2014 - 7000+ Miles of Memories

[ttora4runner]

Despite spending a quarter of the year stuck in a hotel while on a jobsite assignment out of state 2014 ended up being a good year for travel; In which I covered approximately 7000 miles of travel though 6 states either via pavement or back-county dirt roads and approximately 200-250 of travel between hiking and mountain biking. Hopefully, 2015 is just as good.

January - Utah Auto Expo


February -
Mountain biking the Hurricane Rim Trail in southern Utah


Grafton Ghost Town and Cemetary in southern Utah




Little Sahara Sand Dunes trip with the Wasatch Cruisers


Random Exploring west of Ogden, Utah


March -
Camping out at 5-Mile Pass Recreation area with a friend and his family.


Explored some ghost towns in eastern Nevada.






April - no real travel happened this month as I was getting ready to head back to Colorado Springs for a job assignment and I drove down to Arizona to see my folks and so they could sell my commuter car I bought.

May - In May I was between Colorado Springs and my home back in Ogden, Utah (which would be the norm for the next few months)
Visited Garden of the Gods




Hiked to Lewis Peak in Ogden, Utah


June -
Florrisant Fossil Beds and the mining museums of Cripple Creek, Colorado




Hiked to Ben Lomond Peak on my monthly trip back home to Utah.

 

[ttora4runner]

July -

I hike the 'Incline Trail' located in Manitou Springs, Colorado.




Got some mountain biking in at Rampart Reservoir (one of many trips).




August -

Drove back to Smith Creek Lakes on my monthly trip home to Utah.




September -

This month saw my big trip of year as I spent a week traveling and hiking in Idaho and Glacier National Park in Montana
Craters of the Moon, Idaho


Lion City, Montana


Hidden Lake, Glacier NP


Grinnel Glacier Overlook, Glacier NP


Grinnel Glacier Complex, Glacier NP


Swiftcurrent Pass, Glacier NP


Garnet and Granite Ghost Towns, Montana




October -

Revisited the Great Sand Dune NP in Colorado and hiked back to Medano Lake and drove the pass road into the park.

 

[ttora4runner]

November -

Did some hiking around 11-Mile Reservoir, an area I wanted to hike since coming to Colorado in 2011.




December -

Hiked around the 'Painted Mine' area located near Calhan, Colorado.


Meet up and lead a group of Toyota 4runner owners on 'Broken Arrow' trail in Sedona, Arizona while visiting my family for Christmas.




2014 was a good year. Hope everyone had a good 2014 and I hope 2015 goes well for everyone.

 

[jscusmcvet]

Beautiful.

 

[roverrocks]

Most excellent and scenic year.

 

[SRN]

Awesome!

 

[4x4x4doors]

Excellent year!

 

[Bushmaster6]

The "incline". When I was stationed at Ft Carson we used to periodically do an "offsite" for PT (physical training). It will EXPOSE you and your fitness (or lack thereof). A fun thing to do if you're visiting C-Springs, and you can grab one of several available pancake breakfasts in Manitou Springs when you are done!

 

[ttora4runner]

The "incline". When I was stationed at Ft Carson we used to periodically do an "offsite" for PT (physical training). It will EXPOSE you and your fitness (or lack thereof). A fun thing to do if you're visiting C-Springs, and you can grab one of several available pancake breakfasts in Manitou Springs when you are done!

I liked the incline (passed a lot of folks going up it). I didn't think it was all that bad compared to some of the 14'ers I've done, just the spacing of the rail ties made walking up it kind of funny.

I need to hike it again now that they've completed repairs on it.