September 1, 2025

Rockin' in the Rockies...Our "Out West" Tour continues

It didn't take long to get the Coaches parked and set up camp at Centennial RV so...

Not knowing where we would end up today we just hit the road South and ended up in Silverton, Colorado. 

It was mid-morning and a cup of coffee (with pastry) sounded pretty good.

This place was recommended by the folks at a T-Shirt shop..down a side street (dirt road) and boy was it good. Fresh baked pastries. Coffee fresh ground in Durango.

And a "Four Corners" Biker Rally going on later today...

The little town was filling up fast.

We were so scared we chugged our coffee and headed for the trails.

While making our way thru some campgrounds, just being nosey..

This VW buggy caught Rockies eye so we had to shake this guy out of his camper and talk about it.

Seems the Langley clan has been cozy with these things in the past.

On the way back into Silverton we tried to taste the Alpine Loop since we went right by the one-way entrance. That didn't go well, rough and very slow going at least for the first couple miles. That was planned to be our next day ride but if the whole trail was that slow it would take two days to go the 65 miles. So Christine hit the Wonderful Web and came up with two trails nearby to our camping location. 

The Gunnison Tunnel trail and the Owl Creek Pass trail both were connected by Hwy 50.  Really good rides and everyone came out happy...

This video contains parts of both trails and at the end is the simple explanation why we turned around on the Alpine Loop. No body wanted to continue.

Be sure to Google the Gunnison Tunnel Story. It is amazing and makes you wonder how this was engineered and built.

26 men died in the process. 

Comment and tell me the length of that tunnel.

We followed along this waterway for miles as it goes thru and under these hills.

As we made our way thru the San Juan Mountains to Owl Creek Pass (elevation 10,114 ft)

we were met with somw awesome views. 

Majestic Towers in Aspen forest

could be seen for miles.

Some of the BIG ranches had these views from their homes.

Big Thanks to Christine for her persistence and late hours to find this trail.

It finished our Tour in High Fashion......literally.

We hope you enjoyed these stories and videos as much as we did making them.

A Huge Thank You goes out to Rocky and Denise as well as Tom and Dana for including us in this adventure. We all talked about this for a year and we made it happen

We all certainly need to Thank God for protecting Rocky, Denise and Chevy during their harrowing crash at the beginning of this trip. We are all truly Blessed.