A descriptive look at traveling and full-timing with our second RV, a fifth wheel toyhauler.
Laura and Sasha started this adventure in April of 2005
for a two week vacation in a truck camper.
August 2010: At Canyonlands National Park!
We will be having some amazing photos coming up, plus a few videos once I get them uploaded to YouTube....So please be patient!
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Ophir Pass
Road Trip to Ouray and Telluride
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We are on the way to Ouray via a shortcut...Bah, ha ha - not really a short cut just a way to see some amazing scenery on a county road. Easiest 4x4 road in the San Juans! |
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The scenery was made more spectacular by the clouds. The colors really are more vibrant than this. |
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Starting out on a Shelf Road |
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I think those are snowslide routes |
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Here I am at the Ophir Pass (Pronounced O-Fear!) at 11,789 feet! |
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Sasha at the Ophir Pass - looking good! |
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Me and the truck on an "Easy" four wheel drive road! I was actually feeling the elevation at this height! |
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Yeah, It is One Lane Road for a Reason! Just Look at that SLOPE! |
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OK, this is the road that we will be going upon, as you can see, this is a shelf that they cut out to make the road. No guard-rails of any kind, amazing slope again, and very slippery and loose rocks. Are you ready? |
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You really need to enlarge this to understand the hugeness (if that is really a word!) We will be going on that road on the other side soon enough... |
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Here we go, Sorry I had that map in front, but I was doing videos as well as taking pictures and just did not take that map away. |
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Another picture of the shelf |
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There is the ROAD! No Guard Rails! We checked, no one coming the opposite way. We are good for take off! Time to GO! |
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Welcome to Ophir, where we got a nice glass of lemonade from some kids trying to help out a local bakery that burned down. They were not too far away from the next house picture we took. |
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This house was not much, but boy, the fence is something else! |
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The Post Office in Ophir, CO. |
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The Mountains look cold... |
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Colorado got some interesting laws. I personally feel like if it was legal, we would no longer be in a recession, we'd be getting all those tax dollars. Considering that even George Washington grew hemp, seems strange that that can not be grown legally in the USA. |
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For Bo! |
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Telluride! |
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Absolutely no one around in Mountain Village area. Telluride, lots, here, no one. And there were not very many shops either, which is probably why there are no people. I guess there are lots when there is snow. |
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Really nice sculptures around here in Mountain Village as well as in Telluride. |
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Nice way to travel, just take a Gondola.... |
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Sasha too with the Gondola |
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Pink Bike, Pink Shoes and great map of the ski area. |
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OK, that was on the first full day of our trip. Because I have so many unbelievably great photos, and I want you to see all, I am making a second, and possibly a third page of them all. So please go to August 2010 Part 2 page to see the rest of the pictures.