Color Ride 2010

This Saturday, a few friends and I went for a color ride thru Aspen and over Independence Pass. We then headed over to Leadville, had lunch and then rode home via Hwy 24 and Minturn.

The day started out cool and crisp, but warmed up quickly. By mid afternoon, it was mesh jacket weather. The colors were good, but past their peak. Oddly enough, there was very little red out this year, almost all the leaves were yellow. The scenery was still very beautiful...

Lining up at Gopher Foods in Rifle.

First rest stop outside of Glenwood Springs.

At a stoplight in Aspen. You can see the color on the hillside in the distance.

On the road up Independence

The road gets narrow in a few spots

Look closely, you can see the road at the top

Lined up for lunch in Leadville

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