Colorado
Adventure 2003
Aug 30 - Sept 6
Ken and I took another trip. This time to the "bumpy sections" of
Colorado (just about anything West of the front range / Denver).
We trailered our motorcycles on his trailer behind my car out to
Ogallala Nebraska (basically the northeast corner of Colorado).
Each of the Saturdays were car driving days - one day out from
Illinois, one day back (about 12 hours each). Between those two
Saturdays were cycle riding days.
The trip was quite refreshing as the week prior was a long one.
Late nights and early mornings with an all-nighter tossed in for
good mix. It wasn't until about Tuesday (Monday was Labor Day)
that I recall even thinking about computers.
This trip report has the standard pictures, as well as several short
videos, and is organized much like the prior trips - choose a day and
see
the items.
Saturday Aug 30
3 Pictures, 1 Video
Rockford IL to Ogallala NE
Interstate driving
Sunday Aug 31
23 Pictures, 2 Videos
Ogallala NE to Steamboat Springs CO
Rocky Mountain National Park - Fall River Road
Wide valley north of Rand CO
Monday Sep 1
36 Pictures, 1 Video
Steamboat Springs CO to Leadville CO
Winter Park alpine slide
Guanella Pass
Breckenridge area
Tuesday Sep 2
88 Pictures, 1 Video
Leadville CO to Moab UT
Independence Pass
Grand Mesa
Colorado Route 141
Wednesday Sep 3
59 Pictures, 4 Videos
Moab UT to Cortez CO
Arches National Park
Utah Route 128
CO Route 141 (yep, a second time)
Thursday Sep 4
61 Pictures, 1 Video
Cortez CO to Canon City CO
Million Dollar Highway (US 550)
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Friday Sep 5
33 Pictures, 1 Video
Canon City CO to Ogallala NE
Pikes Peak - via the roadway
Saturday Sep 6
3 Pictures, 0 Video
Ogallala NE to Rockford IL
Interstate driving
Thoughts
Cycle riders can really smell your hot burning brakes when we're behind
you coming down the mountain.
Colorado has some wonderful scenery - I want to revisit
Utah shows nice promise too
Stats
Automobile
1991 Honda Accord Wagon
1676 Miles; $178.30; 101.1 Gallons; 29.0 MPG max; 20.0 MPG avg; 15.5
MPG
min
Motorcycle
1984 Honda Magna V-65 (VF1100C)
2294 Miles; $113.34; 63.88 Gallons; 41.9 MPG max; 37.5 MPG avg; 33.2
MPG
min
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