Well,
We finally returned from an 18 day camping, wheeling, hiking trip. We traveled from LA to The Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, Durango, Silverton, Ouray, Crested Butte, Marble, Moab, Durango (again), Grand Canyon (again), and Bishop, with countless stops in between. Here is a brief chronological pictorial description of the trip.

Lava River Cave near Flagstaff


Inside


Outside



Hopi Point






Clean Cruiser in Condor Nest Watch Program



Mesa Verde
Cliff Palace


Mesa Verde Sky


Silverton Rig


Engineer on a drizzley/snowy day






Mineral Cabin


At the Top


Animas Forks after Cinnamon and Lake City


Animas Work Horses



Yankee Boy Basin




The canyon to Yankee Boy as the climb to Imogene begins


Imogene Ahead


Cold near the top


Imogene Pass -Don't look down, this was kinda spooky!


Droping to TomBoy


Black Bear Trail and Bridalveil Falls from Imogene


Leaving Teluride


401 Trail View above Gothic near Crested Butte


Near Rustler's Gulch


Washington Gulch


Colorado River near Chicken Corners


Hurrah Pass


Balance Rock, Arches


Newspaper Rock near the Needles entrance to Canyonlands


Ancient Bristlecone (one is over 4700 years old and still kicking)


Downed Bristlecone


Desert Big Horn in Silver Canyon between Ancient Bristlecone Forest and Bishop

 

is there a map to the engineer pass / imogene area?? i might want to take my brother out there for his first off-road trip...

 

Nice pics! Looks like a great trip.

 

george,


looks like you had a great time! i love that last pic w/ the mtn goats (or whatever those are).

bob

 

That rocks George! We are taking a very similar trip in early Oct, and we are hitting Moab on the way home.

Looks like a blast!

I know you gave credit where credit was due, that's the best part.

 

Hey! That's EXACTLY what I was waiting for! Great set of pics. I see some awfully familiar country in there. Thanks for sharing.




Right here

 

simply beautiful

 

Roger that Christian.
We stood in awe, day after day, at the wonder of His creation, and gave thanks!

 

wow... that must have been some trip... looks liek it was awesome! nice pics!

 

wow, colorado is so picturesque. awesome pictures george, glad you had a good trip. i definitely would like to hit those trails up sometime.

 

Awesome!

Well, more than one word
Simply amazing pics.

Thanks for sharing with us.

 

Great pics George!! I remember learning to grind corn at the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde as a very young kid--cool place.

 

you guys from california and the west area should come to colorado and those of us from the south/east should go to colorado too and all meet up for a big, scenic trip!

 

We will be in CO the first week of OCT, then on to Moab to show Steve S. how to wheel

C'mon out ya'll.

 

We should meet you there Christian.
We only had a small taste of wheeling the Moab area this time.
Next up, Slickrock!

 

Well let me know if you guys can make it George. You will need to get ahold of Jeff the Marmot and let him know. That would be cool.

 

Awesome pictures!

 

I signed onto the other thread 6-16. Right now we are reserved at the Silver Sage.

 

Stunning photos. What kind of camera did you use? That waterfall pic if pefect!

 

George! WoW! Great photos!!! I gotta plan a trip like that!