"MM54" (mm54mk2)
07/07/2019 at 19:00 • Filed to: VACATIONLOPNIK
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"MM54" (mm54mk2)
07/07/2019 at 19:00 • Filed to: VACATIONLOPNIK | 9
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I’m back from vacation, it was excellent. Here’s the summary of the trip (me and four friends) - if you just want pictures, they’re afterwards:
Flew into San Francisco, checked out that area including the requisite viewing of the Golden Gate Bridge and a stop at the Computer History Museum. We then drove down to Fresno. From there we spent a day in Sequoia national park, then back to Fresno for the night. The next day we spent a bit of time in Yosemite and exited via Tioga pass, then bombed across Nevada to spend the night in Wendover, UT.
The next morning we stopped by the Bonneville Salt Flats (I have confirmed them to be salt and flat), then continued towards Salt Lake City. We got some supplies there, then headed south to our hotel in Moab. The following morning we picked up a couple rental Jeeps and spent the day on the trails, which was excellent. That evening we booked it over to Grand Junction, CO for the night.
In the morning we swung by Denver to drop off the rental van and pick up a couple less-miserable-to-drive-in-the-mountains cars, then headed to a cabin we had reserved for a few days in Twin Lakes, CO. In the following couple days we did much driving around, checking out roads and the scenery. We even decided to go drive up Pike’s Peak because that’s cool.
Unfortunately all good things come to an end, and late last night/early this morning I got home (we flew out of Denver) . It was an excellent trip, with good friends, good roads, and great scenery.
Here’s some highlights (a bunch of these are u pside down in the editor, hopefully the right way around once posted ) :
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DutchieDC2R
> MM54
07/07/2019 at 19:41 |
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Man, you had me looking up airplane tickets from Europe to Denver like, immediately. That looks beautiful.
Glad you had a good vacation, welcome back!
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MM54
> DutchieDC2R
07/07/2019 at 19:52 |
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Thanks! It was an awesome trip, and an incredible area to visit. I would recommend going to see it if you can some day!
WilliamsSW
> MM54
07/07/2019 at 19:55 |
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Looks
like
a
pretty
epic
trip!
VincentMalamute-Kim
> MM54
07/07/2019 at 20:16 |
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That’s quite a trip.
Friend of a friend biked up Independence Pass on May 31. Not suggesting that you should do it but you’d be badass too .
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MM54
> WilliamsSW
07/07/2019 at 20:33 |
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It was!
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MM54
> VincentMalamute-Kim
07/07/2019 at 20:35 |
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Two flights of stairs at that elevation was enough to leave me winded, I saw a lot of people on bikes, they’re crazy (in a good way)!
fhrblig
> VincentMalamute-Kim
07/07/2019 at 21:08 |
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I had to go over Independence Pass right around the same time as that. It was miserable, because they had closed westbound I- 70 at the tunnel due to some sort of emergency road repair. EVERYONE was diverted over it. It was beautiful, though. I’d love to drive over it when I could average more than 7 MPH.
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> fhrblig
07/07/2019 at 21:34 |
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If you’re averaging anywhere near
7 MPH on a bike over Independence Pass, you’re badass. (I know you were in a car
).
shop-teacher
> MM54
07/07/2019 at 23:13 |
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That's a pretty awesome trip!