The last big tour for the CFFC 2013 Fall Color Tour was up
South Cottonwood Creek. The group first headed to
Buena Vista the back way via
Mt. Princeton Hot Springs and
Rodeo Road.
In
Buena Vista, they topped off their gas tanks and then headed west along
Cottonwood Creek. Taking the south fork, they went up past
Cottonwood Lake.
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| Motoring up past the golden aspen |
At the end of the road, they stopped to check out the old mining activity. It's always a favorite place to climb around in.
On the way back down, they detoured onto a road that Mike had heard about from a buddy at work. This took them up to another mine and a neat, old cabin. There were some spectacular views up there.
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| Great panaroma views |
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| Jeeps all lined up in the saddle of the mountain |
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| Aspen covered hillside |
That evening we had our Fall Color Tour potluck at the
Thirsty Dirt Ranch. Steve made his famous elk chilli and apple pie, while everyone else supplemented that with the likes of a spiral ham, garlic bread, fruit salads, corn bread, deer burgers, chips and salsa, berry pie. No went to bed hungry!
Pictures thanks to m38Mike.
-- m38MuM
Ellen, thanks to you and Jeff and Mike et al for these great updates. We really do appreciate all of your hard work putting the FCT together and keeping those of us who couldn't be there in the loop. I hope to be there next year.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tom. We look forward to having you here next year!
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