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Yankee Boy Basin
July 6, 2003
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Sunday of our 4th of July holiday, we went Jeepin'
with Doug & Julie Barger up to Yankee Boy Basin.
We ran into a few rain drops early on, but it cleared to beautiful Colorado blue skies by the time we reached the basin.
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Just out of Ouray, it is a trip of spectacular beauty and shorter duration than many others further from home.
Early into the trip you reach this rock overhang on the narrow shelf road.
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We tried our best to obey all signs. Steve did very well obeying this one!
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At the town site of Sneffels we found this mine building to explore and pine trees with purple pinecones! We had never seen those before!
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That's Mt. Sneffels in the background.
14,150 Ft
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We parked Wayne at 11,400' and hiked up a ways to check out the incredible views and wildflowers.
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Lunch time!
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We enjoyed a picnic beside these dual waterfalls.
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Heading down we had to wait for the traffic to clear before we could drive back over the shelf road.
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