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Mike and I headed out today for Rockies Gold and decided to visit Kolob Canyon on the way to meet some friends in Cedar City, UT.

It's a beautiful canyon.......

.......when you get to see more than just a mile and a half of it.

Unfortunately the road was completely washed out from recent rains.

On arrival everyone started catching up with each other, or was that text messages?

The next day we all headed up to Cedar Breaks. Rocky and I were in sport mode. :)

These signs make me breathe harder for some reason.

The crew is taking in the sight from the viewing platform. Some for the first time.

What a view it is

I guess this is a true Rocky Mtn. High!

Moving east from The Cedar Breaks we are riding through Red Rock Canyon near the entrance to Bryce Canyon

It doesn't take long to pass it so take your pictures fast.

These next few are of the guys on the HogBack but I totally failed to capture what is taking place.

You can't see it but there is little shoulder on each side of the road and dropping near vertical for a few hundred feet on both sides.

We stopped for two kinds of fuel in Boulder, UT. Some for the bikes

Some fuel for us too at the Burr Trail Grill

This is the start of the 60 miles of the Burr Trail, some of it paved, some of it dirt.

Only some scenic pics now. Will only caption if I think they need it.

All good things must end sometime, here the road turns to dirt.

Another small mile stone

Woke up to a free bike wash after the dirt road.

Our plan for Thursday is to take a day off from the motorcycles and ride the Durango-Silverton Railroad.

They were just bringing the engine for our train out when we arrive at the depot.

The tracks are pretty narrow gauge and I was wondering if the train was going to stay upright in the curves.

My friend Mike is a retired Rail Road guy and was chomping at the bit for that whistle to blow.

I think somewhere between 100 and 200 people made the trip

He was giving me the evil eye because I had one toe over the safety line

Some of the old freight cars from when the railroad was more than just a tourist trip.

A museum that I didn't visit

Some of the passenger cars are closed and some are open air.

The engines are of the coal fired steam kind

And off we go

There are a few places along the route where passengers can board or disembark

The rest of these pics are mostly scenic views and comments won't be necessary unless they are.

There were a few places where the engineer would blow off steam and create a rainbow

I think he said that this old powerhouse is still generating power

We are only 15 minutes into this 7 hour ride and Larry is starting to worry that it will be over too soon

Mike is really determined to get a better view

Jim thought I took up too much room on our assigned seat so he moved to the front to be more comfortable

The steam engines need water and have to take on 4 to 5 thousand gallons a couple of times each way of the trip.

Once in Silverton, everyone disembarks and heads for lunch

Naturally we chose the only place in town that had a waiting line

None of us had any complaints about the food

I guess they can use parts from almost anything to fix old trains.

Rules, rules, rules, you know what they say about rules

Bridge over troubled water

Some of the route reminded me of those roads in Peru

Today we are heading to Rockies Gold via the Million Dollar Hwy and Hwy 141. This is the town of Ouray on the million dollar hwy and better known as the Jeep capital of the world.

Mike Jim and I are waiting for Larry and Scott who stopped at another overlook

A few pictures of Scott following his father Larry today

They did a great job of leading the ride.

When we arrived at our motel, my friend Jim (Wheels) was there. It's been a few years since I met him in Death Valley. He's updated his ride to the new DCT too!