A CRF250L in Colorado

[Ole]

I had to be careful when beering at my Buena Vista campsite. The ground had flesh eating plant life.



My last four Colorado days were in The San Juans. I camped above Lake San Cristobal 8 miles from Lake City. It got very cold at night. They had been getting some rain so had to be on lookout for these



Found some dirt on Los Pinos Road off of Slumgullion Pass



Once I got around her, she crossed the road and in the mirror I saw she had a calf with her



filled my water bottle at a campground out of this



kinda cool to see it was made in my hometown, that foundry is our largest electric customer (I work for the city water and light)



I avoided this



my campsite was three miles up this valley past the lake on Cinnamon Pass Road






I made a big circle over Cinnamon and Stoney Pass with a gas/donut stop in Silverton





the jeepers were still sleeping



Cinnamon is up there



not quite 13000 feet and bike ran great. had to keep her wound up to use second gear tho so mostly stayed in first up high







went down to Animas Forks an old gold town






from Animas, one goes down even further to get to Silverton



old mines were everywhere up there those guys were tough dudes to mine that high in winter I must say



then turned around and got high again going over Stoney Pass



helped a guy change tire on his van here



Stoney pass was better than the more popular Cinnamon





it was very remote