Ace Brown
Retired Ol’ Fart
Usually I have good notes to do a report from upon completion of a trip. But from lack of practice (shutdown) or just poor memory my notes are quite incomplete. This report will be pretty general but hopefully others will contribute to fill it out.
We gathered at my place in Cedaredge, Colorado May 31. Headed to Montrose the next day where we began the Rimrocker a few miles west of town. The RRT is easy dirt roads for most of the distance to Nucla. We detoured on the Houser Cutoff which is a bit more difficult. All of this section is very scenic. No gas in Nucla so we ran down to Naturita. The little taco place there is now closed. Soon back on dirt where the roads north of Nucla are more interesting. The crossing of Tabeguache Creek was no trouble. The section from there to Highway 141 is extremely scenic as you travel very high above the San Miguel River valley. Soon we crossed the river and began the long climb to the Monti La Sal National Forest. On the way Paul dropped his KLR and it refused to start. Lots of hands finally coaxed it back to life. We camped in a boondock site off Forest Road 0378 and enjoyed a nice fire until a sudden rain storm chased us to bed.
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We gathered at my place in Cedaredge, Colorado May 31. Headed to Montrose the next day where we began the Rimrocker a few miles west of town. The RRT is easy dirt roads for most of the distance to Nucla. We detoured on the Houser Cutoff which is a bit more difficult. All of this section is very scenic. No gas in Nucla so we ran down to Naturita. The little taco place there is now closed. Soon back on dirt where the roads north of Nucla are more interesting. The crossing of Tabeguache Creek was no trouble. The section from there to Highway 141 is extremely scenic as you travel very high above the San Miguel River valley. Soon we crossed the river and began the long climb to the Monti La Sal National Forest. On the way Paul dropped his KLR and it refused to start. Lots of hands finally coaxed it back to life. We camped in a boondock site off Forest Road 0378 and enjoyed a nice fire until a sudden rain storm chased us to bed.
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