Today we left the campground at 8 AM and drove 45 miles to the start of our drive up to Bristol Head. This is a prominent point about 12,000 feet up,and from the road it looks very steep and dangerous but we came at it from the back side and it was an easy grade up to the top. Actually, we drove about 15 miles on gravel road, then about 5 miles on a dirt road and then 2 miles on nothing but rocks and it wasn't even a steep grade! John and I nick-named the road "Shake and Bake". The road rocked and rolled us all over the place while the sun beat down on our heads. The saving part of this drive is that the view was really awesome. We could follow the Rio Grande all along the valley and spotted mountain tops of snow on the far horizon.
Coming down, we took a 2 mile side trip to Crystal Lake -- now THIS was a four-wheelin' road! Some straight up and downs with turns at the top or bottom that you couldn't see until you were right on top of them. This is the kind of off-roading we like!
Tonight, John took me out for dinner at a very fine restaurant in South Fork. Great day.
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