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Funrover
September 27th, 2009, 07:16 PM
Today was a great day, beautiful surroundings, great people and an all around good time. Trails were easy (2WD car easy) but I had a blast!

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Funrover
September 27th, 2009, 07:16 PM
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WINKY
September 27th, 2009, 07:37 PM
ooohh perty!
Chris
September 27th, 2009, 07:37 PM
Looks nice, I think I recognize Phantom Canyon/Shelf Road, I can never remember which is which. Are the aspens past their peak?
Funrover
September 27th, 2009, 08:35 PM
Looks nice, I think I recognize Phantom Canyon/Shelf Road, I can never remember which is which. Are the aspens past their peak?

There is actually a lot of green left on the trees, Next week and maybe (if lucky) the next weekend will be good!
ShutUpHippie
September 27th, 2009, 09:09 PM
That is an awesome bridge! Nice pics.
Chris
September 27th, 2009, 09:19 PM
Cool, we'll have to take a drive during the week.
Roostercruiser
September 28th, 2009, 03:15 AM
glad u had a blast
Funrover
September 28th, 2009, 06:57 AM
Cool, we'll have to take a drive during the week.

Have Fun! :thunb:
Jamie
September 29th, 2009, 07:28 AM
Good pics Aaron. Thanks for leading us Sunday.
Funrover
September 29th, 2009, 07:36 AM
Good pics Aaron. Thanks for leading us Sunday.

No Prob, I had a great time, glad you and the fam could make it!
Pathrat
September 30th, 2009, 09:45 PM
I was a total slacker (and worked on stuff at home) and am sorry I didn't attend. Looks like it was a great ride.
Funrover
October 1st, 2009, 11:46 AM
I was a total slacker (and worked on stuff at home) and am sorry I didn't attend. Looks like it was a great ride.

I know that it was a late night for you the night before... Shoot I bet you saw 10:45pm LMAO!! :lol:
Chris
October 1st, 2009, 08:18 PM
Barb and I drove part of that today, got distracted when we saw The Bank at the south end of Shelf Road and took that instead of returning via Phantom Canyon. By the time we got back we decided to take the highway since it was getting dark.
Funrover
October 1st, 2009, 08:54 PM
Barb and I drove part of that today, got distracted when we saw The Bank at the south end of Shelf Road and took that instead of returning via Phantom Canyon. By the time we got back we decided to take the highway since it was getting dark.

There is a lot of random roads at "THE BANKS" also a lot of hiking and other fun. I could go back and explore what is there again!
Chris
October 1st, 2009, 08:56 PM
Yeah, some times I wasn't sure it was a legit road. Some rarely used stuff in there, nice!
Funrover
October 1st, 2009, 08:59 PM
From what I understand there is 1 main road and a few spurs. The FS is looking to block off the illegal ones. Did you guys get a chance to hike the banks at all?
Chris
October 1st, 2009, 09:47 PM
No, we didn't leave home until 11:00 so we didn't have much time. There are a lot of blocked trails right now. IIRC we were on 5285 most of the time. There were a few marked spurs open.