We made it to Crested Butte… all be it a little later than expected. We picked up our rental car from Denver and started making the trek to Crested Butte around 11am mountain time. Before we even arrived, Joe and I had both decided to take our drive straight through the mountains instead of following the highways the “normal” way so we could see a little more of Colorado.

I can’t even begin to put words together to describe our drive over here. It was epic, to say the least. And, the road we took… the only other vehicles on it were ATV’s. Yeeaaahhhh…. it was crazy! We came through Hancock Pass which reached over 12,000ft and is the continental divide. Even the locals that we’ve talked to don’t know what or where Hancock Pass is. And… we don’t really either, until we get the GPS loaded on the computer.

I’ll post a video from our drive, once Joe gets it edited and all.

We made it to Crested Butte after 8:00pm. Of course my parents and my friend were worried, but we had no cell service to call anyone to tell them where we were.

Needless to say, we’re safe and sound now in one of the prettiest places I’ve been, and we have already been out on a great introductory ride to the area. Thankfully my friends have been here for several years and know all the good trails to go on… we don’t even have to think or look at a map, we just get to follow along and enjoy it! Pretty sweet deal if you ask me.

Here’s a link to pictures from our ride today…

Tomorrow we’ll do a longer ride, and if I have time I’ll post pictures and a report afterwards.