2009 Rocky Mountain Rendezvous

[MoparNorm]

Did Paul make it up from Texas?

He may have been driving with me as we looked at:

Frontier Ranch - 5.21 miles away
22150 County Rd 322, Buena Vista, CO


Silvercliff Ranch - 5.65 miles away
16565 County Road 162, Nathrop, CO


Young Life Trail West - 9.74 miles away
18800 Trail West Dr, Buena Vista, CO


Spring Canyon - 10.12 miles away
26000 County Road 344, Buena Vista, CO


Adventure Unlimited Ranches - 11.42 miles away
18325 County Road 366, Buena Vista, CO


Arrowhead Point Camping Resort - 12.59 miles away
33975 US Highway 24 N, Buena Vista, CO


Coal Camp Canyon - 13.02 miles away
Buena Vista, CO

Camp Alexander Dam - 14.58 miles away
Fairplay, CO

Camp Alexander Reservoir - 14.58 miles away
Fairplay, CO

We never found the un-named camp ground, so we came back to my house at Tin Cup and had a nice dinner.
Seriously. did I miss reading the NAME of the campground???

[Paul Cook]

"I was this close..." Maxwell Smart

I started camping out in the early 1950's. In 1961 my local draft board arranged for me to have continued use of half a tent and a sleeping bag for camping in all types of weather. (Yes, water in a canteen will freeze even if you have it in your sleeping bag.)

After 20 years of that type of camping, I camped out at the enduros I competed in. Then it was a tent and cooking gear carried in the trailer behind my touring motorcycle. (I have toured through Rocky Mountain National Park.)

Now that I have camped for over 50 years, I prefer that my camping include a real bed and inside plumbing.

I e-mailed several places in the Nathrop area that featured "inside camping" and asked about reservations. I told them I would be joining other Power Wagon enthusiasts, but never got any responses.

When I was young, having a fancy place ignore my friends and activities was a sure sign that there was going to be some serious partying. Now that I am past young, I still look forward to some serious partying - and then going to bed at 10:00 PM.

I did drive by the Lathrop State Park exit on I-25 the week end before Labor Day. I was in Colorado Springs and at Fort Carson, but was a couple of weeks early for the event at Nathrop. The weather was great. For a Texas guy living in a drought, great weather means precipitation.

In the event pictures, I did see a familiar vehicle from a past Colorado event and would have liked to share some trails with again.

Oh, well... there's next year.

[Clint Dixon]

Looks like a lot of fun!

The rendezvous was a hoot, and should finish tomorrow, 9/12. They kept the campground open just for us, and a good time was had by all, with high mountain wheeling all day, every day. In fact, we set an all-time high altitude RMR record at 13,765', as far up as you can drive on Mt. Antero, according to the Garmin 400i, per the attached photo. How high can carburetors run? I guess we will have to find next year. Stay tuned for more photos in the next week or so.

Did Paul make it up from Texas?

[Frank Irons]

The rendezvous was a hoot, and should finish tomorrow, 9/12. They kept the campground open just for us, and a good time was had by all, with high mountain wheeling all day, every day. In fact, we set an all-time high altitude RMR record at 13,765', as far up as you can drive on Mt. Antero, according to the Garmin 400i, per the attached photo. How high can carburetors run? I guess we will have to find next year. Stay tuned for more photos in the next week or so.

Looks like you guys had a great time! Wish I could have made it but I am still working on my truck, maybe next year. Nice photos!

Frank

[Keith in CO]

Home sweet home

M37 with 8' Alaskan on M101

[Keith in CO]

'09 RMR t-shirts

Still have a few shirts f/s, $8 + $4 shipping to the lower 48. 100% mil-spec new, Large, XL and 2XL. Email to m37mud at msn dot com.

[Keith in CO]

Mt. Princeton

12,000'+ at the end of the trail

[Keith in CO]

Chinamans Gulch

Day one, Terry and Carl up and over an 8"+ vertical wall

[Keith in CO]

more Mt Antero

a big hill

[Keith in CO]

Mt Antero

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[Keith in CO]

'09 RMR wrap-up

The rendezvous was a hoot, and should finish tomorrow, 9/12. They kept the campground open just for us, and a good time was had by all, with high mountain wheeling all day, every day. In fact, we set an all-time high altitude RMR record at 13,765', as far up as you can drive on Mt. Antero, according to the Garmin 400i, per the attached photo. How high can carburetors run? I guess we will have to find next year. Stay tuned for more photos in the next week or so.

[Keith in CO]

Diesel fuel at '09 RMR

Update: Mt. Princeton Hot Springs has one pump with unleaded gasoline only; no diesel. From the Hot Springs the nearest station with diesel is about 7 - 10 miles one way.

[Keith in CO]

09 rmr

We do that mainly to avoid the game wardens!

LOL! Do you mean to tell me there is a Dark Side to that fine Texas BBQ I know and love?

[Cheyenne Dave]

Dirty Halo?! That's a fine howdy-do...That's my Hillybilly Satalite Dish!

I thnk you've been pretty clear on the whole deal here, Keith! You've corrected your typo, told everyone where we'll be headquartered and where the alternative accomodations are located. The only thing you may have left out is that this is a casual, mostly unstructured driving event where we will be driving on various trails, of varying difficulty, in varied size groups and that there will be NO HAND HOLDING/CODLING of WHINNERS! If you can't find Nathrup, which coincidentally is right smack-dab in the miidle of all the aforementioned acomodations, it's a wonder you can find yer way out of Texas!

You're a swell guy an all Paul, but give poor Keith a break! No need for bunched undies...when we find out how many are coming, we can all decide where a morning meeting will take place and take it from there. That's just how we roll...

C.D.

There is no shame Paul - but there are some available camp sites.

I thought I'd cleared up the "where" question: Nathrop, Colorado. Looks like Dave will be in site 17 at Chalk Lake and I will be in site 10. If you want more specificity, maybe some others will chime in to tell you exactly in which site they are parking their Dodge trucks.

Or, I refer you to Google Earth. You can zoom in on site 17 and visualize a bird's-eye view of Dave's gray FFPW "Gus" parked right there - has a spare tire hovering over the cab - looks like a dirty black halo. In site 10 you can imagine my suede green M37 with a faded white star on the hood - sort of like an X marking the spot for you.

But then, I don't suppose this info will keep any Texans from driving from camp ground to camp ground . . .

[712edf]

But then, I don't suppose this info will keep any Texans from driving from camp ground to camp ground . . .

We do that mainly to avoid the game wardens!