Holy Cross 9/26/05

[TheCopperCowboy]

Here's a couple of pics, then I have to go back to work. We had a fawkin' blast! :grinpimp:

[Harvester of Sorrow]

Great pics guys....Great pics...

[SSGTWC]

Excellent...I was starting to wonder if anyone had heard from Mechanos lately

[TheCopperCowboy]

Oh yeah, him & Buddy seem to enjoying the vagabond lifestyle. I arrived up there at 10 pm Sunday night and we left around 8:30 the next morning. Couldn't ask for a more perfect day. My truck was burning lean throughout the day, but manage to idle. Mechanos was still burning off a little oil from the 'con roll. It took a little over three hours to make the city. At French Creek, I hung up on a rock, (Buddy was spotting), winched out, and slipped the front buggy spring out of it's mount held us up for repairs. French Creek also took out my rear brake line.
Mechanos didn't have WiFi connections in Frisco, but I suspect we will be hearing from him soon. :smokin:

[Mechanos]

Hangin' at my bro's house in Highlands Ranch for the evening. I'll resize some pics and post them up when I get home. I managed to make the whole run up and back down without ANY new body damage and NO mechanical breakdowns at all. This amazed me since CopperCowboy jinxed me by asking me when I was going to break down much the same way that I jinxed Josh on the Rubicon run. All was good though... and as was stated, we couldn't have had a better day. It was sunshine and t-shirts all day up the trail and back down. The highlight of the Holy Cross trip for me was the Minturn police SUV parked on the north side of town off of US 24 with a mannequin sitting in the drivers seat. I wish I would have stopped and got a picture of it..... too damn funny.

[TheCopperCowboy]

Yeah, no disrepect for the Minturn boys in blue, but that one guy was definately a dummy. :D

[Snoopy]

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[Snoopy]

We need more pictures

[JoshC]

Nice pics. Looks beautiful up there.

[Mechanos]

We need more pictures
You should have gone... then you could have taken all you wanted. :flipoff2: :laughing: :flipoff2:

[TheCopperCowboy]

Naw, let them wheel their desk chairs. Took alot of pics, mostly scenery. It's mind blowing when you think about the mining operation and lifestyle them 'ol timers had up there. Plus, the trail up had a pucker factor of 8. I'm definately looking into taller tires, fuel injection, and maybe an OX locker. Not bad for her maiden voyage. The winches got broke out 3 times, all for me! Red Dog didn't like the climb down to much. :smokin:

[TheCopperCowboy]

Here's the cabins, gold mine & equipment, and nature pics. :D

[Snoopy]

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[TheCopperCowboy]

Some more........

[TheCopperCowboy]

Hey Snoopy! How the ham sandwich do you do that? I'll save you the trouble next time. :cool2:

[Snoopy]

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[Snoopy]

Its easy, simply open each attachement into a new window, then copy the URL into the IMG tag.

[TheCopperCowboy]

Like this?
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[Snoopy]

Almost, put a in front of it, and in back of it, no spaces.

[Snoopy]

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[669 Sprink]

I was wondering how that ol' South Dakota SII would wheel in Co. Looks good.