Today, we drove back from Los Angeles to Durango, CO. We stopped by the Grand Canyon on the way. Also included are some “cliff death” pictures for the Scirocco Forum. 
Anyway, take a look, click a picture for a larger view!
Monthly Archive for November, 2011
Today was the Bonelli get-together – the farthest destination of this trip. It’s a parking lot gathering in the Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas, CA. Here are my pictures:
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- Eurosport in Anaheim, CA
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- Eurosport Race Rabbit
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- I believe this is an old Ford Fiesta
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- Will polishing his Mars Red Scirocco
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- I cleaned my car as well
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- Scirocco Joe taking pictures of fish
Mesa Verde is a national park in southwestern Coloado. There are the cliff dwellings from the Pueblo people.
This morning, we went into town and took pictures of the train. The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is running in 0ff-season mode. Later today, we’re going to Mesa Verde
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- Melissa, my sister, illustrates the scale of the narrow gauge tracks.
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- Becky and Melissa enjoy breakfast
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- Melissa’s dog – chocho – the name means butterfly
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- Becky and I
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- Looks like this thing came from Philly as well!
Drove from Divide, CO to Durango, CO. Very scenic drive…
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- US HWY 24 near Florisant, CO
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- Wilkerson Pass Summit
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- Wilkerson Pass Summit
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- South Park
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- South Park
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- The long road in South Park
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- Mount Princeton in Clouds
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- The Continental Divide – up close
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- Wolf Creek Pass
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- Going up Wolf Creek Pass
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- Tunnel on Wolf Creek Pass
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- Wildlife Detection Area
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- These 4WD Tercels are all over Colorado
It snowed last night, but it’s okay. I checked on COtrip.org to find out how Wolf Creek Pass was doing. Snowpacked, but plowed and open. Going for it! The route US 24 West to Buena Vista, US 285 South to near Monte Vista. CO 112 as a quick shortcut to US 160 West. Wolf Creek Pass is where we go over the Continental Divide. After that, we roll down the hill into Durango to hang out with my sister!
COTrip.org map - wolf creek pass is near Pagosa Springs in the bottom left
This is The Continental Divide. This is where Divide, CO gets its name.
Continental Divide as seen from Cripple Creek's Heritage Center
Click here for a 6,500px wide panorama shot of The Divide
To make this panorama, I used the “Stitch Assist” mode on my camera, and put them together in Photoshop. Your browser may show this image fitted to the window, in which case, click on the image again to see it full sized.
Flushed the coolant on my mom’s car – a 2000 Celica. It’s never been done before. Even though the car has only 17,000 miles, it needs it because it’s 11 years old.
Celica on ramps
Today, we went to the Garden of the Gods. It’s actually a city park of Colorado Springs. Not bad for a city park, eh?
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- Pike’s Peak from Colorado Springs
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- COLO SPGS
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- Pike’s Peak – from Falcon, CO
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- Pike’s Peak over the horizon
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- Pike’s Peak from Woodland Park, CO
