tour reports » Colorado Trip Pictures.

Mostly pictures, not much of a report :)
We rode a little under 3,000 miles in 12 day on mostly two lane roads. We're getting where we like the shorter day.
Overnight towns were Broken Bow Nebraska, Scottsbluff Nebraska, Walden Colorado, Idaho Springs Colorado, Three nights at Gunnison Co, Naturita Co, South Fork Co, La Junta Co and the last night was Alma Nebraska.
We also hit Kansas and Wyoming.

Hwy 2 through the Sand Hills of Nebraska is a much better route than Interstate 80.
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Western Nebraska
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Chimney Rock
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Hwy 14 Poudre Canyon in Colorado is a fun road.
There was a good chance of heavy rain and flash floods so we stopped at Rustic for wifi to see how the weather was on Cameron Pass.
Only had a little rain on the pass.
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After Idaho Springs we took the Deckers Road, 126 and Cottonwood Pass on the way to Gunnison.
The Deckers road is a popular motorcycle and bicycle road but it was quiet when we stopped at Deckers for breakfast.
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Cottonwood pass has only been paved a few years so it's in great condition.
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One of the day rides out of Gunnison we took a loop over North Cochetopa Pass, Spring Creek Pass and Slumgullion Pass.
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When we do that route we usually stop at Creede to walk the town and have ice-cream.
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North Clear Creek Falls.
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It was raining and 45 F at Slumgullion and Spring Creek Pass, so no pictures at the top of those passes.

We stayed at Gunnison because we met up with another couple we know who were on a 8,600 mile trip from North Carolina.
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Next day we rode to Saquache for breakfast.
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Storms chased us back to Gunnison so we spent the day visiting with Tim and Susan.

I'll continue the rest of this later today.

Give me a few minutes to check for mistakes.

Great pics Lee! Nice to see the weather on your trip back to Gunnison, from Saquache, wasn't as dramatic as in 2020

We did not have any reservations for the 2nd half of our trip because I wanted to see how hot it would be near Gateway. It can be over 100 F in that part of the state this time of year and if it was hot we would go a different direction.
There weather cooperated and we headed to the red rock area on hwy 141. It was in the 90s but short little showers would drop the temps for awhile. On the way we took the North Rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
The clouds were low making neat views but not the best pictures.
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Pretty soon the clouds moved in and we had to take off while we could still see the road.
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We picked up 141 south of Grand Junction and rode south to Gateway and Naturita.
Both of us really like this road for the views and it's fun.
Stopped in Gateway for gas and a break.
Black skies and lighting behind us but clear skies ahead.
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Good shade for a break.
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Remains of the flume.
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Resting spot for the night was the Rimrock Motel in tiny Naturita.
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The next day we rode down past Telluride, Dolores and east to South Fork.
South of Telluride is a pretty ride but no pictures because of rain and 55 F from Lizard Pass to Dolores.

Next day was hwy 160 which is not that interesting but we like hwy 12, Highway of Legends.
Fun road and some interesting rock formations called Dike Sheets.
Here's one near La Veta.
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There's a little adobe fort in La Veta but it's closed on Sunday.
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Next day in Kansas was 100 F and the Buffalo Bill Center in Oakley was a good place to cool off.
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Only picture on the last day was the cafe in Holdrege Nebraska were one of the locals bought our breakfast :)
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Here's a better picture of Courthouse and Jail Rock in Nebraska.
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Sitting for 20 minutes on new blacktop when it's 100 F sucks.

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Great pictures Lee, thank you. You do have some great panoramic scenes. What happened at the flume?
Looks like you both had a great time. 😀

Thank you.

Beautiful countryside. Thanks for sharing.

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Great pictures Lee, thank you. You do have some great panoramic scenes. What happened at the flume?
Looks like you both had a great time. 😀

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Here's some picture of the Poudre Canyon Road when we were there July 2020.

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Looks like you guys had a fun trip! It brings back great memories of my last Colorado loop.. Might be time to plan out another such route!

Thx for posting up the great pics!

Cheers !

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Great pictures Lee, thank you. You do have some great panoramic scenes. What happened at the flume?
Looks like you both had a great time. 😀
Sorry about that. I see the picture is not clear enough to read.

Here's some history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Flume

Here's a slightly different story https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/hanging-flume-0

Here's a News video with good pictures. https://youtu.be/VYRiYG3BMgE

Wow, necessity is the mother of invention....true words for those guys. What a feat, amazing story.
Thank you for sharing the story behind the picture.

Always good to see your trip photo’s Lee, a part of the world I’ve never had the opportunity to tour, and your pair of RS’s always look neatly kitted out, which I like to see.

We've been home long enough :)
Tomorrow we start working our way east to Slade Kentucky to meet up up with some friends from the Rider's Pace forum for a few days.
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Light rain most of today and sounds like it will continue until noon tomorrow.
It's been a hot, dry two months. So far we have not received enough rain to make much difference.

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