Ingrid and I drove up north to check out the B17 crash site. Had to drive down 25 miles of dirt road then turn off onto a 4×4 access road that is passable to cars but only those with high clearance.

Followed that road as far as we could until we came upon a small parking area and a gate preventing us from going any further. Got out and hiked the rest of the way, which turns out to be about 3 miles straight up the side of a mountain. After an hour and a half, we found the crash site.
Here is a link to the photos we took at the crash site.

We hiked back down the mountain, to the truck, took a few moments to snap some flex shots as this is the very first time I’ve had the Ram Off-Road.

Back down the trail and 25 miles out to the paved road. Amazing landscape.

Then it was on to Estes Park, through through Big Thompson Canyon where the road just twists through, parallel to the river that carved it. Once in Estes Park, dinner and drinks at the famous Stanley Hotel where Stephen King, wrote half of “The Shining.” The ABC miniseries was filmed at the Stanley Hotel as well. The Hotel was also featured on the Sci-Fi Channel’s “Ghost Hunters” and is considered to be very haunted. By the time we were done, it was already 11pm, so we decided to stay the night at the official motel chain of the DML, a Rodeway Inn, The Stanley was way out of our price range. We’re going to kick around here for a while and then head back down to Lone Duck tomorrow evening.