Well, our time is winding down here. We decided to explore some more unknown dirt roads. So glad that private land owners give access to the public to get to national forest land. We started off going through Ralph Lauren’s ranch and probably 4 or 5 more ranches on the county access road, about 7 miles until we hit forest service land. Our land – you can camp on it, ride horses, hike, ski, snow mobile, etc. Mostly just have a lot of “purty” pictures for you to enjoy.
We did come upon an outfitter’s camp – two big canvas tents and a teepee, plus five horses. Oh, how I miss my horse riding days. I would love to ride one of the mountain trained horses up in those hills and mountains. Maybe next year, when my knees work.
The roads are very rough and bumpy – you will be sore the next day, but it’s worth it. And they are very narrow – meeting someone can be quite interesting. This was our long and winding road.
We did make it to the trailhead – we were on the back side of Mount Sneffels, the one we can see from our camper. Much closer to the mountains. Just before we got to the trailhead, we came across a beautiful mountain stream. And there are designated dispersed campsites all along the way, but I think the best ones were along the stream.
And to leave you with a magic carpet of aspen leaves along the woodland floor.
Just a few more.
Many of the higher elevation leaves have already fallen, but this last one is down near our campsite, in it’s full glory. God creates such beauty.
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