Epic Ride: The Monarch Crest Trail. 

I was invited to tag along with a coworker and a few of his friends on a trip to Salida, CO for some camping and to knock out the Monarch Crest Trail.

Two of us were coming from Denver and 3 others were coming up from Durango.  

Here is the crew:

group photo
L to R: Anthony, Lora, Jeff, Casper, Me.

Anthony and I followed Jeff's directions to a nice little spot by the Arkansas River he had picked out earlier that day.  It was about 9:00 pm.  We pulled up to a hot fire and cold beer. (read the whole story)

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