Monday, June 23
After 4 days of high heat conditions in the cesspool that is the Metro Denver area, it was time to seek relief.
I drove Uma, the VRRV, fully restocked and topped off with consumables and headed for the mountains!
The drive up had a couple of sections of slow heavy traffic on I-70 due to construction. I found the previously scouted site and would be almost done setting up by Noon.
The nearest town is Empire, CO. US 40 is the main highway to it and one turns onto Jones Pass Road from it.
After lunch I indulged in a bit of a police call to pick up litter. Once I cleared the immediate around my campsite, I decided to clear a nearby trail too.
Not much litter but enough to make me glad I'd brought the litter gear along.
Then, I stumbled onto something unexpected!
I'm guessing it's an ad hoc shelter of sorts for hikers and possibly cross-country skiers in Winter.
This curiosity is perhaps a 10th of a mile from my campsite, down a narrow path that seems to go up the nearby hill.
It rained briefly around 4:30 pm, clouds moved in around the campsite. I am after all, located at 10,850 feet.
I'll be riding tomorrow to Jones Pass I think. The deafening silence and solitude is broken infrequently by passing cars headed to and from the pass.
2 comments:
I rode through Empire last Sunday (15th) on the way to Steamboat Springs and the Friday on our way back to Colorado Sorings. I lead 13 on a motorcycle ride for the week. That’s a pretty area.
I didn't realize you lived in the Springs? Or, just passing through towards the east?
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