Headed from Monarch, CO over to Silverton almost never hitting pavement on Sunday.
Old Monarch Pass
Middle Quartz Creek
Pitkin
Traffic on Los Pinos Pass
Los Pinos Pass
Cunningham Gulch
Stony Pass
Silverton
St Elmo
Hancock Pass
Hancock Lake Rd
Alpine Tunnel Road
Alpine Tunnel
Cumberland Pass
Tincup
Mary Murphy Mine
Pomeroy Lake
Iron Chest
Tomorrow I make my way to Silverton.
Why was it almost not? Well, when I got close to the Nebraska border, not only was my Jeep running very warn and almost overheating, but my transmission wasn’t shifting properly…….
I decided to stop and get dinner at Country Kitchen and then turn around and head home. Luckily after dinner I scanned my check engine codes and was able to clear it causing the shifting problem to go away. Then I decided to make it to Denver by morning in order to fix the overheating problem. During the night I was able to drive with no issues since it was cool out, but as soon as it warmed up, I had to turn the heat on to keep the vehicle cool enough. I ended up only sleeping 1.5 hours last night (as still haven;t got any more than that), making it to Denver by 9am and replacing my whole cooling system (with a big help from Mark over on NAXJA) by around 3pm. I was still able to stop at Sonic for dinner and make it to the Sawatch Range by 5pm so I could run a trail or two and keep on schedule!
What a day!
Anyways, here I am getting ready to head to bed at Chalk Creek campground in Nathrop…..so I can explore some more tomorrow (plus make up for my lack of sleep last night). It feels great to be back in Colorado again!
But I will leave you with a couple of pictures I have taken so far. Enjoy 🙂
Fixing my Jeep in Denver:
Sevenmile Road:
Now I am off to bed…..goodnight!