On
Monday, July 17th, Krista and I left the house with two fully loaded
Wagoneers and a crazy lab mix with one blue eye and went to pick up
Ryan (Gambler68) in Ignacio. We were headed for Creede and beyond
to the 30 Mile Campground to meet up with Don and Doris S, Steve (Viscacha)
and Tom (Hoot). Once we got over some vapor
locking issues on my GW, we got over Wolf Creek Pass and
on to Creede. The drive up from Hwy 160 was beautiful. Topped off
gas and headed for the campground. We were all excited for the next
week of trail riding the San Juan Mountains again. We met up with
Steve, Don and Doris fine but we got quite the story about Hoot running
over a motorcycle down in New Mexico. He was hoping to get to Ouray
somehow in spite of his joy ride. Don said he saw ole Hoot airborne
in his rear view!
We
made camp, ate and visited with the rest at Steve's site. We all did
a shot of of Don's Jose Gold except for Doris and watched the fire
for a bit. That got the week started. It rained off and on over night.
The next morning was clearing and bright. The Jacobs on my GW did
not like getting rained on since the hood was removed to remedy the
vapor lock the previous day. So I disconnected it and started the
401 on the stock ignition. We headed out around 10:00 AM. Krista and
I had not driven Stoney Pass before, so we were even more excited
for the new adventure. Steve had a little vapor lock at one point
but the rest of the trip was pretty uneventful with exception of the
awesome display of flowers in the alpine meadows! We saw some snow
on the way down. The sky had been building some dark clouds since
around noon. We made it to Silverton to have lunch. Then it was off
to the KOA in Ouray to get ready for the rest of the gathering.
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