Triumphrat

HiDesert

This is another spot I've wanted a good picture of for years:



We're still between Ouray and Silverton at this point. We got through Silverton, over Molas Pass (10910') and Coal Bank Pass (10640') without incident, but certainly not quickly. We were rooting for the sun to do it's job on the road, but no dice until we got out of the mountains. By which time I, Mr. let's not put anything on over my mesh jacket because how cold can it really get, had teeth chattering hard enough that I expected it to activate the VOX on the radios. We stopped at the bottom of the mountain to warm up. This shows what we missed by not waiting another hour to leave Ouray:



Here's one of my tank closeup shots; I haven't put any of the others in yet, so...



We headed on to Durango, where we turned east to Pagosa Springs. We got lunch at a really good malt shop in Pagosa Springs:

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