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Did you miss me? I recently returned from my fall trip to The Lot in Colorado. I have some video and several “fall color” photos to share this time around, plus a few “incident tales” to relate. Let’s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I arrived at The Lot in the very late hours of a Tuesday. Wednesday was set-up day as I went to get water from the local hand pump (40 gallons) and drove to Fairplay to get groceries. The weather was sunny and mild.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Getting water for The Box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday and Friday were ATV days. Thursday saw me riding some new trails near Lake George. Part of this area is along the South Platte River.<\/p>\n\n\n

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South Platte River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Unfortunately, this trip was cut a bit short as I picked up a screw in one tire and had to find a repair shop before heading home.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Screw in tire caused a flat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Friday found me near Buena Vista, west of Fairplay, riding a number of trails. Some of these are width-restricted, with fenced openings which do not allow larger vehicles such as Jeeps and other 4×4 vehicles onto the trail.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Width-restricted trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Very colorful ground cover and some still-blooming flowers highlighted this area.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fall colors in foliage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Asters and other flowers were still blooming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It was during this trip that I saw my first big animals, a group of juvenile mountain sheep. With their horns just beginning to grow, this group was taking it easy along a trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video below is very shaky as I did not have time to set up the tripod and was shooting at almost full zoom. I hope you can still enjoy the images. Run time is 1:21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n