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One of the funniest scenes in Ghost Hunters is when they were driving into Estes and saw the Elk on people's lawns and were asking, "Who do they belong to? Why aren't there any fences?"...

LMAO... never seen the show, but that is funny... I am guessing the ghost hunters aren't from around the mountain west?

 

[uscitizen]

We drove from Durango to Gunnison, beautiful, but not a trip I would want to make in the winter! Son use to go boarding and it would scare me knowing he was driving those roads!

I have a Sister that lives in Durango.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

You would love Alaska! I was also in northern Cali and they seem to do a good deal of cycling there. Wine country would be beautiful to travel through!

I'm sure it would. Though riding down the Blue Ridge Parkway in the fall is as spectacular as it gets. The tail of the dragon would be a great ride too if the damned motorcycle weenies would get out of your way in descents. The nice thing about riding in the midwest, particularly Ohio is that every tertiary backwoods road is paved so you can get out of traffic and enjoy riding on descent roads. One with berms where you can get away from traffic and enjoy the ride. There's a lot to be said for that.

 

[Damocles]

LMAO... never seen the show, but that is funny... I am guessing the ghost hunters aren't from around the mountain west?

They are from Providence, RI...

 

[Mott the Hoople]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20081015/ap_tr_ge/travel_brief_bush_mountain_biking

You must be one of those evil Republicans that likes to destroy the earth.

Actually I'm purely a roadie so I don't have a dog in that fight.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

No, just poor uninsured Americans. I mean, geez. Get it right. And I don't care if fat cats get rich, so long as I do. Now shut up and ride your bike.

LOL You got that right. Shut up and ride! LOL If you can talk, your not riding hard enough!

 

[zappasguitar]

It is amazing out there... if you come back, go up to Estes Park and drive up to the visitor center of Rocky Mountain National Park. Also absolutely beautiful there... and one of my favorite bike rides. About 5000 ft of climbing over 20 miles. You don't go very fast, but with the scenery, you really don't want to.

You want to do some serious bike riding and view some spectacular scenery, head out to the Western Slope and ride the Colorado National Monument. Just don't ride too close to the edge. And when you get to the top, make sure you get off and take a peek over the edge of Cold Shivers Point.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Thats a pretty good clip... roughly 26 mph or so???

and here you acted all '28 is fast'... friggin tryin to shark me.

Naa that's just a hair over 24 mph and it was 10 years ago. I'd be lucky to do 40K in 18 to 19 mph now.

 

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LOL You got that right. Shut up and ride! LOL If you can talk, your not riding hard enough!

Exactly

 

[Damocles]

You want to do some serious bike riding and view some spectacular scenery, head out to the Western Slope and ride the Colorado National Monument. Just don't ride too close to the edge. And when you get to the top, make sure you get off and take a peek over the edge of Cold Shivers Point.

One of the coolest well-traveled motorcycle rides is I-70 leaving Grand Junction. Spectacular views.

 

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You want to do some serious bike riding and view some spectacular scenery, head out to the Western Slope and ride the Colorado National Monument. Just don't ride too close to the edge. And when you get to the top, make sure you get off and take a peek over the edge of Cold Shivers Point.

Been all over the Western part of the state thanks to Ride the Rockies, but never made it to the Grand Junction area specifically. Might just have to make it a point to do so next year.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Look into Ride the Rockies. The route changes every year, so find one you like and sign up. You have to have your group picked in the lottery in order to participate, but I have the secret to that.... the ride breakdown is about 75% guys 25% women. Put a woman in your group and you always get 'picked'.

It is usually a 6 or 7 day ride covering about 400-450 miles. Totally awesome experience. The mountain town residents provide awesome support.

I've always wanted to do a ride like that or GOBA or RAGBRAI. You should come out here and do TOSRV. Ever been in a 500 rider pace line? LOL It's an easy ride by enthusiast standards about a 3 to 5 on a scale of 1 -10 with 10 being the hardest but the comraderie and the pace lines are awesome.

 

[zappasguitar]

One of the coolest well-traveled motorcycle rides is I-70 leaving Grand Junction. Spectacular views.

I was going to ask you if you meant Eastbound or Westbound, then realized it didn't matter, both directions have amazing scenery.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Alaska is awesome. We took the train up to Denali and also the other train down to Seward. Unbelievable. Highly recommend people visit AK... unless you hate nature... cause then it just wouldn't matter.

You guys are getting my travel bug up. I'd love to hike Denali.

 

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Naa that's just a hair over 24 mph and it was 10 years ago. I'd be lucky to do 40K in 18 to 19 mph now.

40k is roughly 25.6 miles... so if ya did it in an hour...

 

[Cancel5]

You guys are getting my travel bug up. I'd love to hike Denali.

Just don't eat the berries! unless you have know what you are eating!

 

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You guys are getting my travel bug up. I'd love to hike Denali.

Everyone says watch out for the bears... while that is true... also watch out for those crazy ass moose. We were hiking a trail and had to stop for about an hour as a friggin moose stood blocking the trail while its kid was playin near by. Thing was friggin HUGE.

 

[zappasguitar]

Been all over the Western part of the state thanks to Ride the Rockies, but never made it to the Grand Junction area specifically. Might just have to make it a point to do so next year.

If you've ever seen the movie American Flyers, they filmed a portion of the race in that movie on the Monument. You've got switchback after switchback. You climb probably 2500-3000 ft in a mile or two, towering sandstone canyons.

 

[Damocles]

If you've ever seen the movie American Flyers, they filmed a portion of the race in that movie on the Monument. You've got switchback after switchback. You climb probably 2500-3000 ft in a mile or two, towering sandstone canyons.

Another great motorcycle ride...

 

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If you've ever seen the movie American Flyers, they filmed a portion of the race in that movie on the Monument. You've got switchback after switchback. You climb probably 2500-3000 ft in a mile or two, towering sandstone canyons.

ok stop talking about it.... you are making me want to do it this year rather than next.... and I don't have any spare weekend left this summer/fall