We’d grown tired of the daily commute down the scary Hwy 550 from Ouray to Silverton, so we decided to spend the day on a shorter, closer trail. Yankee Boy Basin is just 8 miles southwest of Ouray, and doesn’t…
FSJ Invasion – Placer & Picayne Gulches, 16 Aug 2002 near Ouray, CO
We jumped in with a small group (five Jeeps including us) on Friday. Since the picnic was scheduled for noon-4pm near Eureka (just south of Animas Forks), we decided to run some trails close to the area that morning —…
FSJ Invasion – Corkscrew Gulch, 15 Aug 2002 near Ouray, CO
We intended to head to Minnie & Maggie Gulches, but we took a wrong turn after Silverton (despite Gary’s GPS), and ended up doing Corkscrew Gulch instead. Oh well, it was still fun. Dennis stalled just before the summit and…
Chalk Creek Canyon, July 1972
These photos were taken at a family gathering at Love Ranch in Chalk Creek Canyon near Salida, Colorado. The date on these prints was July 1972. I was only 17 months old at the time, so this was almost certainly…
Colorado Wheeling with Chuque Henry, 16-19 Aug 2001
Hackett and Longwater Gulches Chinaman’s Gulch Wheeler Lake Iron Chest Some friends of mine decided to head out to the All-4-Fun event held around 1 August near Salida, Colorado. I thought about going, but then decided I’d have more…
Colorado Trails, August 1996
In early August 1996, I was sent to a conference in Denver. Of course, living in Lincoln, Nebraska, I would have been stupid to go that close to the mountains without taking my Jeep. In the preceeding weeks, I managed…