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All,
Some of you ride my home road of highway 550 in Colorado, otherwise known as the Million Dollar Highway. We were there (driving-family) and did the entire Durango-Rico-Ouray-Silverton loop late last week.
Some notes and cautions for motorcycle riders:
-- the monsoon rains have maybe arrived
--cloudburst events are causing chaotic huge rains and road flooding with mud, rocks, boulders and trees
--they have almost finished the cleanup just south of Ouray, so that traffic stop is a short wait after the enormous rock slide of ten days ago
--road resurfacing and striping is finally done, and they have added a center road/stripe "rumble strip" to help remind riders/trucks/drivers to not cross into the oncoming lane on the many tight, variable radius curves.
I did not rent/ride this trip due to family obligations, and also the wild weather patterns. By the way, the forest fires are mostly out due to the rains. But, the burn scars are high risk for landslides and flash floods.
Be careful on this road, it can be treacherous. Keep your eyes on your riding, and not the incredible scenery. If you do want to stop, pull over at a safe spot, and don't get too close to the edge as it can be crumbly.
My home of SW CO needs your tourist dollars! Between the drought/fires/floods/train stopped the economy is hurting. Do note the San Juan National Forest is fully open for business, and the steam trains are running again. Given that, be very careful with any open fires. And yes the moose are out and about west of Silverton.
thanks,
Lucydad
aka The Durango Kid
Some of you ride my home road of highway 550 in Colorado, otherwise known as the Million Dollar Highway. We were there (driving-family) and did the entire Durango-Rico-Ouray-Silverton loop late last week.
Some notes and cautions for motorcycle riders:
-- the monsoon rains have maybe arrived
--cloudburst events are causing chaotic huge rains and road flooding with mud, rocks, boulders and trees
--they have almost finished the cleanup just south of Ouray, so that traffic stop is a short wait after the enormous rock slide of ten days ago
--road resurfacing and striping is finally done, and they have added a center road/stripe "rumble strip" to help remind riders/trucks/drivers to not cross into the oncoming lane on the many tight, variable radius curves.
I did not rent/ride this trip due to family obligations, and also the wild weather patterns. By the way, the forest fires are mostly out due to the rains. But, the burn scars are high risk for landslides and flash floods.
Be careful on this road, it can be treacherous. Keep your eyes on your riding, and not the incredible scenery. If you do want to stop, pull over at a safe spot, and don't get too close to the edge as it can be crumbly.
My home of SW CO needs your tourist dollars! Between the drought/fires/floods/train stopped the economy is hurting. Do note the San Juan National Forest is fully open for business, and the steam trains are running again. Given that, be very careful with any open fires. And yes the moose are out and about west of Silverton.
thanks,
Lucydad
aka The Durango Kid