CFFC Fall Color Tours 2020! - Event Date: 20 Sep. 2020 - 26 Sep. 2020

And the three rides we offered yesterday were all enjoyed by most.  Ron took a group over to Chinaman Gulch with a few trying Carnage Canyon.  Chinaman Gulch is a tough course that will really test the abilities of any driver with a Jeep.  That course has put many a scrape or dent on the vehicles that challenge it's rocks.  And Carnage Canyon again lived up to it's name, crippling a Jeep or two.  But at the end of the day, all Jeeps made it back to the ranch.  Bruce took his group up to Vicksburg and Winfield, two ghost towns that have a charm all their own.  Despite the washboard road that lead them there, it was an easy drive.  That is until he took them on the trail to Clohesey Lake.  That gave them a couple of water crossings, and some rough ground to drive over.  They passed through piles of avalanche debris that has kept that route closed for a couple of years.  A local off-road vehicle organization has been working with the US Forest Service to clear the trail and Bruce's group was one of the first groups to give it a try.  They made it up to the gate just before the lake.  And Mike's group took on the challenge of grinding their way up Mount Princeton to the Bristlecone Lodge at just over 12,000 feet elevation.  Snow on the road near the top provided an extra challenge, but all the Jeeps made it over the snow.  Lunch was enjoyed looking out across the many mountains around us.  We made a quick descent from the mountain and an early arrival back at the ranch.  

Today is the day for our "Grand Ride" up and over Aspen Ridge.  We'll split into two groups for this tour.  One group approaches the ridge from the south end, the other from the north end.  We wind our way up and over the many viewpoints and obstacles until we all meet in a large meadow for lunch.  Then we split up again to continue our journeys either north or south. There's lots of fun and fellowship as we pass through clones of aspen covering hundreds of acres.  We're all looking forward to seeing lots of great colors in the trees up there.  

Thank you Mike & Nancy for hosting another fantastic Fall Colors Tour.  Also thank you to all your helpers.

Ruthie & I had lots of fun.  It was good to connect with old Jeep friends over coffee in the early morning,  thanks Kate.

Nancy and I thank everyone who bought raffle tickets.  The money collected will cover our expected costs, and has provided some funds to increase my "parts on hand" stock for next year.  I shared some of the money with Bruce and Ron to thank them for doing great jobs as guides, and to encourage them to guide again next year. 

I want to encourage everyone who was ehre to post some potos of thier experience.

Posting a few of the photos I took during the FCT 2020. 

Mike and Nancy - Thanks for an awesome FCT 2020!  Made it back to Maryland today and I will be posting photos over the next couple of days.  I also want to than Mike, Bruce, and Ron for the great tours and and a big thanks to everyone who helped make this event possible.