Colorado Ride
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- traildad
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Colorado Ride
I am back after 2900 miles and a bit over two weeks. It was a trip full of firsts. First on the trail breakdown, first crash, first ride above 12000 ft. and first ride with my brother Dan. We all had a great time. I now know that they are called the Rocky Mountains for a reason. We were able to squeeze in three good rides. With all the rocks, if I can't call my self a "rock crawler" I know for sure that I am at least a "rock dodger". I was riding with my brother Dan and his son Travis. Travis led the rides and as it turns out he isn't having fun unless he is going fast, climbing rocks or in the water. They were both riding Grizzly 700s with power steering. We had a close up visit by a Mother Moose and her calf. I would love to go back and do some ATV camping out on the trail. I will put up photos and tracks as I can. Ken
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Mine
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
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Kingston Peak Trail
More trails than you can throw a rock at.
One of the smooth roads.
I'm a wanderer.
My kind of fishing. If you look close you can see someone tube fishing.
The same lake with the tube fisher.
You can almost look down at the rain.
12065 feet.
This isn't deep enough.
ATV Jet Ski. If you do this right, the ATV planes up on the skid plate.
My first crash. It dipped right, the left bumped up, and over I went. Just a little scratch and a whack on the ankle.
Chinns Lake
Bullwinkle
Family Fun. If you look close you can see the 3 month old infant strapped to the mom. Two of the other kids are with dad.
Wonderful Scenery
Red Rocks Park
More trails than you can throw a rock at.
One of the smooth roads.
I'm a wanderer.
My kind of fishing. If you look close you can see someone tube fishing.
The same lake with the tube fisher.
You can almost look down at the rain.
12065 feet.
This isn't deep enough.
ATV Jet Ski. If you do this right, the ATV planes up on the skid plate.
My first crash. It dipped right, the left bumped up, and over I went. Just a little scratch and a whack on the ankle.
Chinns Lake
Bullwinkle
Family Fun. If you look close you can see the 3 month old infant strapped to the mom. Two of the other kids are with dad.
Wonderful Scenery
Red Rocks Park
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05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Mine
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
- traildad
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We camped in Columbine Campground and rode in the area near Central City. Big time gambling just down the road, more fun up the road. I will post tracks later.hemingray wrote:Whereabouts did you ride?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&g ... &z=12&om=1
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Mine
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
- traildad
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I jetted down one smaller jet and it ran fine. We were pulling a long hill, I am not sure of the elevation and the most I could go was 27mph.DAVE wrote:Looks like alot of fun nice pics, how did your quad run at 12000 feet???
DAVE
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Mine
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
- traildad
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Thanks, Yeah Sharon only went on one ride and that was enough for her. This was my first ride that could be called rock crawling. Nothing got broke so it was good. My back was feeling it after 4 days of pounding. I tried out the 700 with power steering and it was sweet. What a difference in ride.EigerMike wrote:looks great!!!!!! awsome pics . i know how much you love the rocks! hope you had a good time. the cabin in the water is awsome!
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Mine
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
- traildad
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Thanks for the compliments. I want to post the tracks but I am not sure how to. In the past I put them in my online storage with ATT Yahoo, but I no longer get the space. Is there any way to do it other than sending them to people that ask?
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Mine
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
- traildad
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I am surprised I got no comments. These people were camped across the road from us. She seemed to think she was just fine riding with one hand while her 3 month old rode with her.
Family Fun. If you look close you can see the 3 month old infant strapped to the mom. Two of the other kids are with dad.
Family Fun. If you look close you can see the 3 month old infant strapped to the mom. Two of the other kids are with dad.
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Mine
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"
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