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Exploring Colorado's Majestic Pikes Peak Highway

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The Pikes Peak Highway is breathtaking and takes you on a scenic adventure through the heart of Colorado's natural beauty. Located just a short drive from downtown Denver, this iconic highway offers a remarkable experience filled with stunning vistas, outdoor activities, and a sense of adventure.

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Magnolia Mill, Wheeler Lake 4x4 Trail -- Alma, Colorado

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It all starts with a trickle of snowmelt, then a rush down the mountainside. Crystal clear and cold, the meandering Middle Fork South Platte River provides Colorado with the lush grassland basins of Park County.

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Guernsey Creek Camp, Lovely Camp Site Tucked Into The Colorado Aspens

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Just outside of Jefferson, Colorado, you'll find a campsite tucked into the aspen trees. It's as cool and as inviting as it looks, and it's one of my first spots that I think of while setting out, moving south from Denver, or want to get out of the city for a hot minute during the summer.

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I spy something boxy, with bad gas mileage, looks that only a mother could love and 4x4 so low.

I hope everyone is staying warm this holiday weekend. As the temperature dropped and road conditions worsened, it was good to have a warm place to base camp.

The weather got me thinking about how to stay warm should you have to go out or want to ad

Case of the Monday blues? Plan a trip! Solves the short term blues! 💙

Just a classic Toyota Land Cruiser on a perfect Pacific Northwest day.

A pretty good sunrise spot to breathe in, breathe out.

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Chelan, WA
United States

Mitchell, Wheeler County
Oregon, USA

Barnhouse Campground
NF-12, Mitchell, OR 97750
44.47413, -119.93546

0622, 07262

Originally inhabited by the Northern Paiute people, the town was founded in the late 1800s as a stop along the wagon route betwee

Route planning, coffee and morning light. 🤩

Barnhouse Campground
NF-12, Mitchell, OR 97750
44.47413, -119.93546

0652, 07262

Going topless in North Carolina. Beep, beep. 🤩

Noticed something during my walk around; pretty sure a coyote peed on my tire. Cool if true. 🤙

Hard to tell exact year of this beast but I’m thinking early 60s, manufactured at some point beyond the flat fender #Jeep days. Heavy mods, mostly DIY, but very cool. 🤙

Pine, Colorado. Jefferson County.

I picked up my bag, I went looking for a place to hide.

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.

Travels With Charley, John Steinbeck

In the middle of nowhere with a full tank of gas, with a plan to go south, then east, but a little north, then west, then eventually back east again.

Let me pop up here real quick, yes this view will do. 🤩

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