{"id":1129,"date":"2014-06-13T00:13:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T06:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.grunschev.com\/wordpress\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2017-10-30T14:48:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T20:48:25","slug":"red-rocks-ramble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grunschev.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/red-rocks-ramble\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Rocks Ramble"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red Rocks Ramble was the sixth edition of LoCo’s Colorado Good. This time we explored Moab. Saturday drive to Moab, Sunday a morning loop, a free afternoon followed by happy hour at the motel, Monday tour Colorado National Monument before the final blast down I-70 to home.<\/p>\n

Saturday, May 31<\/h1>\n

We met the Denver contingent at the Fort for an 8:30 departure. We were told that photographer Mike Rodgers<\/a> (Driven Imagery) would get some shots of us from an overpass at Parmalee Gulch. Turns out he went as far as the summit of Monarch Pass. I’m pretty sure I saw him shooting us in South Park, too.<\/p>\n

\"RedRocksRamble01\"<\/a>Most of the drive would follow our tracks from last spring: meet folks from Breckenridge in Fairplay, Springs folks near Buena Vista, lunch in Gunnison where we picked up our last participant. But after Ridgway we went straight instead of turning left to Telluride. This took us up the Norwood grade, through the town of Bedrock and Paradox Valley. There was absolutely no traffic all the way to the junction with US 191, a high-speed blast punctuated by occasional cattle guards.<\/p>\n

\"RedRocksRamble02\"<\/a>We weren’t so lucky on 191 all the way to Moab – lots of trucks and RVs. We arrived at the motels – we were in two motels, across the street from each other – in plenty of time to check in and get cleaned up before dinner with the group at the diner next to the motel.<\/p>\n

One sad note for the day – Jeff broke the suspension on his Birkin near our fuel stop in Montrose and had to drop out.<\/p>\n

Sunday, June 1<\/h1>\n

We woke to a beautiful morning and after breakfast assembled for a drive on the La Sal Loop Road. As it was hot the whole weekend, we kept the top on most of the time but we slathered on the SPF and went al fresco.<\/p>\n

We made the run clockwise, going north from Moab and along the Colorado River through a dramatic red rock canyon. The river is calm through here, no whitewater. But the water looked very high. Quite a lot of traffic through here, as one would expect. We soon found our turn and headed south into the La Sal Mountains.<\/p>\n