Day 3 of our Rocky Mountain High

Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018

Got a late start today due to the weather. We were socked in at the campground until late morning.

We are going to try to make it to
Aspen today but we're told it's a full day ride and difficult trails.

We are heading for the mountain anyway.

Doesn't look like a hard trail to me. Should be a piece of cake.

But I am going to stop this process, the internet is sooooo slow here.

Will continue later...

Be patient, mama wants to stop and smell the roses on the way..
(or what ever they are).

We met this group on our way up the mountain...they had turned around and headed back.
They said it was too rough for them to continue.

Two dirt bikes and three 4-wheelers.

But we continued on...

It's getting a little rougher, but so far it's no hill for a climber.

Rocks, rocks, and more rocks,
We were told there was five miles of this terrain before getting back to dirt trails.

We'll see......

Don't think these videos will load with this internet service (or lack there of) up here in the mountains....they are good un's.
Looks like one of the videos loaded..be sure to select 720p for best quality. This is the 5 mile section that the other group turned around at. Some of the rocks were as big as the 4-wheelers, very technical trial riding through here. We loved it.

If you enlarge this photo you can find the Moose grazing in the valley. He's the black spec in the middle of the shot.

Taylor Lake, just before we start the steep climb up to Taylor Pass.

The hardest part is over, that was the 5 miles of rock trail, in and out of the creek.

Sure hope the videos will load.

We made it to the summit first (we always win)...
So I got this shot of Jimmy and Alison motoring up the switchbacks to the top.

Check out that background...

The  view from the summit was not as awesome as some other summits, may have been because we were in and out of clouds most all day.

Maybe I spoke too soon about the view,,,,this pano shot ain't too shabby.

This one ain't too bad either.

It just ain't possible to describe the beauty and vastness of these

Rocky Mountains...

We passed by this abandoned snow mobile on our way to Aspen.

From the mud caked over the skies, I would say it's been here awhile.

Not a bad looking Artic Cat.

Once we got off the summit and on our way to Aspen there we many of these beautiful places along the way.

We paused for a break here to let the dogs run.

Annie seems to really like the mountains....
She loves to woller on the ground.

Does the same thing every time we hit a beach.

So far it's been a great ride, our necks are a little sore from the rocking and rolling try the rock garden,

We certainly enjoyed this little break.

Now off to find Aspen, Colorado. I hear it's kinda popular.

Talley of the last couple days riding.


Speeds are not accurate but altitude is.