Inaugural Rocky Mountain Run 2018

[QB93Z]

Here are some more pictures of the Royal Gorge Bridge Adventure:


We got to the Royal Gorge area at 8am and lined up to make the crossing:





A Ranger led the parade in a pickup and we headed across:








Lyndi stayed on the north side of the bridge to take these long-shot photos:





Here we are on the south rim of the gorge:





for the return trip, we parked on the bridge:





Lyndi and I on the bridge, a lot of fun!!!!





Many thanks to Ted and Paul who did the work to make the Rocky Mountain Run a great success.


Jim

[QB93Z]

After we left the Royal Gorge, we spent the day driving around the Rocky Mountains. We have lots of photos and I will post more soon.


Jim

[PhillipsLT5]

NHRA Nationals in Denver if you have any time

[efnfast]

So, what is the scoop with this bridge?

[owwdee]

Originally Posted by efnfast

So, what is the scoop with this bridge?

Highest bridge in the US. Built in 1929, was highest in the world until 2001.

[efnfast]

I assume closed to regular traffic?

[Ccmano]

One of our stops along the way to Rocky Mountain National Park.



Our fearless leader Terry. Local Z owner doing a great job as leader.



The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park





Educating some youngsters along the way at to top of Rocky Mountain National Park. Drew a crowd here.




Along the way...



Amazing little chapel...




Some of the locals...

[Jagdpanzer]

I grew up in Southwestern Kansas and our usual family summer vacation was to the Cañon City area to visit relatives. Day trip to the Royal Gorge bridge was always the highlight. During one trip in the mid sixties my cousins were hiking ahead and stopped to throw a few rocks down into the gorge as young boys are prone to do. One of them managed to heave a small bolder down which ended up busting the large wooden stave water pipeline that supplies Cañon City. As you can imagine this caused a huge commotion. Made all the newspapers in the region with my cousin’s name prominently mentioned as the kid perpetrator. He received a good scolding from the local sharif but nothing more happened to him. Apparently this had happened before.


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[G-Sting]

Originally Posted by Ccmano

Educating so youngsters along the way at to top of Rocky Mountain National Park

Great pics, Ccmano. The pic of the Z's parked on the overlook looking towards RMNP, and the backdrop of the sky is epic!

[Ccmano]

Educating more youngsters. Every place we stopped we drew a crowd. This one was the owner of an 09’ ZR1 that happened along. His car is in the photo below.



Center City just north of where we stayed in Black Hawk.



We had a welcome visitor.



Fairplay / South Park Colorado thought I saw Kenny... lol.