So yesterday we dropped off the 19 year old at the airport in Grand junction for his trip to Germany...........2 months with little or no support.

Anybody taking bets

Yesterday the daughter and I drove the DD toy up the the Tomboy road from Telluride to ghost town of Tomboy and the Tomboy mine.

The road can be driven in stock high clearance 4x4. There are a few narrow sections and a few rocks to climb. In all it was nice little drive. lots of mining history and ruins in the area.

Here is a website with info http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/co/tomboy.html
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Here is a link to another page describing Ophir pass.

http://www.narrowgauge.org/4x4/html/ophir.html

This pic (stolen from link above) is of the narrow side. Some old guy in his burb couldn't figure out how to drive further off the road so I didn't fall off the damn cliff. ( I thought I was polite, Wifey said different) Passing on a road 12 feet wide with dire consequences on MY side of the road, made a me bit less than polite I guess. Here is the narrow section (pic...

Back in Telluride. I left my Jeep and house and all my stuff back in WA.

Drove through Moab on the way back. Only saw one trailered rig, oh well.

So I didnt even know we had blogs...damn Im slow.

Now that iI know I guess.....I'll do it.

Sitting here in WA, came up for my sons graduation from HS. Wife took him up to Western WA universcity to finalize paper work for his entry in college.

I am couch surfing at a freinds and going to go work on my house before leaveing to head back down to Telluride.

Been hammered 3 out of 4 nights since arriving...It's good to have friends to drink...