my trip thread

[AKguy1985]

Hello from Farmington New Mexico!!! I figured I'd post some pics of my trip i've been on since thursday about 2pm when i left tulsa. I have a ton of pics on my camera i just havent had the chance to upload them yet. These are some I took in Chama NM and Cumbres Colorado

between Chama and Farmington

Chama depot

Cumbres depot of the Cumbres and Toltec railroad

Railroad snow blower

the view between pagosa springs and chama
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[Biggsly]

Im jealous. I have had mountain fever for about a month now. Every time I go, it is getting harder and harder to come home. Great pics.

 

[Mitch Rapp]

Hope you took a gps beacon, extra food for the dog......and a phone.....oh wait, wrong thread!


Looks great man, I'm jealous!

 

[foghorn918]

Looks like you're having great weather. Thanks for the pics upload.

 

[AKguy1985]

Hello from Colorado springs. I've had a LONG day I left farmington NM this morning and headed to Four corners National monument, then on to Durango then colorado springs. Here is a few pics off my other phone

these are of a Canyon East of amarillo TX. I forgot what its called but its supposedly one of the biggest in the U.S.

This is the shiprock out near shiprock NM. You cant get closer than the highway to it since its on the Navajo reservation
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[flatwins]

Enjoy! Been through there many, many times.

 

[AKguy1985]

Okay the fun is over I am back in good old oklahoma I seriously wanted to stay in colorado. Here is some pics from garden of the gods i took on saturday.

The "kissing camels"

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A view of pikes peak from garden of the gods
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All in all it was an awesome trip. Thursday i left tulsa about 2pm-ish and stopped in Yukon and got gas, then headed out into texas. I stopped at that canyon east of Amarillo first then stopped in Amarillo for gas. Then headed on into New mexico, stopped and got gas in Santa Fe then headed on to Chama. Well little did i know that Chama is about the size of verdigris and the town shuts down about 10pm..........I got there about 2am or so and not one single hotel or motel open!! I had to drive 45 minutes over the mountains to Pagosa springs Colorado to find a room, got to bed at about 4am and had to be up at 8am to get to Chama to get to the Cumbres and Toltec depot before 9:30. I went and rode the steam train from Chama to Osier and back and it was awesome!! That was the first time i had ever rode a train let alone a steam train. Later that afternoon we headed onto Farmington New mexico and stayed friday night there and then got up and went to Four corners. After that we headed onto Durango Colorado and stopped there at the harley davidson shop, then it was onto Colorado springs to see garden of the gods and Pikes peak. I went to the summit of pikes peak which is 14,110ft above sea level and the drive up it is a little nerve racking to say the least!! It was 20* at the summit and I couldnt hardly see anything because of the cloud that was hanging out at the summit. I am VERY glad i brought my heavy duty carhart coat just in case. After seeing pikes peak and the rock shop at the base of the mountain we ate at the black eyed pea which i had never had before. I had the bleu cheese bacon burger which was awesome. Then we started the long trek home. Last night we made in to Garden City Kansas before stopping. Let me tell you that western Kansas is nothing but grain elevators, cattle trucks and lots and lots of smelly cows. I went through dodge city and fort dodge and there isint much there......just a bunch of cows and feed lots and slaughterhouses. Dodge city reminds me of Coffeyville except bigger and with more cows lol. I got back home about 6 something today. Overall it was an awesome trip and we did it relatively cheaply other than spending alot of money at harley davidson dealerships on tshirts lol. I rented an 09 ford fusion and that thing got 30-33mpg average!! I think i spent less than $250 on gas and went over 2300 miles!

 

[AKguy1985]

Hope you took a gps beacon, extra food for the dog......and a phone.....oh wait, wrong thread!


Looks great man, I'm jealous!

BUWAHAHAHA I seen this guy hiking down pikes peak with just a backpack. I thought..........Could this be that dude from OSA????