Scenic Wheeling Picture Thread

[Hypoid]

Summit of Red Cone:

[Bent]

"Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white..."*







This is on FS road 2N04 in the San Bernardino National Forest. 2N04 is one of two trails adopted by the SoCal Chapter through the Adopt-a-Trail program.

I was out assessing damage from a couple recent storms, and as it turned out; the storm that rolled in while I was doing recon. Plenty of fog, wind, rain and snow made the outside world in the valleys below completely disappear in the hush. I was reminded once again why I've hung out here over the years.



Later in the day after it was dark I destroyed my steering box when I hit a hole in the fog. I knew it was there but I was going way too fast for the conditions on the trail; dense fog, standing water, tight turns and slick mud. Oops.








*---Counting Crows

[Hypoid]

Originally Posted by IntrepidXJ

Rollins Pass East

Rollins Pass East, about 1/2-mile further up the same road. I took that picture Thanksgiving Day 2007: 9 degrees Fahrenheit, 30 MPH gusts. Time to go home.

[raneil]

We just returned from the Ouray/Silverton area (Southwest Colorado) and it was a GREAT trip.

We were probably a week or two early for peak color and the smoke from all the wildfires kept things a bit hazy, but it was beautiful nonetheless. As always, the pics don't do it justice.


Animas Forks & Crystal Lake
































Brown Mountain
































Black Bear Pass

[raneil]

Last Dollar Road

[Anak]

Gorgeous!

[sdspearo]

Beautiful pics and nice looking XJ! Thanks for posting those.

[raneil]

Thank you. We just love the area, and generally go back every other Summer. This was our first time to visit during the fall. I love the summer wildflowers and all, but to me the fall is better out there. Way better. Fewer people, cooler temperatures and when the color finally comes in… wow. It's something to see. Highly recommended!

[jdougn]

Beautiful scenery and awesome photography too!

[xjblue]

Originally Posted by Anak

What an awesome thread.

Over the course of several days I went through the entire thing.

I want to go wheeling with IntrepidXJ someday. There is someone who is getting some serious use out of the their Jeep.

It is a bummer how many pictures are now missing. Especially a bunch of XJBlue's pics from around 2010 or so.

If anyone takes the deep dive through this thread again my shots should be all fixed, let me know if I missed any.
I'll have to bug intrepidxj to fix all hundreds of his when I head out on the trail with him in a couple weeks.
Missing a bunch of Alex (handlebars) photos too.

[note to self, fix pgs 98-99]

[jdougn]

xjblue: Threads like this one are why a Like button would be nice at times! Thanks for all the work.

[Anak]

Thank you xjblue.

[XJEEPER]

[xjblue]

All I've shot lately are just the KL... it doesn't photograph well from some angles but others are fine.
Abajo Mountains, UT

KL With A View, on Flickr

[xjblue]

Abajo Mtns, UT

Dry Wash KL, on Flickr