I originally had it planned to visit Moms family in Seattle ( along with Olympic and some other areas) for this years summer trip, but as August got closer and gas prices continued to rise ( gas was going to be more than half my budget for the trip) I decided to stick closer to home. A bit of a bummer to not be able to see moms fam, but it was fun hanging out in my home state. Seeing a good mix of old and new to me places.

A night at the cabin seemed a fitting place to start my trek through Colorado. From there, I’d wind my way through out the state, with my last two nights in Marble. Over 900 miles, one bad radiator cap and a lost Ham Radio antenna (fell off 🙁 ). I took over 700 pics, so making this a two part post.

Lots of good fun.

Enjoy:).

Still one of my favorite views in CO. Mt. Blue Sky (formerly Mt. Evans) from the road into the property.

Enjoying a cool afternoon in the Upper Meadows.

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This past Friday I joined the club for a night run over Red Cone. Having never done Red Cone before and it being a trail that’s been on the bucket list for a looooong time, I was excited to finally get out and do it. I rode along with my pal Travis to take pics. We got to the top of Red Cone ( 12,801 ft) just as the sun was setting behind the peaks. The views at the top were stunning! We dropped down off Red Cone and onto Webster Pass, taking the road into Montezuma.

Middle Fork of the Swan and Georgia Pass would help get us into Jefferson. Stopping a few times to soak in the star filled night. Back over Kenosha Pass, Travis was kind enough to let me take a spot in there campsite. Finally around 1am I climbed into the driver seat of the 4runner with a blanket and drifted to sleep (ish). Alarm went off at 5am and I headed back down the hill.

In all we had about 7hrs of trail time. A great way to spend a Friday night!

Andy in his FJ80 in the trees.

Working our way through a rocky section of the trail.

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Another awesome Ghost Town Run in the books. Nothing better than a long weekend in the hills with good pals. Rained every day on us. A wonderful weekend with good company. Pitkin might be my favorite.

Fine views from camp (after what seemed like an extra long drive to get there). Looking up the Middle Quartz Valley. In the distance, you can make out the old railroad grade of the Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad.

Some great light for my first evening at camp!

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