Jim and Lyndi ZR-1 Road Trip 2019 - Back to Alaska

[PhillipsLT5]

Hotel named after Rabbit Ears Pass, awesome trip/pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tf95ZR1]

Jim & Lyndi,

As always, thank you for sharing your adventures
with all of us. Your pictures are beautiful and better
than professional. The time taken for your written
reports is much appreciated. It sure seems that the
two of you are living life correctly. Continue to have
fun and continued safe travels.

Ted

So... how many miles on your Z now?

[QB93Z]

Originally Posted by tf95ZR1

Jim & Lyndi,

So... how many miles on your Z now?

Hi Ted, about 71,000 now. For this trip so far, ~7,800 miles.
And we have enjoyed every mile.

No problems with the ZR-1. Every thing is running great and the Michelin PS2's are holding up well. I finally fixed the rear alignment problem.

On Friday, we will join a large Family Reunion in Estes Park, CO. All my brothers and about 60 people from the Ford (my Mother's) side of the family.


Jim

[efnfast]

Originally Posted by WARP TEN

Absolutely right! An Alvis TB14. Very rare and I have never seen one in person. Great work -- I can now sleep peacefully at night knowing the answer. I even found another picture of that very car at a car show. --Bob

So, I was at a customers house this afternoon. I asked "whats under the cover". It was a 1932 Alvis. He said one of two in North America. What are the odds?

[Mystic ZR-1]

Originally Posted by efnfast

So, I was at a customers house this afternoon. I asked "whats under the cover". It was a 1932 Alvis. He said one of two in North America. What are the odds?

Cool!
But, did he buy a pump?

[efnfast]

Originally Posted by Mystic ZR-1

Cool!
But, did he buy a pump?

I might have had to give him one. Warrenty.

[QB93Z]

Originally Posted by efnfast

So, I was at a customers house this afternoon. I asked "whats under the cover". It was a 1932 Alvis. He said one of two in North America. What are the odds?

That is amazing!

Jim

[QB93Z]

Day 35: Drive from Steamboat Springs to Estes Park, CO for a family reunion.

On Friday we left the Rabbit Ears Hotel and headed south on US-40. We didn't even get a half mile before we saw a hot air balloon:




We circled back toward town and now there were two balloons. We like the Smokey balloon:




Then 3 balloons and more:












By now we were back into Steamboat Springs and the balloons were right above the buildings:











As far as we know, no balloons were injured in the making of this documentary.





Jim

[QB93Z]

Day 35 continued:

After the balloon chasing, we drove south on US-40 over Bear Mountain heading for Granby, CO, the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park.




We passed a beautiful small gorge with a stream, rocky cliffs and railroad tracks. Three of my favorite things:




After a brief stop in Granby, we watched as a group of about 40 vintage Fords from the 1960's passed. There were Rancheros, Galaxies, Falcons, Fairlanes, plus others and a Woody with a surfboard. Surprisingly there were no Mustangs. We join the cruise and headed for the National Park:




Luckily for us,the Fords pulled off before the park entrance so we had the Trail Ridge Road to ourselves. Less than a mile up the road we spotted a grown Moose relaxing near the road. Since the Moose is wearing a locator collar, it is being used to study movements:






We enjoyed the early summer views of the snow on the mountains:






There were lots of places where there was still snow at the road side:




Here is the view looking east from Medicine Bow Curve. The pull out is just west of the Alpine Visitor Center, near the highest elevation in the Park.

(This is one of the spots where the ZR-1 Rocky Mountain Run group stopped last year):




Trail Ridge Road east of the Alpine Visitor Center on the scariest part with cliffs at the road edge:






to be continued.........

[QB93Z]

Day 35 continued:

Rocky Mountain National Park has many, many wonderful views. Here is a rain storm over the ridge:






Just east of the Alpine Visitor Center, I spotted several Rock Sheep laying down about 10 feet from the edge of the road. Their coloration makes them blend into the rocky terrain very effectively:




As we descended from the peak we found a large group of Elk on the snow near the edge of the road. I counted a 45 Elk in all. Some were on the snow and some were below the snow edge:








The many areas of remaining snow causes a lot of small waterfalls that overflow the road edge:






We left the National Park and went to a large YMCA Recreation Area near Estes Park to attend a Ford Family Reunion(my Mother's side of the family). One of the mandatory events of our reunions is to get a photo of the Five Voter Brothers in chronological order:
(left to right) Rich, Warren Art, Jim, Bill (oldest):




As the festivities continued, Lyndi got a neat picture just after sunset:





Jim