NYCO's '06 Boosted Blue Betty

or you can make a loop around the buena vista/crested butte/aspen regions...

you can take trails from buena vista over to taylor park reservoir over to aspen then back down to crested butte

 

Thanks, I'll have to take a look at those. Looking to get off of the pavement and not see it until it's time to head back east.

 

that sequence of trails is probably 98% dirt and will take around a week to do it all...but you can cut out certain portions...could do it in 3-5 days if you don't mind long days in the saddle

 

new switch covers ordered

so many changes with the light setup of the truck, figured new switches were needed as well

 

What's considered a long day? How many miles total? And will most of the passes be clear of snow in July or August? Anything worth hiking that can't be seen with the truck?

Thanks for the info, never been in CO but the scenery and terrain looks awesome.

 

there's tons of hikes in that region...14ers, rock climbing, hikes to lakes and waterfalls and plenty of old mining ruins

spend some time researching the area, look at hike reports and trip reports to pick out some things you want to see. make a list and prioritize them.

9-10 hour days and you can knock off a couple trails...i.e. early start on engineer pass down to mineral creek, head up red mountain pass (road) to black bear pass to telluride will get you into town after dinner assuming no major backups or issues.

or do a trail and a hike for a day.

many options...

 

Awesome, thanks.

 

Indeed and you may be getting those LCA's pretty soon as well time will tell...

 

sweeeet...i need an alignment so that's great news

 

went up to Chinn's Lake Friday night to test out the new setup...waiting on another rotopax mount and currently wiring up some lights. so it's not a complete setup yet...

bed rack made by Addicted Off-Road up in Fort Collins...they knocked it out of the park with this one!

Alpenglow at Chinn's Lake


Camp




found a rock






tons of room now with the fenders trimmed

 

One of my inspiration builds. Now I just need front and rear steel plated bumpers (rear with tire gate), black wheels, bestop super top, pro comp 7032s, 20% tint, and aftermarket tail lights and I'll be close. Expensive list, but I will have my dream truck then.

 

thanks...it'll take time and it'll never stop that's half the fun though...eventually the large purchases give way to the small projects to make everything how you want it..

 

Looking good Bob

Did you get that tent fixed up already?

 

working on it. replaced the missing bolts and screws. waiting on a new cover and zipper. still need to replace a zipper on one of the doors as well.

 

wow what?? its that damaged?? did you contact Bobby?

 

yea we're in contact with him. cover has a rip in it from one of the hinges where a bolt came out and veered its way into the cover. the zipper works, but doesn't have a tab on it to pull on, so zipping and unzipping is a pain but doable. the front door has one side zipper the other is broken. but that's not a big deal really.

not a new tent though so some issues are expected when getting a hand-me-down

 

oh okay.

My zipper handle broke off after the 4th time getting it caught in the tent while zipping in up. Ran some Para500 chord through it for a handle and works like a charm.

Bummer about the rips though.

 

nothing a little gorilla tape can't fix for the time being