I woke up early on the 5th of July and rode my motorcycle about 3 hours to Taylor Reservoir. I met my boy Mike C. who was camped there. We then rode from Taylor Res. to Crested Butte via dirt trails. He was on a much smaller, nimbler bike than me (not to mention he's a pretty good rider as well) so I spent most of the time trying to keep up with him. we made it to Crested Butte after what I thought was an awesome ride. Once there we camped out with some other buddies that we know. I was reminded of just how awesome a place Crested Butte is. It is just absolutely beautiful. Then we woke up Sunday morning, shook off the hangover from the festivities the night before, and headed back over to Taylor via a little different route. This was my first experience with the KLR on single track. It was definitely challenging ... but I made it out alive and unscathed. I had an absolute blast every minute of the way. On the way back to Denver, I got drenched coming over Cottonwood pass and hit with some hail. The traffic on HWY 285 was just terrible, so it took me quite a bit longer to get home. But, you still won't hear any complaining from me. That's what makes it an adventure, right? All in all just an awesome, awesome weekend. http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329057870_rhNVg-Ti.jpg http://bear86.smugmug.com/gallery/5373459_pJgYU/ 2008-07-09T14:15:28Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com">Bear Mead (bear86)</a><br />Cliff in front of a nice back-drop</p><p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/5373459_pJgYU#329057870_rhNVg" title="Cliff in front of a nice back-drop"><img src="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329057870_rhNVg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Cliff in front of a nice back-drop" title="Cliff in front of a nice back-drop" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-10T01:22:58Z Bear Mead (bear86) http://bear86.smugmug.com http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329057870_rhNVg-Th.jpg 2008-07-05 12:14:24 <p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com">Bear Mead (bear86)</a><br />Me in front of the same back-drop</p><p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/5373459_pJgYU#329058030_i7MwV" title="Me in front of the same back-drop"><img src="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329058030_i7MwV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Me in front of the same back-drop" title="Me in front of the same back-drop" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-10T01:22:58Z Bear Mead (bear86) http://bear86.smugmug.com http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329058030_i7MwV-Th.jpg 2008-07-05 12:15:21 <p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com">Bear Mead (bear86)</a><br />Cliff checking the route</p><p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/5373459_pJgYU#329058563_FaUEd" title="Cliff checking the route"><img src="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329058563_FaUEd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Cliff checking the route" title="Cliff checking the route" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-10T01:23:33Z Bear Mead (bear86) http://bear86.smugmug.com http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329058563_FaUEd-Th.jpg 2008-07-05 12:37:32 <p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com">Bear Mead (bear86)</a><br />Some nice scenery between Taylor Reservoir and Crested Butte</p><p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/5373459_pJgYU#329058737_aWW9m" title="Some nice scenery between Taylor Reservoir and Crested Butte"><img src="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329058737_aWW9m-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Some nice scenery between Taylor Reservoir and Crested Butte" title="Some nice scenery between Taylor Reservoir and Crested Butte" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-10T01:23:33Z Bear Mead (bear86) http://bear86.smugmug.com http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329058737_aWW9m-Th.jpg 2008-07-05 13:04:33 <p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com">Bear Mead (bear86)</a><br />Cliff all geared up ... backpack and all</p><p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/5373459_pJgYU#329058945_uREZa" title="Cliff all geared up ... backpack and all"><img src="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329058945_uREZa-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Cliff all geared up ... backpack and all" title="Cliff all geared up ... backpack and all" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-10T01:23:33Z Bear Mead (bear86) http://bear86.smugmug.com http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329058945_uREZa-Th.jpg 2008-07-05 13:04:48 <p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com">Bear Mead (bear86)</a><br />Some nice scenery between Taylor Reservoir and Crested Butte</p><p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/5373459_pJgYU#329059118_QMHF6" title="Some nice scenery between Taylor Reservoir and Crested Butte"><img src="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329059118_QMHF6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Some nice scenery between Taylor Reservoir and Crested Butte" title="Some nice scenery between Taylor Reservoir and Crested Butte" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-10T01:23:33Z Bear Mead (bear86) http://bear86.smugmug.com http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329059118_QMHF6-Th.jpg 2008-07-05 13:13:27 <p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com">Bear Mead (bear86)</a><br />Cliff</p><p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/5373459_pJgYU#329059231_6JRvL" title="Cliff"><img src="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329059231_6JRvL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Cliff" title="Cliff" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-10T01:23:33Z Bear Mead (bear86) http://bear86.smugmug.com http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329059231_6JRvL-Th.jpg 2008-07-05 13:15:01 <p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com">Bear Mead (bear86)</a><br />Cliff checking our route once again. Note the "End of Route" sign in the background.</p><p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/5373459_pJgYU#329059392_HEJ8S" title="Cliff checking our route once again. Note the "End of Route" sign in the background."><img src="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329059392_HEJ8S-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Cliff checking our route once again. Note the "End of Route" sign in the background." title="Cliff checking our route once again. Note the "End of Route" sign in the background." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-10T01:23:33Z Bear Mead (bear86) http://bear86.smugmug.com http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329059392_HEJ8S-Th.jpg 2008-07-05 13:20:21 <p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com">Bear Mead (bear86)</a><br />Cliff and I</p><p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/5373459_pJgYU#329059647_ddafn" title="Cliff and I"><img src="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329059647_ddafn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Cliff and I" title="Cliff and I" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-10T01:23:33Z Bear Mead (bear86) http://bear86.smugmug.com http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329059647_ddafn-Th.jpg 2008-07-05 13:37:58 <p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com">Bear Mead (bear86)</a><br />Me doing a pretty deep creek crossing. In case you're wondering, no I did not make it.</p><p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/5373459_pJgYU#329059846_6ALNR" title="Me doing a pretty deep creek crossing. In case you're wondering, no I did not make it."><img src="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329059846_6ALNR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Me doing a pretty deep creek crossing. In case you're wondering, no I did not make it." title="Me doing a pretty deep creek crossing. In case you're wondering, no I did not make it." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-10T01:23:33Z Bear Mead (bear86) http://bear86.smugmug.com http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329059846_6ALNR-Th.jpg 2008-07-06 12:38:27 <p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com">Bear Mead (bear86)</a><br />Cliff and the bikes after a few miles of single track.</p><p><a href="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/5373459_pJgYU#329060090_rRiep" title="Cliff and the bikes after a few miles of single track."><img src="http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329060090_rRiep-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Cliff and the bikes after a few miles of single track." title="Cliff and the bikes after a few miles of single track." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-10T01:23:33Z Bear Mead (bear86) http://bear86.smugmug.com http://bear86.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Taylor-Reservoir-to-Crested/July05-062008-Motorcycle-Ride/329060090_rRiep-Th.jpg 2008-07-06 12:56:55