First Road Trip

Thanks to everyone who responded to my first post and all who provided opinions and advise.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-pointe-question-on-2015-trd-off-road.493253/
My son and I just returned from a 2400 mile fly-fishing/off-road trip to Southwest Colorado. I could not be more pleased with the 2015 Tacoma TRDOR in all phases of travel.
After that many miles I am usually ready to sit for a bit but I was ready to resupply and head back out (if not for work).
We were all over SW CO Gunnison-Blue Mesa-Black Canyon, Ouray-Silverton-Telluride areas, Mesa Verde and stayed northeast of Durango for several days on the edge of the Weminuche wilderness, hiking in from there to fly fishing waters on the upper Pine River and upper Vallecito.
An incredible week celebrating my son's graduation from high school.
My son shot this video, with a very old GoPro, on the descent from the Summit of Ophir Pass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4UJuPMyt4E&t=7s



Ophir Pass Summit


Ophir Pass Shelf Road


Bridal Veil Falls near Telluride


Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Yes you can drive to the bottom.

 

Awesome trip I spend a lot of time in that part of CO myself folks live in Montrose. He's a jeep guy now rode all over with him never took taco up there...yet

 

Saw a lot of Wranglers, and a lot of FJ Cruisers and a many, many "built" 5th Gen 4Runners. None of the 5th gen 4Runners I saw looked to be Trail Edition or TRD PRO. A number of FJ60 and FJ40 Land Cruisers. Not many Tacomas on the trails but a lot otherwise. Also saw a lot of filthy dirty dual sports and adventure bikes loaded with all sorts of gear. Loved seeing all that stuff.

 

The real question is, Did you catch any fish?

 

Any? Yes. Many? No. The trout we did catch were nice sized though.
Fishing was not as good as it reportedly had been 2 weeks earlier due to a lot of rain the week before. This was my 3rd visit to this area and the worst fishing. Vallecito Reservoir is so full you cannot fish the north end where the braided streams enter the reservoir. It's completely flooded. Outfitters told us not to even bother trying to fish the lake because nobody was catching anything. We did okay fishing the streams but I had hoped it would be better as it was my son's first trip to that part of Colorado. While we were there monsoon rains popped up every afternoon and one night it stormed all night long. I didn't mind though. I love seeing all that moisture in the southwest and I enjoy a good thunderstorm. Everything was lush and green.