FIRST ANNUAL SANITY RIDE

After talking about it for some

time now, Dave and I decided to

do a 3 day trip around

North, East, and southern

Colorado,the plan is to head

North to Estes park, and

Trail Ridge, then down Royal-

Gorge and then around to the

Silverton area and home.

My brother Scott also came

along.

Up and at em.

Well hear comes the clouds, I am starting

to think that we are storm chasers.

And away we go!!!

Hey, whats a little rain... LOL (Vail Pass)

After stopping off to get some java and get away from the down poor, we moved on to Black Hawk and Central City.

Central City.

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A good friend of the family works at the

Century Casino, and comped us a room

for the night, Thanks Eddie.

Some really cool history is in these two

little towns.

Dave, still trying to dry out a little.

We decided to go ahead and go to Estes Park

and Trail Ridge, then come back and stay at

The Casino, Dave was wanting that

prime rib dinner...

The smell of the trees was incredible. This was an unusual looking place for this area. ~~~~~~~~ Scott and I, with MT. Evans in the back ground

Bull shit session...

Still cloudy, but at least we are not getting

soaked.

Estes Park, and some of the local

wildlife, (big horn sheep).

Right now you can't see the top of

Trail Ridge.

It is starting to get chilly again.

Damn chilly!!! (trail Ridge Pass)

One of the pull outs on the way up.

Just before the snow.

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Coming to the top of Trail Ridge.

Topping out.

This picture got in the wrong order.

Some nice bulls on top.

This one is in the wrong spot also LOL

This Church was just incredible.

Click to enlarge, there is a beautiful

statue on the hill behind.

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It was even sunny for a minute, or two.

Headed back to Central City, Dave is

starting to drool over the thought

of that prime rib, back at the casino.

Cool old steam shovel.

Back at the casino, Scott found his

dream bike.

Tuesday morning, and it's sunny

WOOO HOOOO.

Headed back to I-70

Did I mention that it was SUNNY!!!

Looking back at Dillon Resivour.

Brekenridge, headed to hoosier Pass.

Top of Hoosier Pass, just one of the

many passes we will do this trip.

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Ski town Graffitti...

Looking South from the top of

Hoosier Pass.

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Yeah, I am pretty sure there isn't

any gold there

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Larry, Moe, and Curly.

My new roll bag on front, I love this thing

it holds a ton of stuff.

The big town Alma, don't blink

you could miss it.

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The town of South Park.

Headed South to Royal Gorge.

I really like this country, it would be a

nice place to live.

Good place for a pit stop, and a stretch.

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A really high bridge, LOL

Royal Gorge.( Dave and I)

Me and Scott.

Dave and Scott, well that should

just about cover the photo ops.

This poor gal was scared to death.

Royal Gorge.

And then there were 2...

What a great day.

The train that runs through the canyon.

These folks got there monies worth,

the pilot dove over the bridge and down

into the canyon

WOOOOO HOOOOO.

The tram across the gorge.

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Taking the bikes across the bridge.

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This was the first time I have been on the

bridge, on the bike.

Headed along the Arkansas river.

Salida.

We decided to head on to Gunnison

to stay the night.

An old mine along the road as we start up

Monarch Pass.

Dave found several wild rasberry bushes,

so we took a break and had a couple.

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The top of Monarch Pass.

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Just goofin...

Gunnison

We made a stopp for fuel in town, but

with so much day still left and no one

wanting to stop riding we decided to

head on for Montrose.

Blue Mesa Lake.

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After a nights rest, it was breakfast at

Denny's and off for Silverton.

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We were following this truck, when out of

the back came several 8' sticks of

copper pipe, it got real interesting real

quick.

We were able to stop the driver to tell him

what had happened, we did a quick pant's

check and we were back on the road.

Ridgeway Resivoir.

Ridgeway

The road to Ouray.

The town of Ouray, the deer just walk

down the main street.

They didnt even pay any attention to the

loud bikes.

Headed out of Ouray, up Red Mountai Pass.

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The old State plow barn.

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The summit of Red Mountain Pass.

Dave getting a few pic's.

Going South, to Silverton.

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The old mines along this road, are

everywhere.

Silverton.

Every town needs one of these.

most of the streets are still gravel.

This tunnel was placed where a snow slide

came down and killed a couple of plow

truck drivers, one of them was related to

a good friend of ours.

A guy has to pay attention on this road,

some folks treat it like the autobon

and could care less about others on the

road.

Ther was a guy hanging from that crane

puting bolts into the canyon wall.

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I think this guy was wishing that he was

riding us.

Nothing is more refreshing than an all natural

mineral hot springs. (Ouray)

The pond behind the hot springs was

loaded with fish and turtles.

After a relaxing sit in the hot springs, we

had to get headed home.

Looks like good timing too the weather is

turning.

We must be getting close to home.

The sign says it all...

3 Days of fun, it sure flew by I cant

wait till next time.

Ahhhh thats my girl, she always makes me

glad to be home.

"Never forget the time spent with freinds"