) and installed the new belts only to find out that with full pressure my hi-pressure power steering line leaked live a siv. Jerry and Heimeken donated a section of junk heater hose and a bunch of hose clamps and with a little bit of MacGyver like ingenuity I was back in action with nobody wanting to kill me due to the screeching!Before heading up to Montrose Jerry and I checked in with the Jeep tour folks for spare parts only to realize they were closed up.
After all the repair work we headed out with the plan to head up to the water crossings on Imogene and check them out in the daylight.
Has this thing ever moved? :p
Hey, it's Rick!
At about this point we hit rain, thunder, lightning, sleet, hail and snow all at the same time
Closed for renovations. IIRC in '09 I stuck my head up under the bridge and found a data plate that shows it was at one point a DRGS rail car
Pouring rain now
For rent?
Fill 'er up
We paused at the old mill site to goof around in the water crossings. Dared him to hit it as hard as he could but the 'Zuki didn't think it was as funny as I did
The first of several BIG groups came down and it looked like some sort of antiquated Jeep dealer
Made it up to the triple crossing and waited out another VERY LARGE group coming down Imogene. There was one jerk in an FJ Cruiser that came flying down the trail with his lightbars blazing in broad daylight wizzing in an out of folks trying to get thru the obstacles. Ran into this guy several times during the week and each time he was the same level of jerk.
Hitting the water crossing
This is where I got stuck Friday night. Did not need towed out tho.
He's stuck
Rather than also getting stuck or breaking something with over 2000 miles still ahead on my journey I took the bridge
And we wound up at the mine again. They need to mark that turn better
We parked in town and did some walking around
Leaving Ouray for the last time on this trip...BOO!
