7/17/10 Wheeling

[ColoXterra4x4]

Well, after getting the new 2010 OR yesterday, it was time to break it in properly today. My wife, Kim & I went wheeling this morning. We headed north out of Monument and hit Dakan Rd. We got to the rock playground and I decided this time to give it a shot over one hump. Of course, not having my good tires, it tried to spin as I started up. But one flip of the Easy Button and up she went. Here are the obligatory poser shots:






We came a lot farther north than anticipated, but we found this campsite off to the west of Rampart Range Rd. There was a cool spot no one was in that was overlooking a canyon near the Topaz Point campground just south of Devil's Head. So, I felt obligated to take more poser pics:






After coming back south on Rampart Range Rd., we turned onto Long Hollow Rd. (FSR348) and took it all the way down to Missouri Gulch. Unfortunately, Missouri Gulch had a very huge fallen tree across the trail about a mile in so we had to turn around and head back out. We finished Long hollow Rd. to the Rainbow Falls parking area and headed home.

All in all, it was a fun and it nice to have Kim finally go wheeling with me. We will be going on some more technical trails once she is fully healed.