Themistocles
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We completed the Rimrocker Trail in Montrose early enough to for a late breakfast, then headed down 550 for Ouray. The drive was pretty and went by quickly. As soon as we got to Ouray we headed up to run Imogene.
The kids were just floored by how different the scenery was from Moab. My son, who had decided he was not a fan of New Mexico, was ok with Arizona, and wanted to move to Utah, just loved Colorado and the mountains.
About 1/2 a mile into Imogene two Jeeps, came up behind me and I slid over to let them pass. When I saw Colorado plates, I figured I would follow them as they were probably more familiar with the trail. This decision had a pretty dramatic impact in the rest of my trip.
The two Jeeps pulled over at the old mine about 3/4s of the way up the trail and I figured I might as well pull over with them, as the kids were about ready to jump out with the Jeep still moving. We got talking and they invited me to join for the rest of the trip.
Really great folks...I will not use names in a public forum, but truly wonderful people, made me feel completely welcome and then proceeded to provide a guided tour...what an amazing community.
Imogene was very easy overall, more intimidating with some of the dropoffs than anything else. But so beautiful, kids loved it. Even my 11 year old son who is too cool to call anything pretty could not stop commenting.
Overall a great time and amazing scenery. To make it even better the couple driving the JT invited us to join them to do the Alpine Loop, including Engineer Pass the next morning. I am just constantly impressed by the wonderful folks in the Jeep community.
The kids were just floored by how different the scenery was from Moab. My son, who had decided he was not a fan of New Mexico, was ok with Arizona, and wanted to move to Utah, just loved Colorado and the mountains.
About 1/2 a mile into Imogene two Jeeps, came up behind me and I slid over to let them pass. When I saw Colorado plates, I figured I would follow them as they were probably more familiar with the trail. This decision had a pretty dramatic impact in the rest of my trip.
The two Jeeps pulled over at the old mine about 3/4s of the way up the trail and I figured I might as well pull over with them, as the kids were about ready to jump out with the Jeep still moving. We got talking and they invited me to join for the rest of the trip.
Really great folks...I will not use names in a public forum, but truly wonderful people, made me feel completely welcome and then proceeded to provide a guided tour...what an amazing community.
Imogene was very easy overall, more intimidating with some of the dropoffs than anything else. But so beautiful, kids loved it. Even my 11 year old son who is too cool to call anything pretty could not stop commenting.
Overall a great time and amazing scenery. To make it even better the couple driving the JT invited us to join them to do the Alpine Loop, including Engineer Pass the next morning. I am just constantly impressed by the wonderful folks in the Jeep community.
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