Search results

You're right that is mostly dirt. I took Hwy 352 North just west of Pinedale proper. This turns into Green River Lakes Road. A little ways up you turn left onto Union Pass Road. About 45 miles from Pinedale, bear right to get on Forest Road 263. Continue about 20 miles and you'll T into...

Day 23 – Missoula, MT to Granite Butte, MT – 235 miles As nice as it was to relax with the kids in Missoula, I knew that I still had a ways to go. Besides, I’d be back in Missoula soon to meet up with the rest of the family for their vacation. I took I-15 to Butte and got back on the route...

Day 21 – Lower Mesa Falls, ID to Missoula, MT – 395 miles Last one, I promise. Intel from another forum member was that the route from Mesa Falls to Island Park terminates in an OHV area where full-size vehicles are prohibited. Not wanting to backtrack and find a way out, I stuck to the...

Somehow I missed a few pics from Day 20. These are in the mountains before I got to Grand Teton. Northern Wyoming and Montana are officially grizzly country.

Day 20 – Pinedale, WY to Mesa Falls, ID – 255 miles The sun rose this morning to an even smokier sky than last evening. Again, a beautiful sunrise, but one I'd gladly forego in exchange for clear skies. The smoke would continue all day. Out of Pinedale, the route follows the highway...

Day 19 – Rawlins, WY to Pinedale, WY – 235 miles Not him again! Out of Rawlins, I traveled North on the highway a few miles, and then turned east into BLM checkerboard. The trail loops around back to the west, by and through some sand dunes. This is dry, rolling open country, perfect...

Sorry for the hiatus, I had to go to DC to see my mom. After I posted day 14, I was re-watching a couple of the videos that Larrie @Luinil Explorations posted that showed their CO BDR trip last September. Watching the Hagerman pass video, I noticed this car and immediately recognized it...

Day 15 – Ivanhoe Lake, CO to Red Dirt Bridge, CO – 115 miles This was easily the coldest morning of the entire trip. The road down from Ivanhoe Lake follows an old railroad grade, and is a pretty easy drive. At Ivanhoe, a railroad tunnel was built in 1891 which essentially goes under...

Day 14 – Buena Vista, CO to Ivanhoe Lake, CO – 100 miles We left Buena Vista this morning and headed northeast through an OHV area (this is the area where we camped). Some of the trails in the area are limited to vehicles less than 50” wide, but the BDR travels on the Lenhardy Cutoff which...

Day 13 – Gunnison, CO to Buena Vista, CO – 95 miles There he is again! Today, we headed east out of Gunnison on US 50 to get back to the BDR. Just as we were turning left onto the route, the motos almost got creamed when a couple yahoos decided to pass, on a double yellow, at an...

Day 12 – Animas Forks, CO to Gunnison, CO – 110 miles We got a late start today because Rob’s bike wouldn’t start. We toured the buildings at Animas Forks, and then headed up Cinnamon pass (12,640 feet). Cinnamon, although exposed in a few places, was not as difficult a drive as those the...

Day 11 – Alta Lake, CO to Animas Forks, CO – 60 miles When we got to Alta Lake, I noticed a white Ford Sportsmobile that I thought I recognized. Must’ve seen it on the forums, I thought. When we left this morning it was gone. We caught up to it on the road down from Alta Lake, and it ended...

Day 10 – Cortez, NM to Alta Lake, CO – 120 miles Today we start the CO BDR! In the morning, we met up with the other two members of the group, Bill and Patrick. They got in late the night before, and stayed at the Retro Inn and it was very nice. Bill, Patrick, John and I did the AZ BDR...

Day 8 – Chaco Culture National Historic Park to Dolores, CO – 250 miles Today John & I explored the badlands south of Farmington, NM. Well, I explored and John showed me the way. It’s kinda embarrassing when someone from another state shows you cool things in your own backyard. We left...

Day 7 – Chama, NM to Chaco National Historic Park– 190 miles Today, the CDR group continued north into Colorado, and I turned west to meet up with my CO BDR group. I did not follow the CDR through Colorado. Rather, I drove the BDR route, which goes from Four Corners to the Wyoming border...

Day 6 – Hopewell Ridge, NM to Chama, NM – 80 miles My wife, much to her consternation, inadvertently named our van. When I got home from a hunting trip in Wyoming last year looking like this... She exclaimed “What a Pig Pen!” And the name stuck. He does, after all, usually trundle...

Day 4 – El Malpais National Monument to Abiquiu, NM – 250 miles The day started out drizzly with forecasts for the rain to stop by 8:00 AM. Of course, it didn’t stop until late afternoon. I headed to Grants and bought some snack (Hostess cupcakes, cheese sticks, salamis) to hand out to...

I guess I should fill you in on some of the details. I’m traveling in our ’16 Sportsmobile Sprinter. It’s a low-top with a canvas pop-top. It’s on KO2s and it’s 4wd with low range but no lockers. The suspension has been upgraded, with a front swaybar disconnect, it’s lifted, fully skidplated...

Continental Divide and Colorado BDR Last May, I drove the Arizona Backcountry Discovery Route with three others, one Jeep and two motorcycles. Bill, Patrick, and John were great to travel with and we had an awesome trip. So, this year when they said they wanted to do the Colorado BDR, I was...

Teaser!