"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness"  -  Mark Twain

Sunday, August 01, 2010

Blink and summer may be gone!

We are finally enjoying the nice warm summer days!  Some of the forest trails in the area did not even open until July 1st, and can you guess what we were doing on July 1st, you bet we were on the KLR riding down one of those trails!    This area is really amazing, so green and lush!  To all of our Colorado friends, you must go for a drive and go 30 miles North of Steamboat Springs on Country Road 129.  If we had known about this place when we lived here, it would have been a great weekend destination! Here our some pictures of the past month on some of our adventures.  Hope everyone is having a fun summer!  Check our Fotki site for more photos!

July 1st and on the trail to California Park.  The downed tree was not a problem as we were able to ride around it, glad we were not in the car as we would of had to turn around.  Views from California Park!

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Did we mention how green it is?

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Yes, this is actually a marked country road, we came upon 2 young antelope running down the road in front of us.

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Trip to Black Hall Mountain Lookout, only 5 miles into the trip, the road was closed, glad there was another route to take!  Still some snow up there in mid July!

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No those are not ski poles, Marnie hiking down from the forest lookout tower, and a fun spot to get out the RC car, and having fun in the Bug coming down the trail!

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A bit of nature along the way, don’t forget to stop and smell or photograph the flowers!

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Out for an evening ride, only about 2 miles from the camper, views from  Hahn’s Peak

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