Earache

Independence Pass - the road to Aspen - just opened for the first time yesterday. Plan to hit it tomorrow afternoon if I have the time. Pics to follow.....

More cabins on the way home...

Rode along some National Forest fire roads on the way home. These are absolutely eveywhere in the mountains; used by the Forestry Service for fire mitigation, etc. Perfect for big adventure bikes to ride around on. Could ride them for years and still never see them all...

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Some more abandoned homes . ..

Not able to get this close to these things very often - they're freakin' huuuuge! Their idling motors made the ground shake...

Some of the ranches in the area weren't quite as prosperous. These old log cabin remains are scattered all over Colorado...

Passed a ranch where the owner built some period looking homes for his ranch hands...

Sunny and warm (24C) out here in the sticks yesterday, Aspens getting some leaves, so I got on my scooter and headed out...

Well I'll fit in as I'm no spring chicken myself.

It's not bad - ya just have to like a bit of snow - my back porch about 4 weeks ago.... That was probably our last snow of the year up here.

Sounds good to me! I like to post a lot of pics about rides and view other's ride reports - so suspect that I'll be doing a bit of that here. Good luck with the sitec - I like it so far!

Hello all, Earache here. I live in the mountains of Colorado - about 45 miles west of Denver - in the US. Looking forward to checking out this new forum. If anyone is headed out this way, I'd be happy to show you around on the bikes if you'd like.

In places it has, although a lot of the roads aren't plowed yet in an effort to keep the hikers from assembling in large groups - part of the Covid-19 efforts. Kinda sucks. They are supposed to open at the end of June, but we'll see.

Thanks - up at 14,000' - a bit of a chill in the air

Just south of home on the next hill over...