A Little Tour in My Back Yard

[Colorado CJ]

Thanks guys, I REALLY like living in Northern Colorado. I'm sure there are other nice areas, but for me, this area has to be one of the best.

I'll be sure to post more (hopefully better) pics of this weekend's ride. I just need to find an easier way of taking the pics. It is pretty fun to be taking pics with your left hand and steering with your right hand through tight ess turns

I'll get better at it!

[Roadrash]

Wow,
Looks like a great way to spend a day, the best $7:00 you could spend.

[terrylee2u]

Very nice... sure looks like a nice ride

Hey roadrash.. nice looking ride you have there...

[Sandy]

Great riding territory you have there. I did the RMNP loop many years ago, truly a magnificant ride. The photos and maps make me want to go back. Thanks for sharing.

[skreemer]

what camera and mount set up are you using?

[Roadrash]

Very nice... sure looks like a nice ride

Hey roadrash.. nice looking ride you have there...

terrylee2u...
Thanks looks like we have twins, how long have you had yours.

[Colorado CJ]

what camera and mount set up are you using?

A strap around my neck and my left hand . Don't have a camera mount. I just try to hold the camera level with the bikes attitude (level with the handle bars). It makes for some fun times when leaning way over in a corner!

The camera I am using is a Panasonic FZ-20, so it is a larger camera as well. It normally takes much better pictures, but it was very overcast/raining that day.

[snowbeard]

sweet, another local for the sept "Let's go ride in the snow" ride

nice work, but maybe stopping to take the pics...? I thought that car had just barely missed you in the first couple!!

I saw a guy that had modified a camera case to have a hole for the lense, then strapped it around the lower guard on his full face to take movies, but that doesn't help for stills without a remote...

nice tho, looking forward to the next installment! (oh, and yes, four links per post, even smilies count. but of course they are why Frank made the limit in the first place)

ride on!!

[MissFabulous]

Great pics! CO has always been on my list of places to visit but I haven't made it happen yet. You've given me further incentive. Nice to know there are still beautiful places with little traffic. My area has little traffic and is mildly beautiful in its own ways, but our roads are pretty straight and those mountain views beat our hills

Nice!

Looks just like Ohio, except for ,

well....the scenery...

LMAO!!!!! Too true

[Redman]

I like your ride report; pictures of the road and pictures of the ride.
"Ride Report": report on the ride, pictures of the ride.

Yes, do more.

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[Colorado CJ]

So here's the plan for today. I'm going to be riding up through a small, tight side canyon and into the Poudre Canyon. This ride will be about 140 miles and will be mostly curves, so it will take a while. Since I have a small tank, I'm heading out to buy a 1 gal. gas can to make sure I have enough along for the ride.

After a good lunch of Roast Beef with roasted potatoes and carrots, I'll be off.

Hope the weather cooperates this time.

[Rake]

Cant wait to see the report on this one!

[ronh]

Cant wait to see the report on this one!

+1!

Should be a good one!

[Colorado CJ]

Well, it was a 5 hour 160 mile ride today, twisty canyon riding almost the whole way! That little 1 gal. gas take worked great, sure am glad I bought it (my tank only lasts roughly 125 miles (on 2.5 gal.)).

So here we are, me and my trusty steed ready to ride. See I told you I dwarf the poor little GS. It gets the job done though! ( you can see some extra foam peeking out of the after market pad, trying to get the seat a little higher)



Making my way down to Masonville, pretty small town, only has a church, and two stores.

[Colorado CJ]

Wouldn't you know it, the weather is starting to change. This made for some not so great pictures as I had my camera set up wrong.




Here's Stove Prairie, one of the oldest schools in the area. It is still an active school for the locals. (didn't get a shot of the original log building)



I didn't get one good shot of stove prairie canyon (they all turned out blurry. I need to get a simple small point and shoot for these trips as my camera has alot of dials/buttons and is large, so it is pretty easy to change settings accidentally.

Well, heading up 14 into Poudre Canyon