XTreme Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 16 minutes ago, Earache said: Dark as I wanna get - I find those old towns kinda spooky and eerie....like I'm walking through someone else's home and I really shouldn't be there. Folks had it tough back then. Not just the climate either, had to be hard working up there. I did about 475 miles yesterday and will do about 400 today. Headed back home on Friday and that'll be about 400 as well. So not a big, long trip. Just wanted to get out one last time for the season and ride a few of my favorite roads before packing it all away for the winter. You're gonna be climbing up the walls when your season ends Eric. But I expect you're used to it by now! But at least you'll be able to keep seeing pics of @Pedro's disgusting food! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 10 hours ago, Earache said: Made into my swanky hotel about 12 hours after I left home today. A nice day's ride. Missed dinner tonight as no delivery of anything out here and I don't wanna get on the bike to find something. Will eat tomorrow. Sorry @Pedro, no food pics today. I value a tasty dinner and some nice wine after a ride, more so if it's after 12 hours like you just did, but getting on the bike to go eat kinds of ruins things for me too. Loved those twisty roads you did in the morning, and the dirtroads looked very nice too. Amazing views, and as always a top notch report. There is a hinge on that inside toilet, so they probably had a cover, very fancy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Like @XTreme, I like ot keep my bike clean at all times. maybe wash it when I get home.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Up and outta Durango early, but stopped by the train yard located in the city center. This train does the 50 miles loop to Silverton and back. Clsoed, but took some pics over the fence... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Downtown Durango... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 100 miles down the road, I came across this monster. I had heard of these things but never actually saw one before.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Headed back north, rode through the small town of Rico - yet another gold mining town that has fallen on hard times. Cool architecture though! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Check out the handrails on the steps of the post office - old narrow gauge train rails! Use what ya have on hand, I guess... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Courthouse and the surrounding area.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Rode through Telluride, but it was beyond crowded with tourists, didn't take a single picture. Did stop outside of town at the abandoned gold mine there - place was huge! Looks to be from the 1920's or so... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 And on to Gateway - the real reason I wanted to head over to this part of the state in the first place. Desert road with bends, drop offs and walls. There are a few cars at the bottom of the cliff, just below the turn of the road - hard to see the bends at night... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 The wooden structure you can see on the side of the canyon is a hanging flume - a waterway to transport water to a mine. Probably from the 1880's...... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 And now off to the canyons... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 This road is so much fun that I rode it 3 times today. Once at speed as curves are so much fun and then back down and back for pictures. Love this place! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 The canyon is about 50 miles long with a river and road at the bottom and several hundred foot tall walls at the sides.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Red rock for miles.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Amazing shots Eric......is that some sort of retro or vintage train? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 North end of the canyon opens up a bit to wider views... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Hope ya like rock pics.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Made it to the Marriott in Grand Junction for the night. Currently waiting on the Sun to come up so I can head to Moab and then home today. Gonna be a long ride today -500+ miles - but some good pics to come. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 14 minutes ago, XTreme said: Amazing shots Eric......is that some sort of retro or vintage train? They were used to haul the mail and supplies to remote mining towns that had few roads to them, but had tracks from mining operations. Most of these places still don't have paved roads - just dirt / rock roads. But they're mostly empty and no one goes there anyway. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 What about these......the carriages look like something out of an old movie? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Well when @Earache's riding season comes to an end, the rest of you are going to have to step up to the plate with Ride Reports! Or we're going to look like a bunch of fucking Casuals on here! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 What a fantastic ride report and the photos of the scenery is spectacular. This shot is a bit spooky for me......... I don't know if we had some sort of telepathic thing going on but yesterday I took this photo 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 20 hours ago, Earache said: 100 miles down the road, I came across this monster. I had heard of these things but never actually saw one before.... That is one weird looking thing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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