Played Hookie Today

RkyMtnKJ · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 6:54 pm

Well my alarm managed NOT to go off this morning before class so i woke up 20 minutes late. Decided to take my time getting ready this morning and headed up La Plata Canyon Road this morning, just outside of Durango, CO. Little rainy and as you can see from the photos, still a lot of snow up in the high country!

Beginning of one of the hundreds of spur roads up there. Lots of mining history in these hills!

Bring it!

So who needs a place to stay for the summer?

Tough to get action shots by yourself!

Posing!

This avalanche dwarfs my ride...they were doing some spring clearing today with a front end loader and will be the rest of the week

Another 100 feet of trail to be cleared of snowpack before its back onto the sunny side of the trail.

Turned around...heading back down

Pretty cool shot i took coming back down

Can you say MARMOT?

Pretty sweet waterfall. Almost 50ft. Below the trail and it was still a heck of a roar.

Lastly, my favorite shot...a jeep runs through it

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 7:46 pm

Great stuff! Nice way to spend a day. So are those Marmot any good eatin'? :twisted:

raceinfan · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 7:49 pm

JJsKJ wrote:

Great stuff! Nice way to spend a day. So are those Marmot any good eatin'? :twisted:

taste like chicken :lol:

Jeep4me99 · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 8:08 pm

what the heck is a marmot? kinda looks like a beaver.

great shot though! very nice country annnnnnnnnnnnnnd PATRIOT BLUE LIBBYS ROCK!!!!!

Mr Nick · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 9:18 pm

So you have total access to all this sweet, totally legal, dirt trails... that are close to home?

It's nice being 15 min away from RT66 dragway for my other car, but I need some local access to off roading too! (legal...)

durangotang · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 9:20 pm

....and I had to be working today.... :roll:

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 9:50 pm

Jeep4me99 wrote:

what the heck is a marmot? kinda looks like a beaver.
great shot though! very nice country annnnnnnnnnnnnnd PATRIOT BLUE LIBBYS ROCK!!!!!

we know those are good eatin'! :twisted:

Jeep4me99 · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 10:46 pm

JJsKJ wrote:

Jeep4me99 wrote:

what the heck is a marmot? kinda looks like a beaver.
great shot though! very nice country annnnnnnnnnnnnnd PATRIOT BLUE LIBBYS ROCK!!!!!

we know those are good eatin'! :twisted:

oh jeesh

RkyMtnKJ · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 11:14 pm

Gotta love those Patriot Blue Jeeps

Thanks for all the replies and yes all this land is within 30 minutes of my house. Gotta be careful you're not on mining land up there though...guns are not uncommon, but there is plenty of national forest and camping access up there. Give it another week or two and i will be driving over the pass, just over 12,000ft

Think of marmots as a cross between a beaver and squirrel. They just arent avid water animals...high altitude prarie dog without all the disease and plague

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2008 12:19 am

They are basically a Groundhog, woodchuck.

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2008 12:22 am

looks pretty nice out, I love that color on the KJ!

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2008 12:27 am

beautiful pictures! every time someone from CO posts pictures i fall more and more in love with that state. your KJ looks great with those wheels!

PCT 1981 · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2008 1:35 am

I enjoyed the pictures alot. I love waterfalls.
Aloha

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2008 9:36 am

Tokyojoe wrote:

They are basically a Groundhog, woodchuck.

Thats what I thought they were, just like a regular old ground hog, they do make a cool sound when you shoot them through the head though

nickname aorund where I grew up whistle pig

Fantastic pics, I am like 200KJ everytime I see the pictures I wonder why I am still in Ohio. First time out there in 86 was offered a great job and turned it down.........stupid me........ :roll:

JIMMY JEEP · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2008 10:40 am

Great photos,amazing landscape you are real lucky to have all those trails on your doorstep.But be careful as i'm sure you are aware the marmot is probably the cleverest mammal there is,in your pic he may look like he is simply scrounging for nuts grubs ect ,but if you look real close at the picture he is holding a transmitter for an IED ,he's hoping to bag a kj'er as he's heard they taste just like chicken. :shock:

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