Beautiful Trails and Sunset - Our Vacation Continues

On Friday July 23, while Lucie and I were searching for our bear, Ron was out on the trails. Our friends Fred and Pam were in the FJ behind Ron so they got lots of great pix of our vehicle. Ron took the panoramic shots below. He took about 500 pix with our Nikon. Mostly one handed while driving (which makes him a combination of bad ass and stupid :) ). They are simply amazing and can be watched in a slideshow near the end of this post. So grab a cup of coffee or sweet tea, kick back and enjoy the ride!

This trail combo was like 50 miles long and took all day.  It's a long drive.

When they started out that morning they were so excited, so full of hope and adventure.  Little did they know of the one true horror that would befall them all, a curse and a haunting madness that would consume them all that day, a day that only a few would live to tell the tale and leave them envying the dead.

Whoa...sorry about that, too much Celebrity Ghost story on Bio lately...I meant they had a good time and came home for cake.

 

I think Heidi has a time share here.

This Jeep and it's driver were spared after a considerable amount of cash and snacks were turned over to the FJ crew.

Ron runs into a cloud, no injuries were reported.

This house is in the middle of the trail and has a reality for sale sign on it.  It would take hours to drive to it but it's a beautiful spot.  Right around here Ron ran into a collection of old ladies sitting by the side of the trail taking a small break.  They recommended he try walking the trail like them.  "Ha ha ha silly old ladies", Ron was heard to exclaim as he ran over one of their feet.  I now believe that Ron thought they were gypsy women and he was secretly hoping one of them would do that "Thinner" thing to him.  They didn't :(

Thank you very much Pam and Fred for the wonderful pix!

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Yeah it was all cute fun and games till he viciously attacked the party and carried off a small child back to it's den.

This trail ride lasted nearly 12 hours.  He was fortunate to stop for lunch in an oddly isolated little village/town.  It was very "The Hills Have Eyes-esque" but the BBQ wasn't too bad.  Tasted a little like....Tom.
Lucie and I were very happy to have Ron home safe and sound.

Dusk. I love this time of day.

Evening potty break.  (Lucie had to go too)

Can you tell that he doesn't like having his picture taken much? To be fair, Lucie doesn't either. You would think that they would both be use to it by now considering that I always have a camera in hand.

Coming Sooner than the Last Post - Our Last Day of Vacation