John & Nanci's Trip to Red Cone

Grandpa and Grandma watched Ashley for the weekend so that we could go on a Quad-trip to Red Cone.  A 4-wheel-only trail that would take us above tree line.

Here we are at the peak of Red Cone.  One of our friends is waving in the background.   The views from the top were awesome.     We were well above tree-line.

We then went back down below tree-line to set up camp.

Nothing like camping next to a stream.

While up in such beautiful country, Nanci decided to try to get some black and white photos.    Nothing too spectacular came from them, but she did catch these mountain goats on film.  

The next day's plans were to pack up.  John cleans out the tent--    --the easy way.  Then we were off to Webster Pass and home,...or so we thought.

Once upon Webster Pass we found that it was still closed by a snow and ice drift 10 feet deep.   We thought we would dig, but that could have taken weeks.    So we all got our nerve up and decided to pull the Quads by the drift.  Several other men came along and helped us.  It took us 3 hours to get all of our Quads over the drift.  But we can say that we opened Webster Pass for the year of 2000!    

A FUN TRIP ALL IN ALL!