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Just got home from our Colorado vacation
Ok, first thanks for all the ideas and places to stay, we made it to Montrose and back to DFW in one piece. We took 287 to Amarillo and 87 to Raton, from there we took I think 64 off of 25, went through Gardner, then took 50 , Monarch Pass was interesting, had a couple of impatient drivers show me their age or IQ, not sure which one. The road construction on 50 was pretty bad on Saturday, they had it open going both ways, the lanes were very narrow and made it challenging with traffic going both ways, especially with big rigs, I was white knuckling it through all of that but we made it through, I actually like it much better coming back when they had one lane open at a time, I doubt we were delayed more that 15 minutes and it sure was way easier driving. We stayed at Riverbend RV Park in Montrose, what a great place, the folks running it are super nice and helpful, I would have to give it 5 stars. We spent a day at Black Canyon, very nice, did some fishing and had a nice picnic. Another day we did the Ophir trail out of Ouray, it was all good until we met 5 other vehicles halfway down the side with the ledge, it got real western there, we had a log jam, it took about a half hour to get that all worked out, the group we met halfway were very experienced and friendly, from there we went to Telluride, it was really nice, had lunch and a brew and headed back to Montrose, we took the Last Dollar Hwy, it was a good easy drive. Another day we did the Owl Creek Pass, it was a cool ride, pretty country, on our last day we just hung out around Montrose and Ridgeway, did some shopping and what not. We left out for home Thursday, took 50 to Gunnison then decided to take 114, wow, some very beautiful country, that was the windingest road I think I have ever been on, made it to Amarillo about 7:30 last night, we stayed at the Ranch RV Park, took the courtesy shuttle over to the Big Texan for a steak, was there about 40 years ago, it has not changed much, left there about 8:30 this morning and rolled into Southlake about 1:30, was a great trip, thanks again for all the help.
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2017 Phaeton 40IH XSH Maroon Coral - Power Glide Chassis with IFS
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