Category Archives: Montrose County

Wildflowers on the Power Line Loop

Posted on June 19, 2010 by

Glenn Neigenfind invited me along for some adventures on Thursday afternoon and evening. I mentioned that my mom likes wildflower pictures, so we stopped frequently to get photos. Here are the better ones. The one below was found at a … Continue reading →

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Glenn’s Power Line Exploration Loop

Posted on June 19, 2010 by

Glenn Neigenfind invited me along last Thursday afternoon to explore a road he knew about but didn’t know where it went. His goal is to locate roads on BLM land so they can be documented to help ensure that motorcyclists … Continue reading →

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Buckhorn Road Power Lines with Glenn

Posted on June 19, 2010 by

I like riding with Glenn Neigenfind. He’s an incredibly-experienced rider who seems to somehow magically know what my abilities are (and aren’t). He stretches my abilities, yet

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Buckhorn Road to Buckhorn Lakes

Posted on June 4, 2010 by

After exploring Ouray County Roads 2 and 4 on May 21st, Glenn Neigenfind and I went up Buckhorn Road to see what we could see. We got pretty close, as shown in the GPS track below, but snow and mud … Continue reading →

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Wild Ride With Steve and Ben!

Posted on June 1, 2010 by

I had quite a wild ride on Memorial Day with friends Steve and Ben. Steve’s the guy who built our house back in 2003. Ben is his son and did his share too. This is an important point, because that … Continue reading →

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Wildflowers on Sims Mesa near Montrose, Colorado

Posted on June 1, 2010 by

Wildflowers abound in Colorado during the spring and summer, but they’re not very big. Occasionally you’ll see a large patch, but often you must look rather closely as most are less than an inch in diameter.

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Sims Mesa Road, Wildcat Canyon, and Government Springs Road

Posted on June 1, 2010 by

After a wild ride with Steve and Ben, I traveled up (meaning south) Sims Mesa Road on my Yamaha XT-250, a road I’ve never followed. Steve warned me that the road was badly rutted in places; his warning was timely … Continue reading →

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Stunning Views from Montrose to Crawford via CO 92

Posted on May 29, 2010 by

I took my street bike out today. Yes, it’s Memorial Day Weekend, but there’s seldom traffic on Colorado Highway 92 from US Hwy 50 at Blue Mesa Dam, up to Crawford, Colorado. The weather was picture perfect and my 1994 … Continue reading →

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Video of Fun on Slanty Bridge Trail

Posted on April 29, 2010 by dcasler

Kit Cassingham took this video while we were all racking our brains about the best way to get the motorcycle, at that point a dead weight, up a very steep trail. If I look like I’m exhausted, it’s because I … Continue reading →

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Slanty Bridge Trail Fiasco

Posted on April 28, 2010 by

What a mess! It took three people helping to get me out of it. But I’m getting ahead of myself. It seemed so simple. The “Flat Top Peach Valley Recreation Area Trail System Map” the BLM puts out has a … Continue reading →

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