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Originally Posted by Zoomad75
Actually, Hoosier wasn't bad when we came back off of Webster/Red Cone. It was certainly better than coming back out of Aspen over Independence Pass. I've driven many a pass on dirt that I'd rather go over than hit Indy again. Pretty, but the uppity Aspen people won't give an inch where it gets tight out of town.
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We were going down the 15mph switchbacks on Hoosier following a belly dump jake braking his way down the hill, when some jack-hole in a big SUV gets up right behind us - literally about two feet like he thought he was going to just make us drive right through that semi!
And then the weird zig-zagging through Brokenridge - what's up with that ???
That's another reason I traded off the little car and went back to a full size pickup for a travel outfit: people just try to run over you. Like "hey, you're not using all your lane so I will just use the rest of it!" At least in a pickup you get some respect.
I've never been over Independence and only been to Aspen once. One time a guy that I was working for at the time wanted to take his early 70's K20 over Taylor Pass and a bunch of us rode along. I had my 1980 K10 by then and there was no way I was going to risk tearing it up on those rocks. So we get over and took the ridge road down and by then he needed gas so we drove down into Aspen for fuel. Must have been quite a sight for those movie stars when they saw a bunch of dirty loggers riding in the back of that beat up old blue pickup
Coming back over to TP he put a big gouge in the side of the bed near the fuel cap.