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by HawkeyeC25 » Wed May 04, 2016 2:17 am

It's been a busy April! We drove the motorhome 4400 miles round trip from Howell, MI through the wild west with the TB in tow! Hit up a few trails while out there. The first of three trips I will bundle together some riding we did out in Colorado.

Here's the total road trip:
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Just outside of Frisco. Amazing mountain views and some random hill climbing.
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Top of Loveland Pass. 11,990 Feet
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Breckenridge - woke up to a fresh snowfall! All the snow was off the road by mid-day.
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Started out at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Spring and took Rampart Range Road for quite a while until the sun went down. The main road was pretty flat, but lots of cool places to go a little off trail and explore. Great views as well!
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A few tight areas for the EXT, but we made it!
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Then we decided to see how far up we could get on Pikes Peak. Turned out, they opened the road to the summit that morning for the first time this year - What Luck!!! It's paved all the way up, but pretty cool being able to drive the TB up to over 14,000 feet!!
You literally feel like you are on top of the world up there!
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The continental divide stretches as far as the eye can see!
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It's like the view from an airplane...
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You can see the distinctive treeline where trees can no longer grow.
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by bartonmd » Wed May 04, 2016 9:34 am

Looks like a good time!

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by navigator » Wed May 04, 2016 10:36 am

Those are awesome memories.
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by HawkeyeC25 » Wed May 04, 2016 10:49 pm

It was a blast out there - can't wait to go back sometime! Great memories indeed!!
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by SnowBlazer » Thu May 05, 2016 3:36 am

HawkeyeC25 wrote:It was a blast out there - can't wait to go back sometime! Great memories indeed!!

I live 5 minutes from Garden of the Gods. Would love to have said whats up to a fellow member. :D
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by HawkeyeC25 » Thu May 05, 2016 12:45 pm

Oh man - had I known I would have looked you up for sure Ryan!! We didn't spend a whole lot of time out there but meeting up would have been cool! Next time for sure!
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