Off Road Exploring

Today was a beautiful day, although a little chilly, temperatures in the 50's. So it seemed a good day to go exploring the mountain area around Breckenridge . . . as long as we were near the Blazer as the wind could be a little biting. Carole stayed back at the condo to watch some old movies while Ron, Holly and I went "Off Road Exploring".


Several miles South of Breckenridge, we found the McCulloch Gulch Road, which led us up into the mountains in an old gold mining area. The area was beautiful with the bright yellow fall color of aspen leaves contrasting with the dark green of the lodge pole pines.

As you can see in this picture, it was a partly sunny day with blue sky and white fluffy clouds. Pretty as a picture! Even if the wind was a little cool.







Between 10,000 and 11,000 feet elevation, we found an old trail which we followed four-wheeling in the Blazer for a mile or so before it narrowed considerably with brush closing in on us. At that point, Ron and Holly had to go exploring on foot.
















We did find an old mine but were warned by signs of it being a very dangerous place with unstable timbers, poisonous gases, and unexploded explosives. Those signs were enough to cause us to stay clear of the mine shaft, but it was an historic place in the middle of some very pretty scenery.
















When we returned to Breckenridge, we had worked up an appetite so, since Carole loves Chinese, we all went to the Red Onion Chinese restaurant for dinner. It wasn't the best Chinese, but it was the only Chinese restaurant in town. Next time after "Off Road Exploring", we'll settle for hot pizza and a cold beer!