Caribou Flats

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Heather, Carl, Jessica, and I went out to see the scenery on the Caribou Flats trail from Eldora up to Rainbow Lakes.  Oh my what a beautiful trail it was!
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Heading up toward the shelf road.

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Looking down toward the Rollinsville Valley.

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Those beautiful lakes!


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A narrow, golden trail.


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So narrow, so beautiful.

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A pretty little dried out wet meadow.

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Heading up the road.


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Up, up, up!


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Beautiful.



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This road wouldn’t be very good for a wide vehicle.


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A wonderful truck on a wonderful road.

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So gorgeous!


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Ahoy, Carl!

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We stopped to put the top down on the 4runner in this little enchanted spot.

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Onward, 4runner, onward!

DSC_0741Look at this gorgeous view at the top!

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The lowland fog rolling in to Nederland.


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Stopped by a mine site.

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The remains of an old boiler.


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Pipes and an old mattress sitting over the top of a hole of indeterminate depth.


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Beauty and adventure until forever.




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Carl: our man with the camera.

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Onward to adventure!


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Amazing lowland fog rolling in just like the sea.


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Colors stretching forever.


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An old abandoned mine access point.  It was caved in at the end.  Alas.

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Over the river an through the woods…


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A big abandoned winch.


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Such colors!