So I had to get out and see the mountains. As you can see we still have a ton of snow up there!!! So much, there may be trails that do not open this year! I went into Taylor Park, and managed to log about 150 miles of dirt roads in there.

My steed:





On the way up Cottonwood Pass:









There was a drift twice this depth, but it was not safe to stop a photograph it:

 

On the way to Mirror Lake, well almost:



I stopped shortly after this section. The snow was too much to deal with on this bike!

Mirror Lake:





Yeah, still 95% covered in ice!!

Home for the first night:





Backpacker's ice chest:





After I set up camp, I hiked up to Mirror Lake, and shot some photos along the way:







Getting ready to turn in:



These are some shots of Tin Cup. An old 1800s town, that is still active today:

 

After getting up and around, I wanted to get in some geo-caches that I had put in my GPS unit for this trip. There is an old cemetery outside of Tin Cup, and there is one there. I love old cemetaries, so I had to check it out! The foot bridge that led to where the cache was had been over taken by water, so I just looked around the cemetery, and skipped the cache this time. Here are some shots I took:









Very ornate iron work:



Still active today:



A cache I could actually get to:



Typical contents, just trinkets and stuff:



Some shots around Taylor Park:







Some shots of Union Park:

 

Pie Plant townsite:

Old Pie Plant Mill remnants:



I had another shot of the townsite, but it didn't turn out, so here is the only one I got:



After farting around for several hours, I decided to get my camp site squared away:



I picked a spot I have camped before, right along Italian Creek. The road was snowed in about a mile up from where I camped!



Some shots around camp:









This creek was about 3 times it's normal volume!



Some shots of American Flag Mountain...AWESOME!!:

 

I got out that afternoon, and took some more pics:



















Got back to camp, and had to modify the MASSIVE fire pit someone built....this outta be plenty of room:



Sun was setting on my night:





Packed up the next morning, and got a shot of Rainbow Lake on the way back down Cottonwood:



I had a ball, and can't wait til the next outting!!

 

great write up! thanks for sharing some pictures!

 

Nice pictures, Kyle. I went out for fathers day last year to the union park area by taylor.

stunning aint it?

 

Great pics Kyle!! I really enjoyed. Didn't know you had a mc too! Did you want to do the trip solo? or did some people bail?

 

I wanted to do it solo, but I only have one freind that has an ADV bike, and he is not that into primitive camping. I didn't mind being alone at all!!

 

Sometimes being on your on own has it's benefits. I did a solo 9 day trip around the state years ago...had a blast too.

Great post Kyle!

 

Very nice Kyle... thanks for sharing.

 

I was thinking the same thing....there are a ton of really great places in this state, and surrounding states, I have not been. The motorcycle gets at least 40 mpg, and I can camp right off the back of it, so it's a win win!! I have not driven my truck since Tuesday of last week!! LOL!!