Ponderosa Jeeping Trip

On a day when there was no "action" in camp, we decided it was a good time for the guys to go jeeping.

You might ask how many people it takes to plan a jeeping trip.  Well, at left there are at least 5 working on the plans.  You can be sure that there was no plan to take the Chevy pictured, or any other Chevy for that matter!  Since it took us almost 2 hours to get to the first trail, we decided it was time for a break.


Near the beginning of the trail, we came upon this cave.  Of course everyone had to look inside.  Speaking of looking, with Paul Rawls in the group we had to look for at least one geocache.  You would think they were looking for Easter eggs.

We actually chose 3 trails in the mountains about 40 miles west of Denver.  Each trail had its own challenges but all spectacular scenery.  Two of the trails went over 12,000 feet and the third over 13,000 feet.  Below are several pictures of scenery along the way.

The first wildlife we saw were these mountain goats.  There were 5 grazing just below us as went along a shelf road.

As we reached the summit of the 2nd trail we found these goats in the middle of the trail.  They were really quite tame as they let us walk among them.

After almost 8 hours on the trail we just had to stop at Beau Jo's for some of that famous Colorado Mountain Pie.  If you remember from when Nancy and I went several weeks ago, the pies are sold by the pound.  Pictured is a 5 pounder when we consumed by 3 people when will remain anonynous.








We all had an enjoyable day.  Several were ready to take on another trail the next day.