TIME FOR ACTION!!!!
We need a head-count for COLORADO CARAVAN 2014 so that we can:
1) prepare name tags
2) purchase food and misc. for Sunday Opening Meeting
3) ask Tiger Run RV Park to locate reservations in close setting
4) prepare information packets
Presently we have confirmations from:
Neal Priestlys, Tom Barmettlers, Steve Barmettlers, Kevin and Mike Barmettler, Bill Lyons, Rick Zbylut, Bob Boways, John Seidel, and new members Greg & Clark Weiss and Oliver Smile families. Jeff and Linda Jahraus will not be able to join us as they have a family commitment back east. Bill and Sharon Harrington will be on a Maritime Province tour….we will miss you.
If we haven’t heard from you……
please “REPLY” to this email with a “YES… NO…. or… POSSIBLE”.
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2014 COLORADO CARAVAN
LEAP’N LIONS RV CLUB
No Fee Get-Together
SEPTEMBER 21 – 27th, 2014
WHERE: Breckenridge, Colorado
* Room rental of your choice (use internet) ….or
* RV campsite. Several different National Forest campsites
are available. We recommend Tiger Run RV Resort north of
Breckenridge on the highway. Phone (800)895-9594
WHAT: Five wonderful days of Four-Wheeling the high passes of the beautiful Summit area during the spectacular annual color show of the Aspen Season. Enjoy marvelous local restaurants, shopping, museums and great company.
NEEDED: A 4WD vehicle and a smile. 4WD rentals are available locally
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Old timers will rekindle fond memories of the Summit area Continental Divide passes and trails as Wild Irishman, Argentine, Hagerman, Webster, Red Cone, Radical Hill, Mosquito, and others. We will be visiting old deserted mining camps like Buckskin Joe, Como, Sts. John, Swandyke, Waldorph and many others. All very special places to keep in your memory files!
We will gather each morning at the entrance to Tiger Run RV Resort at 8:30 am. Don’t forget a full tank of fuel, sun screen, sunglasses, camera, lunch, water and meds.
Weather can be changeable and chilly at this time of the year, especially at 13,000 feet…. so jackets, sweaters and rain gear may be needed.
Just let us know if you tentatively plan on being with us so that we can make necessary preparations for you. RV reservations are limited at Tiger Run and we suggest early reservations. To make tentative notice of attendance, or if you have questions, e-mail or call at your earliest convenience:
Mike Barmettler michaelbarmettler@msn.com
SEE YOU UP ON THE TRAIL
SEPTEMBER 2014 AGENDA
SUNDAY 9/21 5:00 pm
Possible “Get Together” dinner and meeting. We will advise details later.
MONDAY 9/22 Barmettlers’ Beat-Up Broken Bent But Beautiful Buggies
Old Loveland Pass above Eisenhower Tunnel; visit historic Silver Plume; tour
Victorian Georgetown; stop at the deserted mining camp of Waldorph; then
up to Argentine Pass at 14,150 ft.; back down to Waldorph; then up to Mt.
McClellan at 14,000 ft.; then home to Breckenridge.
TUESDAY 9/23 Priestlys’ Pontifical Procession to Paradise
Historic Montezuma, deserted Sts. John mill and townsite, Wild Irishman trail
and mine, Glacier Mountain, General Teller mine, Deer Creek to Montezuma
and then home to Breckenridge.
WEDNESDAY 9/24 Lyons’ Lively Leap to Lofty Locales
Hoosier Pass to Alma, North London mine, Mosquito Pass at 13,200 ft., visit
historic Leadville, Turquoise Lake, Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel, Hagerman Pass,
north on Crooked Creek Pass, then back to Breckenridge via I-70.
THURSDAY 9/25 Bowhays’ Brave Battle to the Beautiful Bastions
Boreas Pass (old Denver South Park & Pacific rail bed), visit rebuilt RR Section
House at the pass, Como for lunch at the renovated Como Hotel ( if open ),
Weston Pass to Leadville, and home to Breckenridge.
FRIDAY 9/26 Tom and Wendi’s Talented Tally of Towering Trails
Town site of Tiger, Middle Fork of Swan River, deserted Swandyke,
challenging Radical Hill, Webster Pass, over the peak of Red Cone Mountain
back to Webster Pass and home.
SATURDAY 9/27 am Farewell until we meet again.
Optional trip to Mt. Bross at 14,172 ft. Saturday 9/28 if no early snows at
extreme elevations. This highest U.S. 4x4 trail was snow blocked at the
upper levels last time we attempted Mt. Bross in 2011. Let us know if you
plan on this day.
Thanks for your attention and RESPONSE!
Mike Barmettler
(402) 431-8887 or michaelbarmettler@msn.com
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Re: 2014 Colorado Caravan - September 21-27, 2014
The Rockies in September (around the caravan dates) are F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C. The gold of the aspens and is emphasized by the green of the evergreens and the bright sunshine over the mountains makes everything eternal and happy. The elk the elk is bugling at the ridges, in search of mates. Wildlife can be seen everywhere. Attached are some Autumn photos from the South Western Rockies.
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More photos of the South Western Rockies in the fall
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