ZtjHqqT4asksi4F2AAOq8nLFHGGh2GosspdRbJPO9p7s7WvGOEFUjJpwWsP-XNWTud2FSNjb_aWPyEsv_gApy3rH_YGeL737hXT6NkaIS3KK3kdQQ_7CWXKQOnvA9to5Pj40HBool/s400/IMGP2503.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The "overlook" at Divisadero".<br /><br />This would be an excellent choice for a place to stay if your budget can handle it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGtkJzLR7RYm6wMQIzoXFI1kW4vYUjrCBiZeKma8inLk3lUvlMpIyg2LGIvmfg0FRfqhYJ5DfUnGnHqrWBNMJwpx4MMcuV5L1aWvgW_-QmQd_CkL2CCFu4Ef6VnNdNdo7rZC-G-TbKeWD/s1600-h/IMGP2513.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181495153845730338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGtkJzLR7RYm6wMQIzoXFI1kW4vYUjrCBiZeKma8inLk3lUvlMpIyg2LGIvmfg0FRfqhYJ5DfUnGnHqrWBNMJwpx4MMcuV5L1aWvgW_-QmQd_CkL2CCFu4Ef6VnNdNdo7rZC-G-TbKeWD/s400/IMGP2513.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The main entrance at Divisadero.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoD-D3TFXkRbHtvMv6wKEVbTAXzzBFMNduVi2qTjEMT7NDqadalgrsZckYCUSIF_WpMbdiJBYjn5XKgSKpL5nTDbJO4DjSlYiI-NtEGuteoB52VHGxkI099_98TvlKw-ZzxGf0hs1kO497/s1600-h/IMGP2535.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181494307737172898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoD-D3TFXkRbHtvMv6wKEVbTAXzzBFMNduVi2qTjEMT7NDqadalgrsZckYCUSIF_WpMbdiJBYjn5XKgSKpL5nTDbJO4DjSlYiI-NtEGuteoB52VHGxkI099_98TvlKw-ZzxGf0hs1kO497/s400/IMGP2535.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Crossing the Oteros on the way to Uruachi.<br /><br />Tom shows how it's done.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQFPkhAXtiZsmjuqvIUwoQlsxRm2euoswa9TpviAdYG_MFvbxgzvMDToNaQ3jb_ZSLLn2OdHvIQriHqD8XdwleBc3qqIr2SIODO1Fjdyuoe1RxAJTy2wyGtIAZ_xJV-fBoFMxxfuNcPdk/s1600-h/IMGP2552.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181494333506976690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQFPkhAXtiZsmjuqvIUwoQlsxRm2euoswa9TpviAdYG_MFvbxgzvMDToNaQ3jb_ZSLLn2OdHvIQriHqD8XdwleBc3qqIr2SIODO1Fjdyuoe1RxAJTy2wyGtIAZ_xJV-fBoFMxxfuNcPdk/s400/IMGP2552.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Our hotel in Uruachi.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YHa81E3qnK-jlIcshP6mBwJs_YzTBvw2NlOcc72BEvRNR3vZs2ydhvgyDuBw0da85vpJXd-oab-EyYVSizpATA5TY8-Pc9XgLoApFS3mk0MO5e-Cmk5jW_g7J_BNdF-a6QqqoVZsUPbr/s1600-h/IMGP2561.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181494380751616962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YHa81E3qnK-jlIcshP6mBwJs_YzTBvw2NlOcc72BEvRNR3vZs2ydhvgyDuBw0da85vpJXd-oab-EyYVSizpATA5TY8-Pc9XgLoApFS3mk0MO5e-Cmk5jW_g7J_BNdF-a6QqqoVZsUPbr/s400/IMGP2561.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Keith and Dan have some fun crossing the Chinipas River.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0jT2Ssp0Qz_9S4qjZB0z3w2b3f641CRvNLwM3sWSSfG1sbKRn3LOpjsdwD4_pCH_-GDQ12az7bahcc0zyA0Do0akouK_ws4aG0qD-vkAY1rrrOCuq5nocEBwyebmp6ltRpEjy_ch1tfj/s1600-h/IMGP2568.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181494389341551570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0jT2Ssp0Qz_9S4qjZB0z3w2b3f641CRvNLwM3sWSSfG1sbKRn3LOpjsdwD4_pCH_-GDQ12az7bahcc0zyA0Do0akouK_ws4aG0qD-vkAY1rrrOCuq5nocEBwyebmp6ltRpEjy_ch1tfj/s400/IMGP2568.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Our hotel in Chinipas.<br /><br />This building provided offices and housing during the big mining days a hundred years ago.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuArrcIp_avT2zsCUEBrcOyAiPThprms6tYnkPgbdfLX5ILjfT5mXh34YCj97tApM0DxEH4Bb6jOFOJreGqoncB1UoD4RICfGp_3kLr0lN9k26OB5r59xe2zQOpreRxZfsoXUPws9Ua4fo/s1600-h/IMGP2569.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181493560412863298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuArrcIp_avT2zsCUEBrcOyAiPThprms6tYnkPgbdfLX5ILjfT5mXh34YCj97tApM0DxEH4Bb6jOFOJreGqoncB1UoD4RICfGp_3kLr0lN9k26OB5r59xe2zQOpreRxZfsoXUPws9Ua4fo/s400/IMGP2569.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Chinipas.<br /><br />One of the two locomotives shipped in pieces and re-assembled for hauling the ore out of the mountains.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKg8SEety0FNw9szcFnUZr5QsS1aniN4DVDNgDv98dK4ZTkxAU9Znk78OF19gm55wjM0PGOAsKe8RTlz-t3AUIk22jCpEqOOJtQmIkhEF8MwYtkoT8GPMfhvUYLOWYxVfOVVfu4k6JT1e4/s1600-h/IMGP2584.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181493607657503570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKg8SEety0FNw9szcFnUZr5QsS1aniN4DVDNgDv98dK4ZTkxAU9Znk78OF19gm55wjM0PGOAsKe8RTlz-t3AUIk22jCpEqOOJtQmIkhEF8MwYtkoT8GPMfhvUYLOWYxVfOVVfu4k6JT1e4/s400/IMGP2584.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Gas from barrels in Chinipas.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XGuItUzfxSKR_FmAA5NDhMqt50rImxBs0kOj_LWc2D2e_aHWXFpvlwVnV8fBs7LG9JVfMw5bG8gnwKUjum0HX0XhTTEINCfjc2gfmvTceWgOOnDiY3vfgQHvyrZTrMWR48Zldh67nndK/s1600-h/IMGP2592.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181493611952470882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XGuItUzfxSKR_FmAA5NDhMqt50rImxBs0kOj_LWc2D2e_aHWXFpvlwVnV8fBs7LG9JVfMw5bG8gnwKUjum0HX0XhTTEINCfjc2gfmvTceWgOOnDiY3vfgQHvyrZTrMWR48Zldh67nndK/s400/IMGP2592.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Riding the old railbed.<br /><br />Fun!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBa0SMkV2SubU1oVPa1SFUPz5L8A79maV5TmeTPEmGSPESBX2QgtDQTvNUUGKyvWN4JbyK-idlvJsAG2qie98r8eD2b57Krw-ijltQI2tdjhn1uXueIrvVcFXgaymraYvJgTpzy2PQ1hTQ/s1600-h/IMGP2605.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181493637722274674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBa0SMkV2SubU1oVPa1SFUPz5L8A79maV5TmeTPEmGSPESBX2QgtDQTvNUUGKyvWN4JbyK-idlvJsAG2qie98r8eD2b57Krw-ijltQI2tdjhn1uXueIrvVcFXgaymraYvJgTpzy2PQ1hTQ/s400/IMGP2605.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Cerocahui Mission near the Copper Canyon Train tracks.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWoN2wYI5EcrkHATGbwHmSKN7EHtU6k4yJ-B10RGRXPo58bBOfYA87bsnd4J5vl-4WRsAViU9Sv_-khv-fRL2fcj2VlOc0X_leosc8UqzDusC3Cuns_ZWtjGoLB5MKInOL8t2IAkLYNYV/s1600-h/IMGP2631.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181492757253978866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWoN2wYI5EcrkHATGbwHmSKN7EHtU6k4yJ-B10RGRXPo58bBOfYA87bsnd4J5vl-4WRsAViU9Sv_-khv-fRL2fcj2VlOc0X_leosc8UqzDusC3Cuns_ZWtjGoLB5MKInOL8t2IAkLYNYV/s400/IMGP2631.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />A wood fire to heat the hot water.<br /><br />Novel and fun!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGlB-xebfajP7pi1jNO5Ut9t6KFUnZLvrcOnJifjwFH-SCgdY-SRTi07SHV2usUk-zvEI6lz593YmyNsW8Q7VM06fwZRoIM2HVI6mDbffk9LouQdjk0wc3NVBKP7UaMRIWEj94PWiIdq8/s1600-h/IMGP2650.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181492774433848066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGlB-xebfajP7pi1jNO5Ut9t6KFUnZLvrcOnJifjwFH-SCgdY-SRTi07SHV2usUk-zvEI6lz593YmyNsW8Q7VM06fwZRoIM2HVI6mDbffk9LouQdjk0wc3NVBKP7UaMRIWEj94PWiIdq8/s400/IMGP2650.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Parking in the courtyard of our hotel in Urique.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eteBuS7adeL4gDxJnmLJOBRk9Lfne1TjnBVTAxp6qYWJUHY4t27i8RsK4DnSNT2G5l0DUhFK72HDJVKiTPrgfZNiGmcDfmr5DUNKaseE8b4YuPaepcmH09NQutHqL-O7KRRpxDbfxcCd/s1600-h/IMGP2656.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181492787318749970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eteBuS7adeL4gDxJnmLJOBRk9Lfne1TjnBVTAxp6qYWJUHY4t27i8RsK4DnSNT2G5l0DUhFK72HDJVKiTPrgfZNiGmcDfmr5DUNKaseE8b4YuPaepcmH09NQutHqL-O7KRRpxDbfxcCd/s400/IMGP2656.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The cemetery at this old mission in Tubares looked very old.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttiw4kgpqrp83uOxhhsIDVxQfJJ-8jC-1qN7Zb-J7fGMhhjQX0mouE8Tj-l1B50jgz-pW8eLCUhPcNsUCGTb1l3ATSc7e5KTaKtB1KttRWZeW1CBobm21XlX8KrU_9SM5Lw3fI0TsP0CM/s1600-h/IMGP2664.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181492791613717282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttiw4kgpqrp83uOxhhsIDVxQfJJ-8jC-1qN7Zb-J7fGMhhjQX0mouE8Tj-l1B50jgz-pW8eLCUhPcNsUCGTb1l3ATSc7e5KTaKtB1KttRWZeW1CBobm21XlX8KrU_9SM5Lw3fI0TsP0CM/s400/IMGP2664.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Riverside Lodge in Batopilas. Owned by Skip McWilliams from Michigan.<br /><br />It's a palace inside.<br /><br />Only three or four groups per year stay here.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdr2-6e2Pa0OEowGpFsSJp-HxCNFxhm5JcKaw4_ag1GcN9LmXT1-wnuJja-OzJEIzf-2lQgZVy0Q2Z8Qn9DJ0G7_XorUZBbf1IDhAV1LLOxghgIxmLfuPiYeYDDUd2mbWJW28WpDEVHNLo/s1600-h/IMGP2665.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181492808793586482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdr2-6e2Pa0OEowGpFsSJp-HxCNFxhm5JcKaw4_ag1GcN9LmXT1-wnuJja-OzJEIzf-2lQgZVy0Q2Z8Qn9DJ0G7_XorUZBbf1IDhAV1LLOxghgIxmLfuPiYeYDDUd2mbWJW28WpDEVHNLo/s400/IMGP2665.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The Plaza in Batopilas.<br /><br />A great place to chill.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVPyPAAj_YpRmVkoFLwLvj6oS-enY_AgGdHqfuLEO9Gxb3o4E3gX8T8DSd98RQZNCRyWcF5Tg_lVZI4RlBKgk72l71zSKhu1whh5tQCWrbFAxAZMiYtz93oeuWxqISDjniUtv6AcVgtA8/s1600-h/IMGP2668.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181491924030323362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVPyPAAj_YpRmVkoFLwLvj6oS-enY_AgGdHqfuLEO9Gxb3o4E3gX8T8DSd98RQZNCRyWcF5Tg_lVZI4RlBKgk72l71zSKhu1whh5tQCWrbFAxAZMiYtz93oeuWxqISDjniUtv6AcVgtA8/s400/IMGP2668.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Hotel Juanita in Batopilas.<br /><br />We parked our bikes in the courtyard.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9wWy9zQBJaVBFO29q1x-3P3lvGnGUsuXZzJROVGQTBhKW5Sz8eNCj3u00wKGS72vFZPpBpiiLMkNGJ-v0BJnine7fXzytXxmcgKGubW7ABQ_TNYCouG8yX9tDC2UkUuBV7xHhOm8lDKY/s1600-h/IMGP2679.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181491936915225266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9wWy9zQBJaVBFO29q1x-3P3lvGnGUsuXZzJROVGQTBhKW5Sz8eNCj3u00wKGS72vFZPpBpiiLMkNGJ-v0BJnine7fXzytXxmcgKGubW7ABQ_TNYCouG8yX9tDC2UkUuBV7xHhOm8lDKY/s400/IMGP2679.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Store on the "little" plaza in Batopilas.<br /><br />The owner has some great frozen bananas and frozen juice treats in the freezer.<br /><br />You may be able to buy a few beers to take to your restaurant since Batopilas is a "Dry" town and only a few restaurants are allowed to sell beer.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ54eATVJ98q5C_DXVwu4cG5-U0IpTzIXD-e6JiD9iyHhcbYOdy-W4tL6NVv98eHPpVagnoYyoQfgbmljPYASNcoiMkRSRtIVuXwgD9_lNUTwMDKyjPOPqRNnGo7qSyr1VE31XlB22YeCY/s1600-h/IMGP2692.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181491945505159874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ54eATVJ98q5C_DXVwu4cG5-U0IpTzIXD-e6JiD9iyHhcbYOdy-W4tL6NVv98eHPpVagnoYyoQfgbmljPYASNcoiMkRSRtIVuXwgD9_lNUTwMDKyjPOPqRNnGo7qSyr1VE31XlB22YeCY/s400/IMGP2692.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I love this store.<br /><br />Still the same as when it was built over 100 years ago.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnA0r5XVXgQT76LsGN_YYDqHCWksmQk2gic936-OK9-D-ojhQc921p0OXELZ18OtVou63qcPg44c1bwUiBXa4sNpGkyjUIbIReWwL_FvYQ5CmjJQ4DECb34Ej5kgQxZyMCKezTYgjlc3o/s1600-h/IMGP2697.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181491958390061778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnA0r5XVXgQT76LsGN_YYDqHCWksmQk2gic936-OK9-D-ojhQc921p0OXELZ18OtVou63qcPg44c1bwUiBXa4sNpGkyjUIbIReWwL_FvYQ5CmjJQ4DECb34Ej5kgQxZyMCKezTYgjlc3o/s400/IMGP2697.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Wild West town!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbPCZ2yuhOCFdOGf87ey8I7QUDiFnmoZU4Y7T6BbKNzXwYwE6uKdqWGYdXEtG3B8HuOmrzRZ98SznMkWoHaHwxc8pgUftKfHGiZy0neKEUoKtCTBN5Cfe2GDbWRhUmNdpwq_7DpxnNVpX/s1600-h/IMGP2711.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181491971274963682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbPCZ2yuhOCFdOGf87ey8I7QUDiFnmoZU4Y7T6BbKNzXwYwE6uKdqWGYdXEtG3B8HuOmrzRZ98SznMkWoHaHwxc8pgUftKfHGiZy0neKEUoKtCTBN5Cfe2GDbWRhUmNdpwq_7DpxnNVpX/s400/IMGP2711.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Ruins of the big silver processing operation "Hacienda", built by Alexander Shepherd a hundred years ago with financing from Washington D.C. backers.<br /><br /><br />Everything was brought in by burro train then. There was no road to Batopilas at that time.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYV0tGvVWqPiCSo6aatcnTR9loiRntjzSvVHRh1n83zpBwE2W7LGgK5Rr8WDMYuWC08JEkyl2NKejPv5lvCrL98GRa5HgGeFybqoMXGUyE7TU1LR3nF-_i9RT9b5kpSNp4nkaLQn67CLw7/s1600-h/IMGP2724.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181491202475817554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYV0tGvVWqPiCSo6aatcnTR9loiRntjzSvVHRh1n83zpBwE2W7LGgK5Rr8WDMYuWC08JEkyl2NKejPv5lvCrL98GRa5HgGeFybqoMXGUyE7TU1LR3nF-_i9RT9b5kpSNp4nkaLQn67CLw7/s400/IMGP2724.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ice and water supply store from the mining days.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtjCVFGjb2LabYfQcibhEEK44TR7ag6HBDPujY74t_fpSC9y56nVD8eQFzajowd58oa-3tHR2zUqJRoeNjUAtGjfiKyd0WSFj2B7uoPnAD-_9raUYF0ZdsF6vzKsdAdjGu3FaoUjCQe4J/s1600-h/IMGP2742.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181491245425490546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtjCVFGjb2LabYfQcibhEEK44TR7ag6HBDPujY74t_fpSC9y56nVD8eQFzajowd58oa-3tHR2zUqJRoeNjUAtGjfiKyd0WSFj2B7uoPnAD-_9raUYF0ZdsF6vzKsdAdjGu3FaoUjCQe4J/s400/IMGP2742.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Climbing out of Batopilas Canyon.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNX1-T5_RJBD6g6hlzwLUHo6ErlNWUxfBVpfbo9DYUQf7Y76FkOUmVmttraUIw1sjL9KhubCvedUpboPX1LxcnyVXQ2vCEbiuYTYsSJzPToPm0Y2OFagetJ5dqTVNOjhyIWlpknhNJh5d/s1600-h/IMGP2743.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181491275490261634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNX1-T5_RJBD6g6hlzwLUHo6ErlNWUxfBVpfbo9DYUQf7Y76FkOUmVmttraUIw1sjL9KhubCvedUpboPX1LxcnyVXQ2vCEbiuYTYsSJzPToPm0Y2OFagetJ5dqTVNOjhyIWlpknhNJh5d/s400/IMGP2743.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We relaxed one day in Batopilas and hiked around while it drizzled rain all day (and all night).<br /><br />We climbed out on the dirtbikes and when we hit around 6,000 feet altitude, we hit this snow and had a lot of good times riding in the mud/ snow.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToiH9Od30AZNcU10EQNZKD9gW-PhpWcVDTudlCQr4rc9rtZ1iuQN8uZqhnjy-mit2lsNxoAf_wwypw3V14D_km18KFOJtMMWGsJjP6o9YMjfv67zeC2gp-YfNUIaPUFSLqO6fsoTxGw_u/s1600-h/IMGP2755.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181491288375163538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToiH9Od30AZNcU10EQNZKD9gW-PhpWcVDTudlCQr4rc9rtZ1iuQN8uZqhnjy-mit2lsNxoAf_wwypw3V14D_km18KFOJtMMWGsJjP6o9YMjfv67zeC2gp-YfNUIaPUFSLqO6fsoTxGw_u/s400/IMGP2755.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We dropped Tom off in Deming, NM and he headed back to Tempe.<br /><br />Keith, Dan, and I stopped in Santa Fe for some luxury hoteling. Nice!<br /><br />It was a fantastic trip!MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-26848491032171147672008-03-07T02:53:00.001-08:002008-03-07T10:47:17.629-08:00Mt. Kilimanjaro Expedition - 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYaBfQjsQrRg2FYh19-xdvO6pOUT3TtJBsvISHtyPTBpVLSvPls0CCyWRoz2GZinpeLznKabWsi7nC5jYabhQ2o9SLRpu1rLgyePDnt6pYI-EbmnW9YXOkiAEmbpr9C5cuICEEwxw1yHm/s1600-h/IMGP1753.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174956232942680098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYaBfQjsQrRg2FYh19-xdvO6pOUT3TtJBsvISHtyPTBpVLSvPls0CCyWRoz2GZinpeLznKabWsi7nC5jYabhQ2o9SLRpu1rLgyePDnt6pYI-EbmnW9YXOkiAEmbpr9C5cuICEEwxw1yHm/s400/IMGP1753.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Sandie and I head out the door at 6 AM for our 42 hour trip (22 hours on planes) to Kilimanjaro Airport, Tanzania.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxVSSXSbWodI0bVr6V4pGdA1z-m9MvGHxbfkDDIgxPe8Q1U7lvrDoxZA54EU1DfuElnjJGw1fAS-j59RfDCHtw2YPxNK6JaNWf1AtfEfRno2x2X9Ap7LHJleGrYAOMmimqvLP04wtH4lZ/s1600-h/IMGP1757.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174955966654707666" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxVSSXSbWodI0bVr6V4pGdA1z-m9MvGHxbfkDDIgxPe8Q1U7lvrDoxZA54EU1DfuElnjJGw1fAS-j59RfDCHtw2YPxNK6JaNWf1AtfEfRno2x2X9Ap7LHJleGrYAOMmimqvLP04wtH4lZ/s400/IMGP1757.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The big reasons for the trip was to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, go on a safari, and hang at the beach. We got a pretty good look at "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Kili</span>" as flew into the airport.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQIkcMbF8nMFFihU-mX8uxAOOlPla-0PDdzmQ_6CaaBoMy3IYVhtE-Dr9RetdaT8Rf2KDU6d0Kf88yq154uShkr9KvooykjUERjelpZIaVnNICC1eD0GlXyvb5gpOGJL4J8orOLZ04w0N/s1600-h/IMGP1773.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174955975244642274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQIkcMbF8nMFFihU-mX8uxAOOlPla-0PDdzmQ_6CaaBoMy3IYVhtE-Dr9RetdaT8Rf2KDU6d0Kf88yq154uShkr9KvooykjUERjelpZIaVnNICC1eD0GlXyvb5gpOGJL4J8orOLZ04w0N/s400/IMGP1773.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We stayed at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Springlands</span> Hotel in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Moshi</span> and did a lot of napping when we arrived. The next day we headed out on our six day "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Kili</span>" hike. We had a guide and seven assistants (porters, cook, Etc.) to carry our packs and everything else, except our day-packs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVZlmWW_gTeCFZ_6Tio_3V6NCd9zI113nM7WEyNvIWmGKQ_QlpqPAS1KhMki14AERpKuiImUOz4PjmIjbnTPT0t2xyRNgZOUpMrILAq8SrDxHfgV24_1vKvZYRPY_9rhkC2GK-I13r6yn/s1600-h/IMGP1776.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174955983834576882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVZlmWW_gTeCFZ_6Tio_3V6NCd9zI113nM7WEyNvIWmGKQ_QlpqPAS1KhMki14AERpKuiImUOz4PjmIjbnTPT0t2xyRNgZOUpMrILAq8SrDxHfgV24_1vKvZYRPY_9rhkC2GK-I13r6yn/s400/IMGP1776.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We used the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Marangu</span> Route which has huts at 9,000, 12,000, and 15,500 feet. It's all very primitive.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOhsYWzsYld1Ux_3D0PXSuwu4_AacGMrBjLOEKKehGxVl9JRoWsQRIfrOB2vXAOnZ6cMBrWNyYn21Q9UazeC5V4UHdc8kZxRT_3cuF5Enx7hbb2ukrlXPXdJOqA6TqeqwN94BlR7bBqZy/s1600-h/IMGP1777.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174955992424511490" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOhsYWzsYld1Ux_3D0PXSuwu4_AacGMrBjLOEKKehGxVl9JRoWsQRIfrOB2vXAOnZ6cMBrWNyYn21Q9UazeC5V4UHdc8kZxRT_3cuF5Enx7hbb2ukrlXPXdJOqA6TqeqwN94BlR7bBqZy/s400/IMGP1777.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here's the cooking area. Needless to say, the primary training you should do before attempting the climb is to toughen up your stomach.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIGzcuT4kjX9rye4-DtEKx-BAzLopc_-QJtbGNjqWUN6-oTc-e-RXRCYTRsAau1HCBm_DZjFbaI034B2MkuWwGNqd4YbNR7xLdGLsrpSKsqu9lYtTvy_5mQetDF1uuwxGtjcDGYeSPkMZ/s1600-h/IMGP1788.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174955996719478802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIGzcuT4kjX9rye4-DtEKx-BAzLopc_-QJtbGNjqWUN6-oTc-e-RXRCYTRsAau1HCBm_DZjFbaI034B2MkuWwGNqd4YbNR7xLdGLsrpSKsqu9lYtTvy_5mQetDF1uuwxGtjcDGYeSPkMZ/s400/IMGP1788.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />That's the summit behind our guide Joseph and I. Sandie and I elected for the six day trip. Day one to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Mandara</span> Hut - Day two to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Horombo</span> Hut - Day three for acclimatization at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Horombo</span> with a short hike - Day four to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Kibo</span> Hut arriving at Mid-day and trying to sleep before leaving at midnight for the summit climb - Typical times to the crater rim are six hours - Return to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Horombo</span> Hut - Day Six hike on down to the Park entry gate.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiso48cYLWMYHKua4k1y4I9qRU01As4LYQ9PHJHOHxyC9QReDfDFgzIoYaU6eUTdzSsyYoDUPPVMdBoHDaocxTRZ0YdDFD_zzPA3I58wm5R9fmowtZoZOZfCR7R-N7D47hMRIqwiE5gQMZ9/s1600-h/IMGP1790.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174955292344842114" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiso48cYLWMYHKua4k1y4I9qRU01As4LYQ9PHJHOHxyC9QReDfDFgzIoYaU6eUTdzSsyYoDUPPVMdBoHDaocxTRZ0YdDFD_zzPA3I58wm5R9fmowtZoZOZfCR7R-N7D47hMRIqwiE5gQMZ9/s400/IMGP1790.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Sandie hiked up with our guide Joseph and I hiked with his son-in-law, Frank. The top of "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Kili</span>" is a huge crater rim and there are several points on top to hike to. I hiked to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Uhuru</span> Peak and Sandie hiked to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Gillman's</span> Point. She made it up there in six hours. Very impressive!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCL_bUGCxxqy2wrusC0QLhascLIbyF0-WIx7KTgxY3BEXJa55imtbVLgDOR519_J2gQdIQ4vTOUMjUTQAhyphenhyphen04FhDXqYN9N-UaMVVRp3JtP8Qz6YlEjYGICRPVlm51LwWHrpIPhIHcRcju/s1600-h/IMGP1793.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174955313819678610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCL_bUGCxxqy2wrusC0QLhascLIbyF0-WIx7KTgxY3BEXJa55imtbVLgDOR519_J2gQdIQ4vTOUMjUTQAhyphenhyphen04FhDXqYN9N-UaMVVRp3JtP8Qz6YlEjYGICRPVlm51LwWHrpIPhIHcRcju/s400/IMGP1793.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here's the view from the crater rim at sunrise. The ice wall at the top of the glacier is huge.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQsyFnEvA94BvmZI2cVbHUi-S213wzT4R0emXkhAgVwPAscQzcQDa4AKohjM6yuiRoZ9zCU-8TuNHKsgPJpbFF4HhtICk6T9R3DS9vt15p3TgxgELUoJn3d5nKuamaHeaJbZxuSJJ_cPU/s1600-h/IMGP1796.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174955322409613218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQsyFnEvA94BvmZI2cVbHUi-S213wzT4R0emXkhAgVwPAscQzcQDa4AKohjM6yuiRoZ9zCU-8TuNHKsgPJpbFF4HhtICk6T9R3DS9vt15p3TgxgELUoJn3d5nKuamaHeaJbZxuSJJ_cPU/s400/IMGP1796.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is just starting down from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Gillman's</span> Point, and Sandie and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Kibo</span> Hut are in the picture.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomBWRY8mdTnhjn17FvDb73MHTcGaE4LYoNunr3yXwVswX9QaDShoX290MhyphenhyphenjS5ecSyLHO8UyZ82dVnH2MEoTukh0lq7LqTAw31sYc40G2Anly2_WnLAlgGeawd9UyvO0A2UDNMOhMsWAK/s1600-h/IMGP1814.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174955326704580530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomBWRY8mdTnhjn17FvDb73MHTcGaE4LYoNunr3yXwVswX9QaDShoX290MhyphenhyphenjS5ecSyLHO8UyZ82dVnH2MEoTukh0lq7LqTAw31sYc40G2Anly2_WnLAlgGeawd9UyvO0A2UDNMOhMsWAK/s400/IMGP1814.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Congratulations to Sandie! She made it! That's the crater rim in the background.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3kGHP9BgiMBm54QQfe9zcs8FB8Uyakpc-XxT7eCuMt-mRFoS8msnHVgHQtUhVp0v4GYzattwl4UyN8GRUq_7w2qce9QhgShFeWOq1oa2tiNlALy5-HJgXOByoKz33uj1bEvnOlP6pbIG/s1600-h/IMGP1865.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174955335294515138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3kGHP9BgiMBm54QQfe9zcs8FB8Uyakpc-XxT7eCuMt-mRFoS8msnHVgHQtUhVp0v4GYzattwl4UyN8GRUq_7w2qce9QhgShFeWOq1oa2tiNlALy5-HJgXOByoKz33uj1bEvnOlP6pbIG/s400/IMGP1865.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />After the climb we should have taken a rest day but left immediately for our four day safari. We visited three National Parks, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Manyara</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Ngorongoro</span>, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Tarangire</span>. After a few thousand animal sightings, I was ready for something new.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKumpESNC9ONxHXYenEgfzUwAvK-EfITWjNiNdAahIi2u5n00bHaJ-0b4q5OleyWn7FoVn3LNeqS143s0glijzIm49zh_x9M0evEOiognYwWLEAtSwI2DJum5J5QYYIVWL_mW4ShzeLcu6/s1600-h/IMGP1880.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174954467711121202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKumpESNC9ONxHXYenEgfzUwAvK-EfITWjNiNdAahIi2u5n00bHaJ-0b4q5OleyWn7FoVn3LNeqS143s0glijzIm49zh_x9M0evEOiognYwWLEAtSwI2DJum5J5QYYIVWL_mW4ShzeLcu6/s400/IMGP1880.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Hippos!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnHbZk0w5UTv3zbUBtq6fmzGuLcBupctMB8xYKvACrZSKkLdArsLIAnPZ_M5ouLnDLSjmefrzcApyiP0XcpKIXFEhafBptbpbsEq-Sv-om63k3nk9zck49ffQ7q1oTU1CRWZPNvf_tgCy/s1600-h/IMGP1911.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174954510660794178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnHbZk0w5UTv3zbUBtq6fmzGuLcBupctMB8xYKvACrZSKkLdArsLIAnPZ_M5ouLnDLSjmefrzcApyiP0XcpKIXFEhafBptbpbsEq-Sv-om63k3nk9zck49ffQ7q1oTU1CRWZPNvf_tgCy/s400/IMGP1911.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Famous Masai people village!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRAgZR53d-vmjXpUHHaaMV6przsc8e23ifakrpYiTc70dk4jpsl05KDzpLHqqgzHpt5iS7x-EegWOHTiemeRzb9jh_UjBeOIjJdHpmlbbeIKiPwqTn0_gTyyD3IdB4mHs22uKnxfqWnXv/s1600-h/IMGP1944.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174954532135630674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRAgZR53d-vmjXpUHHaaMV6przsc8e23ifakrpYiTc70dk4jpsl05KDzpLHqqgzHpt5iS7x-EegWOHTiemeRzb9jh_UjBeOIjJdHpmlbbeIKiPwqTn0_gTyyD3IdB4mHs22uKnxfqWnXv/s400/IMGP1944.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Animals!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFesOXMPld2ziCx2r6QE1b8_49I9lUMHxgbnW3b0r5GfOKIXI0W82Ico8EMWV9bdB0zcvhPAZcwmbIWbH1paq4tjeSOHJ7AG_556_kjtZf_9e-JUxpC4TBSyb2DOnKO5DFpRvnKj-3N-UA/s1600-h/IMGP2035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174954566495369058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFesOXMPld2ziCx2r6QE1b8_49I9lUMHxgbnW3b0r5GfOKIXI0W82Ico8EMWV9bdB0zcvhPAZcwmbIWbH1paq4tjeSOHJ7AG_556_kjtZf_9e-JUxpC4TBSyb2DOnKO5DFpRvnKj-3N-UA/s400/IMGP2035.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />A "bushman" village visit was on our itinerary and I figured we'd get a "canned" tourist presentation and dance. But,,,, this was a big treat after bouncing down a rough 25 mile 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">WD</span> road. We visited the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Hadzabe</span> People and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Datoga</span> People in their "homes". Hanging on the line was the meat from a Kudu (deer like animal) covered with flies.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9OpnwVy1IoXCwvv1gSYXSEtF9F3RkRN_Y3h5AG9d3H9NryF0xnANokyAhdaagdWK_yTjwOVpnmdWHhHimZpnfYMoCe_wYrp2-IP7WSmj20ZsKVsZ0E6ewDlN8oXOPB-P3Gt20-86vRzM/s1600-h/IMGP2056.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174954609445042034" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9OpnwVy1IoXCwvv1gSYXSEtF9F3RkRN_Y3h5AG9d3H9NryF0xnANokyAhdaagdWK_yTjwOVpnmdWHhHimZpnfYMoCe_wYrp2-IP7WSmj20ZsKVsZ0E6ewDlN8oXOPB-P3Gt20-86vRzM/s400/IMGP2056.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Hadzabe</span> People don't build houses or grow anything. They live off the wild animals they kill with their bow and arrows.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyB1iBNleMxbygor8tSYbNyhmMiIVmad7t00AI3aM9kTESPodWOxr9u_8iKEypwqgIGsvv6uNqEhyphenhyphenV5BA6_yOLgAi9MiIlinPxbYv0KvTSDhDCyrkN5VenJ5JD3j265zXKLdbsyiOc28hd/s1600-h/IMGP2077.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174953784811321058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyB1iBNleMxbygor8tSYbNyhmMiIVmad7t00AI3aM9kTESPodWOxr9u_8iKEypwqgIGsvv6uNqEhyphenhyphenV5BA6_yOLgAi9MiIlinPxbYv0KvTSDhDCyrkN5VenJ5JD3j265zXKLdbsyiOc28hd/s400/IMGP2077.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />They make their own bows/arrows.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGboN9pfJlwYqoIrziIf9NAZguTFRLzp5BMdop7mEL70FyTiq7fM8Vae6RMVK8YC3FwNAlzYsbg_oUVKPU5SFHoeHLB0iZ7v_lTvJ1NPLYVgZ1zFwwyEIbWRRVOHyAijMMgtVaEjIGV8Ce/s1600-h/IMGP2140.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174953793401255666" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGboN9pfJlwYqoIrziIf9NAZguTFRLzp5BMdop7mEL70FyTiq7fM8Vae6RMVK8YC3FwNAlzYsbg_oUVKPU5SFHoeHLB0iZ7v_lTvJ1NPLYVgZ1zFwwyEIbWRRVOHyAijMMgtVaEjIGV8Ce/s400/IMGP2140.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />When the head man strapped some bells on his ankle and started to dance and sing, I joined in. He'd sing a phrase and the rest of us would answer. Around and around, in and out, the dance went on for quite awhile. Very emotional!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4Ezt4RWzTFZMTuzdDFDXIq392KLIGNJu51KP1WBycSEFhdZN2tJL5OtZnE5tv48yb3iuv871CzJ_4EFBJ0UUQrYKuoffOrcvkh7bpZMOwWQayo8M4TK5-Wd4sw4fgMc4T2xsnxyWKurj/s1600-h/IMGP2158.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174953801991190274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4Ezt4RWzTFZMTuzdDFDXIq392KLIGNJu51KP1WBycSEFhdZN2tJL5OtZnE5tv48yb3iuv871CzJ_4EFBJ0UUQrYKuoffOrcvkh7bpZMOwWQayo8M4TK5-Wd4sw4fgMc4T2xsnxyWKurj/s400/IMGP2158.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Next we visited the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Datoga</span> People. They raise cattle and grow onions.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vj0-ltnMqMYwsE3QCXcH4gg4Z5mXCRPlxmO1Un2u2mTm3Gk3LbYHxSwCMu-QwFhZEHrYq2AfCMmQUhd2kpIMg96JdrCt1_lINQ1gAQZHKq3KJeVUJ-YlsWXJ9mKzGytiglYyTSxn_SLs/s1600-h/IMGP2162.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174953810581124882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vj0-ltnMqMYwsE3QCXcH4gg4Z5mXCRPlxmO1Un2u2mTm3Gk3LbYHxSwCMu-QwFhZEHrYq2AfCMmQUhd2kpIMg96JdrCt1_lINQ1gAQZHKq3KJeVUJ-YlsWXJ9mKzGytiglYyTSxn_SLs/s400/IMGP2162.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This was the head man of the family and he had nine wives. When he asked me how many I had and I said one, he offered me one of his daughters.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSn6OJ_mjO8-BUGXsnrCAS_ykgQ_9F7FGh0u8jcARDCZgtMiQqqiwVnd9hvk1lsqYh1i_FFSFhcf3XadzIuLGWQPo5IvqHJyFOaS-5rcsp2bRTyKazs9TuWAkmjT8KIFBddQQvbErK7WZ/s1600-h/IMGP2204.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174953823466026786" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSn6OJ_mjO8-BUGXsnrCAS_ykgQ_9F7FGh0u8jcARDCZgtMiQqqiwVnd9hvk1lsqYh1i_FFSFhcf3XadzIuLGWQPo5IvqHJyFOaS-5rcsp2bRTyKazs9TuWAkmjT8KIFBddQQvbErK7WZ/s400/IMGP2204.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We saw a lot of these.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZl87qPXo-s1ffR63eNLLiZy9IUR8KVNG6coBBBgO4M5QKkPEoACnXefSwDrtBPk8MremJtOTCZp1dDDn37DzCEwIPcAvSYRaFUTNNnL9rcvau7R9yjO3TCgYE1kP7Lngts9bflqQ1lMc/s1600-h/IMGP2260.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174952268687865410" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZl87qPXo-s1ffR63eNLLiZy9IUR8KVNG6coBBBgO4M5QKkPEoACnXefSwDrtBPk8MremJtOTCZp1dDDn37DzCEwIPcAvSYRaFUTNNnL9rcvau7R9yjO3TCgYE1kP7Lngts9bflqQ1lMc/s400/IMGP2260.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />A view of "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Kili</span>" from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Moshi</span>, the town our first hotel was in.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqU7eMAHmSwph0cRLSt99t19PT7ip64yBcOhjiPviOl8QJ34bKJAwYZ6f3yT8cuBoJFYiuu2jEHYDUjAmm3vZymvNPkFGmFRa27ooF8hysJSrqAKwG0l3KeW6Dc0n1rXnCenc1dgflbmvB/s1600-h/IMGP2314.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174952281572767314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqU7eMAHmSwph0cRLSt99t19PT7ip64yBcOhjiPviOl8QJ34bKJAwYZ6f3yT8cuBoJFYiuu2jEHYDUjAmm3vZymvNPkFGmFRa27ooF8hysJSrqAKwG0l3KeW6Dc0n1rXnCenc1dgflbmvB/s400/IMGP2314.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We flew out of the "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Kili</span>" airport and landed in Zanzibar. A spice and slave trading island. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Stonetown</span> with it's very narrow streets is a lot of fun.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWq8j7qgC9tOvOGK0ws76xufB_nJsI473VNb2ztpkvspzYvdw0zcMVS9n6uD7UZf8engJlcRVAAJVrfd-lMJ1BF-7yRJarB8frznQXyA8mKjqRjwFSZqHIKcb7SlEsaBVi9SqP-1KTNb7x/s1600-h/IMGP2385.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174952298752636514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWq8j7qgC9tOvOGK0ws76xufB_nJsI473VNb2ztpkvspzYvdw0zcMVS9n6uD7UZf8engJlcRVAAJVrfd-lMJ1BF-7yRJarB8frznQXyA8mKjqRjwFSZqHIKcb7SlEsaBVi9SqP-1KTNb7x/s400/IMGP2385.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Two days in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Stonetown</span> and we were off to the eastern beaches to "hang" at these beach <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">bungalows</span> for six days.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-tzAr1PfLZFqNa9yxcgOFkGKv17vSZYWIhXwnXDcJOgZ2Gy2L0a1UGo36l138xxFBcG_NlyOY3jOu_IpVbu0Be-ZvvnNubaZyJGB_Te8UmkQZvVdX8r8R6WayTn6yhwG7zNuTS4aJNT2/s1600-h/IMGP2409.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174952307342571122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-tzAr1PfLZFqNa9yxcgOFkGKv17vSZYWIhXwnXDcJOgZ2Gy2L0a1UGo36l138xxFBcG_NlyOY3jOu_IpVbu0Be-ZvvnNubaZyJGB_Te8UmkQZvVdX8r8R6WayTn6yhwG7zNuTS4aJNT2/s400/IMGP2409.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We really worked hard at watching the sand and beautiful blue water of the Indian Ocean but we did take a break to go sailing and snorkeling on the this dhow fishing boat.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJI3N0BZYx9x7ejxihLAI0xzK0JNo1EIfLMBmvNHbQ_CtpUjCj2GmQnwlr9wPEDyzxREF72EGyxXiC8HuaKAx8pN3nWyfpVHDyuNlxysWgWt_8KpUoi4v4KFxRXD7lGtoIOnmWgp6nyXpw/s1600-h/IMGP2438.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174952324522440322" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJI3N0BZYx9x7ejxihLAI0xzK0JNo1EIfLMBmvNHbQ_CtpUjCj2GmQnwlr9wPEDyzxREF72EGyxXiC8HuaKAx8pN3nWyfpVHDyuNlxysWgWt_8KpUoi4v4KFxRXD7lGtoIOnmWgp6nyXpw/s400/IMGP2438.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />A great trip!MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-20319400868850336352008-02-11T21:26:00.000-08:002008-02-11T21:59:13.547-08:00Losing Weight book - Chapter on Exercise<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldr9JPjMdJ5_ZMGqwZKLPIGfFEEjsfCiyxcmKmPpOQ5Uz5A1MJVaoIrfUtGsvXzULbaOkS3w8RCaYXK1tOITncWPPVg7vqne3qztDJXid4QzYogPSHnAJjvyCYjdpVpaoihdYGQz_DUfY/s1600-h/Walking+fast.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165962386585534226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldr9JPjMdJ5_ZMGqwZKLPIGfFEEjsfCiyxcmKmPpOQ5Uz5A1MJVaoIrfUtGsvXzULbaOkS3w8RCaYXK1tOITncWPPVg7vqne3qztDJXid4QzYogPSHnAJjvyCYjdpVpaoihdYGQz_DUfY/s400/Walking+fast.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Exercise</strong> - <strong>"Not"</strong></div><strong></strong><div align="justify"><br />Almost anyone will admit that exercise makes sense. There’s a built-in intuition that exercise is a healthy thing. The people that don’t do it have convinced themselves; that it’s too hard, no fun, they don’t have time, and on, and on, and on. Combining exercise with losing weight is highly recommended because you combine burning more calories with an increase in your metabolism, along with reduced calorie intake. This is a winning combination. If you believe, but don’t want to go for the conventional exercise program, here are a few ideas to try. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><strong>Tip - Look for ways to do things the "hard way". </strong>The following list of ways to burn extra calories will go a long way toward fulfilling your “exercise” quota without doing any formal exercise. – Put on your socks and shoes while standing on one foot (One leg tie) - Always Take the Steps - Carry someone's bags - Push someone's car - "Do it the hard way! - Hike the Terminal - Jog the Parking Lot - Walk a Bit Faster <em>(Check out</em><em> my book: Exercise -- For Life!).</em></div>MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708046058006929188.post-11492829878207563792008-02-11T20:30:00.000-08:002008-02-11T21:59:52.008-08:00Training for Mt. Kilimanjaro<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicw52U5Fcr1YMc3ZLhqs6z2m9j_3rnaMVoqQbB0KDfQ9ohhh7CzAd1_ACQc1YIhBwQo79QeSAy7VGlRkOtf-b8OysGxR_oYgOL__mL72P-hvreshDXOtMu8FsOqa3Zwqg0Asl43NBbO7a4/s1600-h/IMGP1592.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165950197468348082" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicw52U5Fcr1YMc3ZLhqs6z2m9j_3rnaMVoqQbB0KDfQ9ohhh7CzAd1_ACQc1YIhBwQo79QeSAy7VGlRkOtf-b8OysGxR_oYgOL__mL72P-hvreshDXOtMu8FsOqa3Zwqg0Asl43NBbO7a4/s400/IMGP1592.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Pikes Peak Cog Train steam engine on display at the Manitou station. The train started operation in 1890 providing an exciting way to journey to the top of Pikes Peak. If you haven't visited Colorado Springs, you should add it to your list of places to see.<br /><br />See the history of The Cog at: <a href="http://www.cograilway.com/history.htm">http://www.cograilway.com/history.htm</a><br /><br />The Barr Trail starts alongside the train station and zig-zags it's way to the 14,115 foot summit. I've been on the trail a bunch when I've been training to run the Pikes Peak Marathon, but lately I've been using it to get in shape for climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.<br /><br />Sandie and I are leaving tomorrow morning to fly into Nairobi, Kenya and then continuing to the Kilimanjaro airport in Tanzania.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcfYmXo7Pss9ZcTVuDKuTb9ReSPOF1U0W7I7LruvfZwyNidSxeHSAhYRQt8I8tUNr8DB9yWC4IFB-1cRzFm6au5FLp8lpHMg7s0dpdWm09rLdwKycJV4jnqpxhq-Hf_ZgUqkGEsteDvGZ/s1600-h/IMGP1751.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165950210353249986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcfYmXo7Pss9ZcTVuDKuTb9ReSPOF1U0W7I7LruvfZwyNidSxeHSAhYRQt8I8tUNr8DB9yWC4IFB-1cRzFm6au5FLp8lpHMg7s0dpdWm09rLdwKycJV4jnqpxhq-Hf_ZgUqkGEsteDvGZ/s400/IMGP1751.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Looking up from the Cog station at the rock formations, Gog and Magog.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mIGrCxmMQin5a7EJtPhKGNS9lVIoL7dNv0CGYi1zq2r1sv14P7UFlh-FEiKsFurKS0AfUqm3XqTXtOgBP-79LfAMzkDYHNJToICt1PmLaVpqbyXOWA-tUSGDg2tTyUdXvAAF58_j-7m7/s1600-h/IMGP1581.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165950214648217298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mIGrCxmMQin5a7EJtPhKGNS9lVIoL7dNv0CGYi1zq2r1sv14P7UFlh-FEiKsFurKS0AfUqm3XqTXtOgBP-79LfAMzkDYHNJToICt1PmLaVpqbyXOWA-tUSGDg2tTyUdXvAAF58_j-7m7/s400/IMGP1581.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The Cog station!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0QbZqWDSxQEYibI4TTqxcZkpHO0TjikD07VjH5qOnFLT7FkhqivZ7p9qxMVEi39ngCkF4BQTtOpAaNvUnI0-dAlAeD3awM2FemsP5mb7ZP1LjYFPAfz4613ypsVMtWyZxttkT0uCtn83/s1600-h/IMGP1588.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165949716432010850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0QbZqWDSxQEYibI4TTqxcZkpHO0TjikD07VjH5qOnFLT7FkhqivZ7p9qxMVEi39ngCkF4BQTtOpAaNvUnI0-dAlAeD3awM2FemsP5mb7ZP1LjYFPAfz4613ypsVMtWyZxttkT0uCtn83/s400/IMGP1588.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Three miles up the trail<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpxPLcypx3NSy3FNO6s_pPoyN9UE-4BKol8szwt7QXvY85Q_W5D7ZNWk9XPev2SMseQ7vAmUZGWJGjtoBwqpbquQwaydwRLBSrDxGYvinghq7gnlg_UrJjMTy2QO4FG_klr_4_EvBr26A/s1600-h/IMGP1589.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165949725021945458" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpxPLcypx3NSy3FNO6s_pPoyN9UE-4BKol8szwt7QXvY85Q_W5D7ZNWk9XPev2SMseQ7vAmUZGWJGjtoBwqpbquQwaydwRLBSrDxGYvinghq7gnlg_UrJjMTy2QO4FG_klr_4_EvBr26A/s400/IMGP1589.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />It's about 8.5 miles to the summit from here and this point is about 2,000 feet above the trailhead.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGRZWwQEZBXatsK3gahGTPYxXMaKRojDyuXUSH3HpMl64zr27WhlJzGa9SbVOJJYUoB_5woVOzMfOo__GZBtFHNofT_T_YpcDMF0ZGS3oD2o6dxGAvBbbEwMx1kOs8i3Bebuoqg9NyblU/s1600-h/IMGP1615.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165949733611880066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGRZWwQEZBXatsK3gahGTPYxXMaKRojDyuXUSH3HpMl64zr27WhlJzGa9SbVOJJYUoB_5woVOzMfOo__GZBtFHNofT_T_YpcDMF0ZGS3oD2o6dxGAvBbbEwMx1kOs8i3Bebuoqg9NyblU/s400/IMGP1615.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUwoUtwg9jTXKDdohrraDqorouFUeuzxCYkXB1WrhBuVrPm5yQ2AEHKh29HD7E0cv82KweIKNsE5qUa-Z3OgvEvSQB2eM-mu_qdSe4WiMBb6DmC6Qaz0-nuuQHD2p_UCdFKlXWyucPgtd/s1600-h/IMGP1610.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165949742201814674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUwoUtwg9jTXKDdohrraDqorouFUeuzxCYkXB1WrhBuVrPm5yQ2AEHKh29HD7E0cv82KweIKNsE5qUa-Z3OgvEvSQB2eM-mu_qdSe4WiMBb6DmC6Qaz0-nuuQHD2p_UCdFKlXWyucPgtd/s400/IMGP1610.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />About five miles up the trail you get a nice look at the summit. The trail switchbacks up the face directly behind me.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcjjO6Xdi7_IFDGHpYOmdW8t7oiYcSnFphkNW2VaIJtlRszE1LdaSnZDY69siB-TJwdEnVCapFUZLevQ5qZy41kI_d9VdFQ6cde_J5fym6qK6QoXzTU8VUphxXBMG-hCY1YHE6FrlX02G/s1600-h/IMGP1617.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165949750791749282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcjjO6Xdi7_IFDGHpYOmdW8t7oiYcSnFphkNW2VaIJtlRszE1LdaSnZDY69siB-TJwdEnVCapFUZLevQ5qZy41kI_d9VdFQ6cde_J5fym6qK6QoXzTU8VUphxXBMG-hCY1YHE6FrlX02G/s400/IMGP1617.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />It was plenty cold on the trail a couple of weeks ago but I took a lunch break here and felt very comfortable relaxing in the sun.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLplBHBcZDUPyOofzTv2LayPSi-cwJJRzfA5l4-zcGXFr1im9UQ-1koFj9r57mOHVXGTdXBodfC1o5_XBTrYryG6bKSzaZEez1Tlw48QpnoLEKiZoaSFBQsiBF80yzSAaHOm6AKOrGf4D/s1600-h/PICT0061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165949050712079938" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLplBHBcZDUPyOofzTv2LayPSi-cwJJRzfA5l4-zcGXFr1im9UQ-1koFj9r57mOHVXGTdXBodfC1o5_XBTrYryG6bKSzaZEez1Tlw48QpnoLEKiZoaSFBQsiBF80yzSAaHOm6AKOrGf4D/s400/PICT0061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />About half way to the summit sits Barr Camp. A wonderful respite from the rigors of the trail. Hikers can stop for a snack or spend the night here. Since I didn't it make up here in the past few weeks, due to the deep snow, I'm adding this Pic from one of the Pikes Peak Ascent races that my brother Doyle and I have run.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8rZN4CGE-qOPCSEs5thsQKF1Se8Sf_lGKxIlNXay5gA2Roww6c9LErb-QfMKkgcL0E3roOrr5DIWiVQ3v4V4pPMh-3AAMsaURmC49njffneWxkgffbiS-fccpkiLnThqFBkhFF5e0o1P/s1600-h/PICT0075.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165949059302014546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8rZN4CGE-qOPCSEs5thsQKF1Se8Sf_lGKxIlNXay5gA2Roww6c9LErb-QfMKkgcL0E3roOrr5DIWiVQ3v4V4pPMh-3AAMsaURmC49njffneWxkgffbiS-fccpkiLnThqFBkhFF5e0o1P/s400/PICT0075.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here we are at the top with our finisher medals around our necks. The race is 13.3 miles and covers 7,800 feet of altitude gain. It feels very good when it's over.MegaMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577658871024775025noreply@blogger.com0