Colorado High Altitude Wheeling

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All I can say now is that I can breathe again. Last Friday, a group of 5 of us took off into the high country above Salida, CO. It was me, my boy, DirtyLarry, his nieghbor Pete and our co-worker Mark. DirtyLarry had his 78 K10 Locked and loaded with Mark riding shotgun. I had my 75 K5 with Pete and my boy. First trail was Mount Antero, a nice twisty mountain shelf road that tops out above 13,000 ft of altitude. It's got more switchbacks than I could remember with the trail covered in granite chunks. Just wide enough for our portly Chebbies to fit on. We saw an old flatfender Heep coming down and found one of the only wide points to wait to let him and his 14 other heep buddies come down.

Another few switchbacks and we were on top. Quick Photo op and it's downhill to our campsite at Brown's lake. Nestled between Mt. Antero and Mt. White, the lake is very secluded and quiet. No other campers here! We hit the lake and strike out fishing, but it didn't bother us. We got steaks grilling. We feast on meat and potato's and wash it down with some frosted barley pops. With the campfire roaring have a few more. Next morning awake to an a clear warm morning and I start up the griddle on the campstove while Pete and Larry hit the lake. Our fish count came up to two. Pancakes, bacon and eggs is on the menu (minus syrup I forgot). We break camp and head back over and down Mt. Antero.

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