Headed up for a solo night at the Cabin this past Friday. A most peacful evening especially with all the much needed rain that came down that evening. Enjoyed a relaxing drive around the property to the Wilderness Boundary to Mt. Evans before calling it a night. A quick but needed escape!
Mt. Evans somewhere behind the clouds.
Moisture! Was a wonderful thing to see after a few weeks of warm, dry and smokey conditions.
The rain started coming down as I got to the pond in the upper meadows.
Quiet the peaceful drive to the Wilderness Boundary that evening after getting some much needed rain.
Just about to the end of the road and the property- behind me is the Mt. Evans Wilderness.
Stopped to enjoy my favorite tree on the property.
Clearing storm.
Looking North.
Snuck up to the pond in the Upper Meadows one last time the next morning before heading back down.
Headed up to the cabin last Thursday after work with my Dad. With all the heat and smoke from the current fires, was nice to get up there. Thursday evening went for a walk with my Dad and Step-Mom, the smoke made a bit more intense… A bit scary to see how dry everything is. Feel like once August hit, the faucet was turned off. Rain would be a good thing! Friday morning, Dad and I got started early on a new firewood bin ( the old one was around 35 years old). We were able to get most of it built in 4hrs. A good productive Friday!
An evening stroll along the main road into the property. Was a nice evening, though surprisingly warm for that time in the evening…
For the first week of August, I had originally planned to be up in Seattle to visit Mom’s family (plane ticket was booked), but with the current state of things, we decided it was best to hold off for the time being. So instead, I hung out closer to home. First spending a night down at Rowdy Lake, then headed over to my friends shop in Delta, CO for the next two days. It’s always an enjoyable time hanging out with my pal Jeremiah, his wife Chandra and the rest of the crew at Proffitt’s Cruisers.
I was glad to see that they were continuing to do well despite Covid19. There was a lot of fun projects in the shop to check out. I even had a chance to have Bob and Jeremiah take a look at the paint on the 4runner- something i’d love to get done, but will be a bit down the road.
For my last night, had a enjoyable night at Jeremiah and Chandra’s place above Blue Mesa Reservoir. Watching baby Atlas and the Chickens play together was definitely a highlight.
Now to patiently wait for my Dual ARB Compressor to show up from Proffitt’s:)………
Fj40’s in the shop.
Electrical work on a FJ60. Electrical was never my favorite.
Lots of work in the Paint/Body shop.
The 2.8 seems to be a popular swap at Proffitt’s.
D. Miller for paint.
Bob doing some fiberglass work on a FJ40 top.
A really neat BJ70 from Italy. It has a 5 cylinder Italian motor installed at the factory in Japan. Spotted a lot of writing on it from Madrid, Spain.
Oh look, Jeremiahs on the phone:).
Still lots of work in the yard.
Spotted this image the last time I was at the shop. Still a fun scene.
Another solo evening in the shop.
Setting up a 8274 Warn Winch.
Clint doing some more work on the FJ40 top.
A happy differential is a good differential:).
Jeremiah and Chandra filming another episode for the YouTube series. #40 I think?
A fine evening above Sapinaro and Blue Mesa Reservoir. Light was perfect to re shoot this super clean FJ62.
I’ve been wanting to get back to Rowdy Lake ever since my pal Treeroot and I stumbled upon it after picking up my current 3rd Gen 4runner from Proffitt’s back in 2017. With my original plans of being up in Seattle to visit Mom’s family during the first week of August postponed for the year, I decided to head back to Rowdy Lake for a night. The weather was perfect and other than a few folks fishing the lake in the afternoon, I had the place to myself- just what I needed. To top things off, Tuesday morning as I was heading back out to Highway 50, saw a Brown Bear about a mile down the road for the turn off for the lake. Looked to be a teenager. Unfortunately I was to slow with the thinking to grab the camera for a pic. Felt really good to get back to this spot.
Some of my favorite pics.
After a five hour drive, it was nice to get to camp at a decent hour and relax for the rest of the day.
Rowdy Lake
The road into the lake and camp.
Enjoying an afternoon walk around the lake.
Back at the lake for Sunset.
Yeah, I was enjoying the sunset:).
One last walk around the lake the next morning for sunrise before heading out.
