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CID

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Where you at?
Southwest of Georgetown, Colorado.

End of the road -
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11,600 feet, those old miners were some tough SOBs.
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Home sweet home -
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The 'road' out -
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I-70 waaaaaay down there - (Google Earth says I'm at 12,400, the highway is at 9500 ft.)
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Gorms

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Wife's foot is good enough to ride, so away we went for the weekend. Between Eustis and Rangley, made 90 miles of trails over 2 days after some heavy rain. Good riding, kids actually enjoyed most of it, ready to head home.

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DG Rider

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A few more from Saturday.
Rain threatened most of the day, and the last few hours were mostly steady rainfall, and I went home a bit early.

Fishook cactus bloom. "Macro" mode on this phone doesn't seem like it's all that.

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Towards the end of the ride. Machine is a mess now...

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This was when it finally let go. Thunder claps as well...finally got me to turn and head back.

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I had my "emergency cab" (aka clear shower curtains trimmed to fit each position) with me, but it's a hassle to install and not worth the hassle on this warmer day. I simply wore a rain poncho, and I think this is the direction I will go in warmer weather from now on. I bought a latching tote to replace my tools and junk bag, so it's out of the rain now, but I need to find a way to keep my backpack dry as well. I also think I'll drop my spare gas to maybe a 1-2 gallon can. I take WAY too much s*** with me...
 
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A few more from Saturday.
Rain threatened most of the day, and the last few hours were mostly steady rainfall, and I went home a bit early.

Fishook cactus bloom. "Macro" mode on this phone doesn't seem like it's all that.

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Towards the end of the ride. Machine is a mess now...

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This was when it finally let go. Thunder claps as well...finally got me to turn and head back.

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I had my "emergency cab" (aka clear shower curtains trimmed to fit each position) with me, but it's a hassle to install and not worth the hassle on this warmer day. I simply wore a rain poncho, and I think this is the direction I will go in warmer weather from now on. I bought a latching tote to replace my tools and junk bag, so it's out of the rain now, but I need to find a way to keep my backpack dry as well. I also think I'll drop my spare gas to maybe a 1-2 gallon can. I take WAY too much s*** with me...
Can never take too much s**t!
 
DG Rider

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Well...using @Lil_Steve's tracks, I decided to try the Pinal mtn ride he did a few weeks back.

Once the "road" turns south below the junction with fs2568 it drops in and out of a wash, and as to be expected in an area where flash flooding has been occuring for weeks, most of the existing road was gone.

High water lines and junk in the trees...

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Mine...

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Flowing water still...

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I got to this spot, which would force me down In The rocks. No biggie and imminently doable, but I wasn't feeling it for some reason. Even with a very slight chance of rain, this was no place to be stuck rock crawling, so I turned back to save it for another day.
My sixth sense works well: less than 30 minutes later, my 700 mysteriously died 3 times in less than a mile. It restarted every time....but not a good feeling out in the boonies. I cut the ride short and headed home.

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Is this bear s***?

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bumperm

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Doesn't look like the bear scat we get, but then our bears are eating berries up on the mountain, which gives them almost black poop with lots of seeds and/or berries undigested. Or apple bits in brown poop if they've been in our old orchard. In either case it's mostly one pile and not individual, um, lumps.

That looks more like something Bigfoot would leave behind. More proof if you saw any bunnies with brown fur!
 
DG Rider

DG Rider

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Doesn't look like the bear scat we get, but then our bears are eating berries up on the mountain, which gives them almost black poop with lots of seeds and/or berries undigested. Or apple bits in brown poop if they've been in our old orchard. In either case it's mostly one pile and not individual, um, lumps.

That looks more like something Bigfoot would leave behind. More proof if you saw any bunnies with brown fur!
Honestly, it looked like coyote s*** with berries in it, but way bigger. Don't think there are wolves here....but it did look slightly "human". No tracks around it.
 
Lil_Steve

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I got to this spot, which would force me down In The rocks. No biggie and imminently doable, but I wasn't feeling it for some reason. Even with a very slight chance of rain, this was no place to be stuck rock crawling, so I turned back to save it for another day.
My sixth sense works well: less than 30 minutes later, my 700 mysteriously died 3 times in less than a mile. It restarted every time....but not a good feeling out in the boonies. I cut the ride short and headed home.

Always a safe bet to listen to your gut, conditions can change so fast. My buddy was in Box Canyon last week with his Jeep, he tells me it's in really bad shape. Main road in...

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While they were in Box Canyon, a couple of SxS's that were in front of them had turned around and warned them of a flash flood heading their way. He turned around as fast as he could and narrowly missed the water. He described it as "terrifying".
 
DG Rider

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Always a safe bet to listen to your gut, conditions can change so fast. My buddy was in Box Canyon last week with his Jeep, he tells me it's in really bad shape. Main road in...

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While they were in Box Canyon, a couple of SxS's that were in front of them had turned around and warned them of a flash flood heading their way. He turned around as fast as he could and narrowly missed the water. He described it as "terrifying".
I've seen several people talk about box canyons "new look". Might actually go back up there now!
 
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