The long, arduous climb to the top of Trail Ridge Road.
Headed toward Redstone!
Sally and Blanche at a winery outside of Delta.
Outside of Silverton.
Some cool biker guys on Wolf Creek Pass. We grew to love Harley people.
Wolf Creek Pass. AKA "I want to pass out Pass."
With all the rain and snow this year, the wildflowers were so vibrant everywhere we went.
Caley enjoying a local peach in Lake City outside of the library.
Lake City, my new favorite mountain town.
Becky, en route to Lake City.
Becky, en route to Lake City.
Me washing my hair in the Taylor Creek!
On the west side of Cottonwood Pass, headed for Taylor Creek. This was my favorite road of the whole trip.
Looking out over the west side of Cottonwood Pass. Whew- that's a lot of dirt road descending! This is where I got my one and only flat.
Looking out over the west side of Cottonwood Pass. Whew- that's a lot of dirt road descending! This is where I got my one and only flat.
At the top of the Cottonwood Pass. One of the many times we crossed the Continental Divide.
The last section of the Cottonwood Pass climb. Gnarly!
Within a couple miles of the top of Cottonwood.
Very thirsty on Cottonwood Pass climb. We learned our lesson after this one and planned to climb passes only early in the morning or late in the evening to avoid the heat and traffic.
Cottonwood Pass
Girls in the wild, cookin up some dinner.
Sit down in the middle of the highway and eat emergency! On this day, we had a killer head wind.
Becky and I went to jail in Hartsel.
Very thirsty on Cottonwood Pass climb. We learned our lesson after this one and planned to climb passes only early in the morning or late in the evening to avoid the heat and traffic.
Cottonwood Pass
Girls in the wild, cookin up some dinner.
Sit down in the middle of the highway and eat emergency! On this day, we had a killer head wind.
Becky and I went to jail in Hartsel.
Grocery store stop in Woodland Park.
On the road to Woodland Park (Day 1).
Day 1 in Sedalia when Caley's mom and dad brought us breakfast burritos and orange juice!
On the road to Woodland Park (Day 1).
Day 1 in Sedalia when Caley's mom and dad brought us breakfast burritos and orange juice!
Thanks for sharing the journey, the beautiful pics and your insights Ev! I love the way you expressed the experience. Sounds like it was a journey we could all gain from in some fashion....it's very tempting.....
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Thanks for posting your pics Ev! I love them! And am so glad your "broken" camera saved the pictures. You are quite the photographer for having no idea view of what you are taking pictures of!!
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