Riding Yagi on Phantom Canyon Road

Glamping again at the Penrose BLM site.

After work, rode over to CO State Highway 67, aka Phantom Canyon Road.  It used to be a railroad route between the town of Florence and Cripple Creek.  Apparently a lot of gold was transported by train back in the day.

Nowadays it's a pretty smooth dirt road with two narrow railroad tunnels and one remaining steel bridge (I think it's been restored, looks too good).

 Towering, rocky canyon walls

 The southern or Lower Tunnel entrance

 The northern side of the Lower Tunnel

I rode past the Upper Tunnel and turned around after riding across the Steel Bridge pictured below.

 Another view of interesting Canyon Walls

 Posing Yagi near a rocky ledge

Here's a view of the southern side of the Upper Tunnel:

There were several tent campsites established along the creek bed that carved out the canyon, no cell service but I guess the campers I saw come out here to disconnect from the real world.

Got back to the Penrose BLM campsite with no issues.  No clouds so not much of a sunset today.  Perhaps tomorrow.

Short Rides

Last ten days or so have been a bit of a strain in the House of Chang.

Miles, aka Thing 2, was finally diagnosed with a severe case of Mononucleosis and much time was spent in different emergency rooms and urgent care facilities over the last couple of months before that was determined.

Good news is, all other much more worrisome causes have been eliminated, it's definitely Mono. 

In between visits to medical facilities, I worked in some short rides.

April 7...clear views of nearby peaks

 Mount Evans

 Pikes Peak

April 8 Sunset

 Lovely from a distance

Denver is a cesspool up close

April 14, another sunset

A Little Bit of Red

I think it was SonjaM, who told me before I acquired Scarlett, my red 2014 Ural Patrol Sidecar Rig, that National Geographic photographers liked to have a dash of red somewhere in their pictures.

Over the years, people remarked how well Scarlett's red color showed up in pictures.

Yagi, the newest motorcycle in the stable (or harem as Martha calls them) is a mix of black/blue and silver colors, but mostly black.

This color scheme makes it really hard for Yagi to be seen clearly in some of my pictures.  Of course, over the years, my focus has been to minimize the presence of the motorcycle and emphasize the scenery I see in my rides; but I do want folks to notice Yagi when she's present.

So, here's a thought that's been rattling around my brain of late.

A rattle can paint job, with the brightest red I can find that is good for plastics and paint the presently black plastics (most of them) on Yagi:

Yagi as she is now

 Minimalist Red

Redhead Minimalist

 A bit more red, would involve a red seat cover too so

now we're talking more money than a can of spray paint.

 Over the top Red

Your feedback, my few faithful readers, is requested.  I may end up not doing any painting but your thoughts would be appreciated.

Spring Sunsets, a little Glamping and a Hazy Sunrise

Not much to report.

Just some sunsets from last week, pics of a short Glamping trip which got cut short due to other issues, and the sunrise that greeted me as I made ready to go back home.

April 1:

 Mount Evans pre-sunset

Mount Evans post-sunset

April 03:

 Sunset Colors after a Spring Rain

April 04:

 Denver Skyline

April 04, Glamping at the Hugo SWA and a T-Dub Sunset:

 Glamping site in the Hugo State Wildlife Area (SWA)

 Yagi of the West!

 Can you spot Yagi's reflection?

 Yagi silhouettes well doesn't she?

April 6 Sunrise: