bobm
WTF, WTF, WTF!!!!
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bobm
WTF, WTF, WTF!!!!
bobm
WTF, WTF, WTF!!!!
Geez, Ande! For Crying
out loud, you said you went Camping 
?? You didnt say anything about staying at the Biltmore 
. 
we‘lol go slumming every now and then… 
You all know I don't take great pictures, but here are a few....
Up on the mountain where I ran into the black bear.
View at camp...
First day run before all had arrived...
Up on the mountain where I ran into the black bear.
View at camp...
First day run before all had arrived...
Some more of Gordon and I following Craig around his playground...
Heading up to Stony pass....
Heading down to Silverton....
Heading up to Stony pass....
Heading down to Silverton....
Gordon and I at Black Canyon of the Gunnison....
Pictures really don't do this place justice, you just have to see it in person.
Pictures really don't do this place justice, you just have to see it in person.
I'd like to thank the guys who put this trip all together, John, Jim and Mark it was a great party and perfect trails. Another great trip! Also I'd like to thank the guys who jumped in to help with the mechanical problems that popped up. We all have some issues sometimes and it's nice to have a group with an idea or two. In my case Craig saved my bacon with removing the Hi/Low shifter rod in order to get me back to Hi gear. Putting the transmission into 5th gear and low range I could push up to 18 mph, would not of liked driving home that way! While Craig and I worked on the Mud Hen, Gordon called his wife and she found us rooms right in Silverton for the night. Within the hour we were fixed and eating dinner, truly awesome, just made the whole trip perfect!
Thanks to everyone, we all deserve a salute!
Onward to Pig Party 2023.....
Thanks to everyone, we all deserve a salute!
Onward to Pig Party 2023.....
Thanks...it was a great time made better by the "all hands on deck" field repairs, great trails and camp gatherings. Tell Jeri we missed her.I'd like to thank the guys who put this trip all together, John, Jim and Mark it was a great party and perfect trails. Another great trip! Also I'd like to thank the guys who jumped in to help with the mechanical problems that popped up. We all have some issues sometimes and it's nice to have a group with an idea or two. In my case Craig saved my bacon with removing the Hi/Low shifter rod in order to get me back to Hi gear. Putting the transmission into 5th gear and low range I could push up to 18 mph, would not of liked driving home that way! While Craig and I worked on the Mud Hen, Gordon called his wife and she found us rooms right in Silverton for the night. Within the hour we were fixed and eating dinner, truly awesome, just made the whole trip perfect!
Thanks to everyone, we all deserve a salute!
Onward to Pig Party 2023.....
It is truly spectacular whether viewed from the more accessible south rim or the other side. North Rim campground is a little more remote and populated mainly by climbers. From the main south side access there's a road that takes you down to a spot in the bottom along the river. Float trip trout fishing on the North Fork of the Gunnison River is a big deal.
gonzopancho
SILVER Star
1) I wear overalls, not suspenders
2) hillbilly is more TN/KY/WV. I’m from AL, “redneck” is more appropriate
Somehow the idea of a “redneck attack helicopter pilot” seems like a movie plot.
Everyone already knows that Helicopter Pilots are smarter than the average human being and are the most aesthetically pleasing people on the planet, right?
bobm
WTF, WTF, WTF!!!!
Black bear
!!! Do tell us more
!!! Do tell us more
Back from vacation. Found these waiting for me. Will send out 1 to everyone who ordered shirts. Extra's available for $5 each or $9 for two or 3 for $12.
Message me. 2 1/2" x 2 3/4". Jealous that I missed it. Plan on putting a 55 grill on my 60 next year and joining,
Message me. 2 1/2" x 2 3/4". Jealous that I missed it. Plan on putting a 55 grill on my 60 next year and joining,
After split with Ron, went to Crested Butte and hoteled it. Next day attempted 317 to Crystal Mill then to Marble. Only got a 1/2 mile of incredible trail till it got fall into a ravine sketchy. The photo of the road is deceiving the narrowest point just before the outcropping to the right is about 5’ wide and has a deep right dip at the 5‘ wide point.
Not worth the death considering it gets worse after this
Not worth the death considering it gets worse after this
I was conceived on the Crystal River back in 76 near the destination side of where you where trying to get. My parents lived in pad just below Redstone. This area is pretty unreal. Long drive around to the Roaring Fork Valley side, but pretty amazing over there too. Either way, keep the shots coming!
Looks like you reached what’s called the Devil’s Punchbowl. People have died there. The trail is Schofield Pass, one of the most famous difficult routes in Colorado. We last did it in the Pig a couple of summers ago and have done it numerous times over the years, the first time in an old 1949 Jeep in the early 1970’s. I personally think Schofield is more challenging than Black Bear Pass into Telluride.
My grandfather moved his family back to CB from Marble in the early 1900s in a wagon over that pass. Both sides of my family emigrated to Crested Butte about 1882. We still have property there and will be back up for an annual family gathering at the end of the month. You drove right by the cemetery where Bonnie and I will be planted alongside my great grandparents when the time comes.
Assume you may have gone back to CB then over Kebler Pass and perhaps continued over McClure Pass to Redstone and Carbondale.
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Went to Mable via Kebler Pass got to within 1/4 mile of Crystal City (mill) and found out that some where at some time I lost three of the stud bolts on the drivers tie rod arm because, the fourth one broke on one of only 6 flat spots with allowable passing. The road is only 4 miles long but is similar to some of the tightest rocky roads we previously experienced. If it had happened in one of those section it would have closed the road down or worse. Lucky me. This morning a local showed up with a bag of bolts and I put on a bandaid that got me down that 4 miles to Marble where I sit in another hotel room and give thanks to something somewhere.
Tomorrow off to Carbondale to attempt to tidy up the bandaid
Went to Mable via Kebler Pass got to within 1/4 mile of Crystal City (mill) and found out that some where at some time I lost three of the stud bolts on the drivers tie rod arm because, the fourth one broke on one of only 6 flat spots with allowable passing. The road is only 4 miles long but is similar to some of the tightest rocky roads we previously experienced. If it had happened in one of those section it would have closed the road down or worse. Lucky me. This morning a local showed up with a bag of bolts and I put on a bandaid that got me down that 4 miles to Marble where I sit in another hotel room and give thanks to something somewhere.
Tomorrow off to Carbondale to attempt to tidy up the bandaid
Man, you are lucky. That's something we should all check after each trip, those do loosen up a lot. Be careful and have a ball, you deserve it!
