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MuseRider

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5. Those passes scare the crap outta me!

Tue Aug 20, 2019, 06:14 PM

Aug 2019

Imogene was awful, I had my eyes closed most of the time but the first one we did was Ophir pass. My husband convinced me we could do it. We knew NOTHING but he had a new Pathfinder and saw nothing wrong with taking me and our 2 kids up. He told me that they told him it was easy. Way up the top when there was barely room for our car and the footing was loose rock he killed the engine. We had 6 inches to the edge. We made it but it took me 2 hours after we got back to get my hands out of the clutched position. The kids were crying, I was angry as hell when he wanted to go back to Telluride that way, HAH! We drove the long way with him complaining the entire way back about me being a chicken. Damn right I was.

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Couple expected to survive 450-foot plunge off mountain road [View all] bluedigger Aug 2019 OP

Take that ride every 4th of July randr Aug 2019 #1

Was it open this year on the Fourth? bluedigger Aug 2019 #3

Missed this year randr Aug 2019 #7

Didn't open until the end of July. bluedigger Aug 2019 #8

Did Black Bear many years ago randr Aug 2019 #9

Really want to do Black Bear. bluedigger Aug 2019 #10

And I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #2

Oh, yeah. bluedigger Aug 2019 #4

Those passes scare the crap outta me! MuseRider Aug 2019 #5

I won't say I wasn't scared coming down. bluedigger Aug 2019 #6

I will never do it again. NEVER! MuseRider Aug 2019 #11

We call the residents there "trustifarians". bluedigger Aug 2019 #12

Yeah. MuseRider Aug 2019 #13