AN APPETITE FOR ALTITUDE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO – PART I – PRESENTED BY STANCEWORKS & NITTO TIRE

Article & Photo’s by Mike Burroughs – Repost from www.stanceworks.com

We awoke on Friday morning, perched on a mountainside at roughly 9,000ft of altitude. For me and Jim Bob, it was technically the start of Day 3, but for most of the gang, the trip was just beginning. Rewinding a bit, Jim Bob and I had departed from Southern California on Wednesday morning, making it to Southern Utah through excruciating 113-degree heat before calling it a night and catching some sleep. Thursday morning came early, with temps creeping into the mid 80s just minutes after dawn. Gnats were out in full force as soon as the sun rose, biting us as well as the pup, giving us as good a reason as any to hit the road early. After hammering out roughly 8 hours of driving following a handful of stops, we found ourselves at camp waiting for the gang to arrive: an uneventful summary for an uneventful two days of driving……link back to stanceworks.com for the full article.