North Central (aka midWest) taco trails and adventures
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
Colorado / New Mexico border crossing right here right now
last good picture of the day before getting a bit too dark out there
made it safely to stop 5 (Alamosa, Colorado) in the on the mid-winter taco adventure wheeling US-285 just after sundown
Had to wheel it through a 40 mile 1 lane no passing 46mph limit at the border
8 hours and almost 350 miles
2900 mile treK so far.
definitely dirty truck needs a washing!
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
DAY 6---
heading to the end of US-285 into Denver and then north to Fort Collins for a 2-night stay
en.wikipedia.org
dirty truck needs a wash definitely
crossing the Rio Grande here in Alamosa Colorado... very close to its headWaters beginnings
trying to find the way back to US-285 and continue to journey north into Denver
taking a right here and headed to Denver
crossing the Rio Grande, again!
somewhere in this area are the headWaters...
heading to the end of US-285 into Denver and then north to Fort Collins for a 2-night stay
U.S. Route 285 - Wikipedia
dirty truck needs a wash definitely
crossing the Rio Grande here in Alamosa Colorado... very close to its headWaters beginnings
trying to find the way back to US-285 and continue to journey north into Denver
taking a right here and headed to Denver
crossing the Rio Grande, again!
somewhere in this area are the headWaters...
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
Poncha Springs Colorado
US-50 JCT up ahead...
U.S. Route 50 - Wikipedia
US-24 JCT up ahead...
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
this appears to be the end of US-285 but do not see any signs marking it as such except for the CO-30 sign
there were no noticeable markings for the end of US-285 coming from the south/west so i wheeled it abit after i25 junction and made a circleback
this is the east/north Start of US-285 heading south/west
made it safely to stop 6 (Fort Collins, Colorado) on the mid-winter taco adventure with plenty of sun to spare
Stayn over 2 nights here in Fort Collins
8 hours and just over 400 miles
3300 mile treK so far.
there were no noticeable markings for the end of US-285 coming from the south/west so i wheeled it abit after i25 junction and made a circleback
this is the east/north Start of US-285 heading south/west
made it safely to stop 6 (Fort Collins, Colorado) on the mid-winter taco adventure with plenty of sun to spare
Stayn over 2 nights here in Fort Collins
8 hours and just over 400 miles
3300 mile treK so far.
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
DAY 7 -
going to RMNP and do some winter wheeling to see if that US-34 is closed yet again
this is the 4th time since late 1995 that I have been in this area...
cloudy start to the morning west out of Fort Collins headed to Estes Park
wheeling through LoveLand
needed a wash so i washed it in LoveLand
going to RMNP and do some winter wheeling to see if that US-34 is closed yet again
this is the 4th time since late 1995 that I have been in this area...
cloudy start to the morning west out of Fort Collins headed to Estes Park
wheeling through LoveLand
needed a wash so i washed it in LoveLand
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
.... icky Colorado winter sloppp
leaving RMNP for a little adventure south in the foothills to i70 and the tunnel
wheeled through the Eisenhower Tunnel on i70
11158 elevation and cold, probably below zero F
it became too dark for more pics and treacherous winter condition travels on the steep grades
wheeled it to Vail, juiced up, got a Big Mac meal, then turned around and wheeled the i70 back through the tunnel to Denver/FtCollins and called it a day
there were a few accidents and/or stalls back to the tunnel on the steep slick inclines with traffic backed up quite away
it posed a challenge to wheel wilst clutchin' it going atta snails pace in the light snow on slick steep grades at a snails pace
leaving RMNP for a little adventure south in the foothills to i70 and the tunnel
wheeled through the Eisenhower Tunnel on i70
11158 elevation and cold, probably below zero F
it became too dark for more pics and treacherous winter condition travels on the steep grades
wheeled it to Vail, juiced up, got a Big Mac meal, then turned around and wheeled the i70 back through the tunnel to Denver/FtCollins and called it a day
there were a few accidents and/or stalls back to the tunnel on the steep slick inclines with traffic backed up quite away
it posed a challenge to wheel wilst clutchin' it going atta snails pace in the light snow on slick steep grades at a snails pace
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
Day 8: leaving from Fort Collins Colorado and headed to Great Falls Montana
found out the i80/i25 area in Wyoming is still closed due to the winter storm that passed
going to detour it north up US-287 to Wyoming and see where that i25 might be opened to traffic
10.5 hours and 716 miles.... it actually ended up taking 17 hours... due to road conditions and reduced speed
US-287 was opened to Laramie and took that north into Wyoming
welcome to Wyoming
made it to Laramie
made it a bit further north of Laramie until running into a road closed on US-287/US-30 at Wyoming 34 state route
took that deTour with a convoy of other winter travelers through a treacherous wind-blown mini-mountain pass all the way to WheatLand Wyoming... lucky there were others to follow in the mini-blizzard at times couldn't see much of anything but blowing snow
this road to WheatLand was 59 miles in length... might've taken 2 hours to get there in these conditions
found out the i80/i25 area in Wyoming is still closed due to the winter storm that passed
going to detour it north up US-287 to Wyoming and see where that i25 might be opened to traffic
10.5 hours and 716 miles.... it actually ended up taking 17 hours... due to road conditions and reduced speed
US-287 was opened to Laramie and took that north into Wyoming
welcome to Wyoming
made it to Laramie
made it a bit further north of Laramie until running into a road closed on US-287/US-30 at Wyoming 34 state route
took that deTour with a convoy of other winter travelers through a treacherous wind-blown mini-mountain pass all the way to WheatLand Wyoming... lucky there were others to follow in the mini-blizzard at times couldn't see much of anything but blowing snow
this road to WheatLand was 59 miles in length... might've taken 2 hours to get there in these conditions
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
more treacherous wheeling on the 59 mile Wyoming-34 deTour... you can barely see the 4Runner in front of me, but i don't believe he had his tailights on for visibility...
finally made it to WheatLand... so cold out
sat for the longest spell in the local SubWay joint to get online and find where the deTour to i25 was, it said it was open at US-26 junction
wheeled it up north on Wyoming-320 until the US-26 jct was spotted
made it to i25... how are the roads???
made it to Casper...
a few additional pics here...
finally made it to WheatLand... so cold out
sat for the longest spell in the local SubWay joint to get online and find where the deTour to i25 was, it said it was open at US-26 junction
wheeled it up north on Wyoming-320 until the US-26 jct was spotted
made it to i25... how are the roads???
made it to Casper...
a few additional pics here...
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
the last picture of the day before the sun was gone... still had a VERY long way to travel to Great Falls and getting colder out
somewhere on i-90 in Wyoming headed west
did not arrive in Great Falls and get settled in until almost 2am in the morning...
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
made it safely to stop 7 (Great Falls, Montana)
stayin' two nights here in Great Falls
838 miles wheeled yesterday, mostly in Wyoming on treacherous icy-slick snow-packed roads
arrived in Great Falls at about 2am after nearly a 17 hour drive yesterday
it was 15 below zero with some harsh wind...
4579 mile treK so far.
Day 9: heading north to explore Glacier National Park and the Canadian border
heading north to the GNP and the Canadian border...
stayin' two nights here in Great Falls
838 miles wheeled yesterday, mostly in Wyoming on treacherous icy-slick snow-packed roads
arrived in Great Falls at about 2am after nearly a 17 hour drive yesterday
it was 15 below zero with some harsh wind...
4579 mile treK so far.
Day 9: heading north to explore Glacier National Park and the Canadian border
heading north to the GNP and the Canadian border...
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