2018 – Ulen Adventures

Alaska Trip 15 June- 28 August 2018.

Here is map from In-reach GPS of our travels: – device says 12,244 miles.

and our final wildlife count:

Ouray Colorado, 31 May 2018

After our successful evening ride, we were excited to be up early and spend the day Jeeping. We drove south to Corkscrew gulch – a little muddy to start, but lots of trees – until we got to the switchbacks (yuck!), but beautiful views of the famous red mountains!

The trail was wide near the bottom of the switchbacks at corkscrew

The red mountains had just the right amount of snow to show off how red they were!

Still a bit of snow above tree line – corkscrew gulch

We then headed along a shelf road to Hurricane Pass – here is a video clip Chuck took of the shelf road

Plenty of snow on the way up to Hurricane Pass

Chuck’s video clip coming down California Pass:

Did some water crossings on the way down.

We needed this car wash at the end of the day!

Had a lovely lunch among some dandylions

May 30 Ouray Colorado Jeeping

Ouray Colorado Jeeping – May 30 2018

Our friends from Minnesota, Ike and Joann, wandered through Colorado and decided to rent a Jeep in Ouray. Since that is close by (ha! Only 300 miles!) and our Jeep needed some exercise, we decided to drive out and join them. The people in Ouray (rhymes with Hurray) believe that Ouray is the Jeep Capitol of the World. It is certainly beautiful and a lot of fun. Many of the trails were still not open because of snow – but we found some great places to see!

We arrived just after the rain stopped, at around 5pm, so we decided to try a “romantic evening ride” up Yankee Boy Basin: