Our Jeeping Trip to Ouray, July 2016

notnalc68

That dude from Mississippi
My wife and I, loaded up the Jeep, and left Madison, MS on July 22, and spent the next 2 days driving to Ouray, CO. On the way I had to get the obligatory Route 66 pics...

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Entering Colorado on Hwy 550

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We stayed at the Strater Hotel, when we got to Durango, Saturday night.

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The view from Hwy 550, looking down on Ouray, CO

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The first trail run we made was Yankee Boy Basin

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Then Imogene Pass

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We stayed at the KOA, and just out of Ouray, at mile marker 95 on HWY 550, was this...wonder where that goes?

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The next day, we were going to do the Alpine Loop, so I decided to run to The Wall at Poughkeepsie Gulch and have a look, even though I had no plans to try to go up. We fell in with a group of Colorado natives, and they talked me into it.

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notnalc68

That dude from Mississippi
Sorry for the pause. My computer was acting up. We fell in with the Colorado guys & I went up Poughkeepsie Gulch with no lockers, which is why you see all the wheel spin.

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And the video...

https://youtu.be/YgU-bAV1J4o

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notnalc68

That dude from Mississippi
Black Bear Pass

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Telluride, CO

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We came back through Ophir Pass. This is an actual, working Post Office, there.

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JeepJeep75

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That's a great line you picked going up the wall on Poughkeepsie. And without lockers! Nicely done sir!
 

Jackal01

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Fuuuuck. Houston blows. Everytime I go to SW CO or see pics it makes me jealous. I like to think I would be in those mountains every weekend if i lived there.

Awesome pics and trip though. We will be there in 13ish months.
 

notnalc68

That dude from Mississippi
Lake City was really cool. Old boardwalk sidewalks and buildings

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We stopped at the San Juan Soda Company and had a $7.75 milk shake, so I've got Pulp Fiction beat

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I got a little pot, while I was there...

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notnalc68

That dude from Mississippi
The ghost town of Carson, CO, on the southern part of the Alpine Loop, outside of Lake City.

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notnalc68

That dude from Mississippi
The Outlaw Restaurant, complete with John Wayne's hat

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And finally, my trip meter, when I got home.

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