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| DeltaRed
08-31-2012 07:45:47
67.6.225.104
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| dcarp
08-31-2012 19:14:36
166.147.123.159
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Re: MonarchPass in reply to DeltaRed, 08-31-2012 07:45:47
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| Went over that pass in early October in nice snowstorm.
Used to travel to CO. Every fall to get out of the Texas hotbox & look at the aspens..
Would take motorcycle in the truck, camp out & ride the bike on day trips. Could travel much faster with the bike. Used to stay in most of the wilderness areas to get away from the land yaughts & screaming kids & boom boxes. Covered just about every out of the way spot in CO. Loved Grand Mesa, great view from the edge.
Nothing like eating a rainbow trout freshly caught & pan fried over a campfire.
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| Dell (WA)
08-31-2012 18:38:21
71.217.21.207
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Re: MonarchPass in reply to DeltaRed, 08-31-2012 07:45:47
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| Red.........in 1958, went OVER Monarch Pass to go spring fishing in the Gunnison before graduation from Pueblo College as a Licensed T-V Engineer. Found some "hot-springs" pools and hadda blast fishin' After graduation, I was T-V Engineer fer KREY-TV in Montrose. Was sorta innna "bowl" and sent T-V signals to all them mining towns, Silverton, Rico, Ouray, Ophir, Telluride, Naturita, .........Durango Dell
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| SweetFeet
08-31-2012 15:30:09
209.131.224.105
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Re: MonarchPass in reply to DeltaRed, 08-31-2012 07:45:47
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| | DeltaRed/Steve&Susan, Wow! You two are blessed with a beautiful area to live. I love your old pickups. Love the snow covered building. And last but not least, I would drive SO SLOW there...it would freak me out, I am a flatlander. Thanks so much for sharing!
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| DeltaRed
08-31-2012 17:30:18
67.6.225.104
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Re: MonarchPass in reply to SweetFeet, 08-31-2012 15:30:09
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| The '70 Ford F100 I have owned for over 15 years.Love it!I will probably drive it till I die...It 'only' has 150,000 miles.The '66 'Jimmy" was my fathers.He purchased it new.I inherited it when he died.We hauled it 600 miles from eastern Ks to western Co.
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| The Red
08-31-2012 13:22:03
69.246.205.0
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Re: MonarchPass in reply to DeltaRed, 08-31-2012 07:45:47
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| Been there done that in the Fall of 1981 along with Pikes Peak. The aspens in the lower elevations had just turned color. It was breath taking!
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| GeneMO
08-31-2012 12:37:24
71.1.102.163
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Re: MonarchPass in reply to DeltaRed, 08-31-2012 07:45:47
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| | It was probably 15 years ago since I went through there. They had a mudslide and we had to wait 3 hours for them to clear it. Gene
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| Lamar Fudd
08-31-2012 10:15:11
50.83.85.99
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Re: MonarchPass in reply to DeltaRed, 08-31-2012 07:45:47
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| Delta Red, did you ever go up the 'original' Monarch Pass? My dad came home on a leave by Motorcycle (Harley Davidson 45 that was salvaged from a sunken ship) during the Winter back in the Forties. Always wanted to go that way, but I think it's now closed. Have a BIL in Montrose-beautiful country.
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| DeltaRed
08-31-2012 17:57:56
67.6.225.104
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Re: MonarchPass in reply to Lamar Fudd, 08-31-2012 10:15:11
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| Have never been on the 'old road'.Montrose is only
15 miles from our place! Call!Come visit!
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| gene bender
08-31-2012 16:53:37
67.55.226.88
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Re: MonarchPass in reply to Lamar Fudd, 08-31-2012 10:15:11
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| I have went across Old Monarch several times had a proberty in Pitkin and went that way back to ColoSprings.
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| DeltaRed
08-31-2012 17:20:42
67.6.225.104
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Re: MonarchPass in reply to gene bender, 08-31-2012 16:53:37
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| Been to Pitkin several times.Susan has family at Taylor Park.Susan's mother(Phoebe Cranor)used to preach at the Pitkin Community Church.She did the season opening service(Memorial Day) for over 25 years.
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| David Snipes
08-31-2012 08:17:32
198.239.210.178
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Re: MonarchPass in reply to DeltaRed, 08-31-2012 07:45:47
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| DeltaRed
08-31-2012 08:39:08
67.6.225.104
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Re: MonarchPass in reply to David Snipes, 08-31-2012 08:17:32
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| No,June 1st,5 years ago.It was a blizzard 10 minutes earlier...
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