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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 03 2007,7:30 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Well, finished Day 3 of my run from Toronto, Canada back to SoCal.  Started the day just east of Denver at 4:30AM and finished it just outside of St George, Utah around 6:00PM.

Lots of driving, and lots of beautiful country.  If you EVER get the chance, take the I-70 from the I-15 over to at least Green River...amazing sights to see.:

The Eisenhower Tunnel at 11,692 feet...


Rest Stop at some 10,000 feet...


The Colorado River, just down from the source lake...


Another, further down the canyon...


Shooting through a wet windshield...the river's on the left...they had 6 inches of rain in 5 hours last night...


Just jaw-dropping vistas all around you as you come west on the I-70...quite a few climbs to above 7,500 as well...


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Just AMAZING vistas in Northern Utah...if I would have stopped to take all the pictures I wanted, I'd still be out there...ya gotta see it to believe it... :cool  :love
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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 03 2007,8:45 pm Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Thanks Gary, they sure are great shots.
Can I schedule the next trip? There are a few places I haven't seen yet.  :D

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 03 2007,9:41 pm Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Cool pics, looks like you're having a cool trip!.. :good

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 03 2007,11:22 pm Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Great shots, seen some of that part of the world  :good it's amazing.

Colorado and parts of Utah :good

Edited by stingray on Aug. 03 2007,11:24 pm

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 04 2007,7:49 am Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Absolutely great pics.  Wish we were with you.  Thanks for sharing them.

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 04 2007,2:02 pm Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Great pics Shue!!  :good  :good

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 04 2007,9:19 pm Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Nice Pix Shoe.
We just did a near same run and included Monument Valley.

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Quote (Trailer Park Casanova @ Aug. 04 2007,9:19 pm)
Nice Pix Shoe.
We just did a near same run and included Monument Valley.

Wish the run was not "time bound" so that I could have seen more of that Northern Utah area... :cool
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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 06 2007,1:22 pm Post # 9 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Great pics!!  Thanks for sharing!  :beer  :good
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Thanks for them shots. We have made that run a few times going to Co Springs, and SIL also lives in western CO.

Havn't been that way in a few years now. I'd gladly make the trip just for the sights. Your pictures bring back some memorys.

We've also had to make the run a few times with storms and snow all the way. Nerve wrecking, but what an experience.

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 07 2007,7:11 am Post # 11 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Nice pics!  The Eisenhower tunnel is pretty cool.  I had never been in a tunnel like that before.  Did you see the giant hot tub in Glenwood Springs?  It's right next to the interstate.

Here's a pic, it's not a swimming pool, it's a hot spring pool

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 07 2007,10:37 am Post # 12 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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Nice Pix Shoe.
We just did a near same run and included Monument Valley.

Wish the run was not "time bound" so that I could have seen more of that Northern Utah area... :cool

Monument Valley is in Northern AZ... but I'm sure you knew that... :D

If you ever get the chance when pulling one of those boats around, stop and stay at Gouldings Lodge in Monument Valley.  The guy that owns it is a hotboater... and it's a cool place to stop.

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Monument Valley is in Northern AZ... but I'm sure you knew that... :D

Picky, picky, picky.... :D  :rotflmao
Really didn't know WHERE I was, it was a rubber-necking run for sure.... :good  :beer   Really liked the look of Grand Junction... :cool

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Quote (My Man's Sportin' Wood @ Aug. 07 2007,7:11 am)
Nice pics!  The Eisenhower tunnel is pretty cool.  I had never been in a tunnel like that before.  Did you see the giant hot tub in Glenwood Springs?  It's right next to the interstate.

My old bones, and sore shoulder, were DRYING for a hot tub / spring.... :cool   I remember driving through there....thanks for the tip.... :good  :beer

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Monument Valley is in Northern AZ... but I'm sure you knew that... :D

Picky, picky, picky.... :D  :rotflmao
Really didn't know WHERE I was, it was a rubber-necking run for sure.... :good  :beer   Really liked the look of Grand Junction... :cool

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Roger That.... :cool  :good

Junction is a nice town.  I'd live there no problem...  :good

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Some video of the 36' Coupe running (around 150) in NoCal... :cool

http://media.putfile.com/Bob-Leach-Eliminator
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Thanks to grads2112 @offshoreonly.com for sharing his video captures... :good  :beer
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great pic's, and yes that I-70 is a great road to run on.



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