1999 Texas Rovers Continental Divide Trip

John's Range Rover on the way to Ophir Pass	Up Hill view to Ophir Pass Jack's Discovery in foreground	Here is the road up to Ophir
Here is one of the switch backs going up to Ophir	Chris and James decided to try the Bypass! Chris got winched up, James backed down	James takes a bypass going up to Black bear pass.
Some of the scenery going up to black bear.	John comes up the same bypass that James did.	More Scenery!
One of the first side slope sections going to Black Bear.	John make the side slope look easy.	Jack's Discovery at the top of Black Bear.
Some Jeep guy had posed on this rock on Black Bear.	Kenn had to show that his D110 looked better on that rock!	The Clutts & Assoc. D110 does look better than some Jeep!
Here is the leader out in front -- as usual!	Anyone up for a high dive?	Here is Telluride on the way down from Black bear. See the airport on the left side?
Water always makes the steep descents interesting!	Another view of Telluride!	Here is that valley leading to Telluride!
Some info on the Tomboy mine.	Views of the Tomboy mine.	Views of the Tomboy mine.
Views of the Tomboy mine.	View from Imogene Pass.	Just a little bite of snow left.
Another view from Imogene Pass.	Garry (Mister Mushroom) with his D90 on Imogene.	Jack with his Disco on Imogene
Jack's Disco does a pose	A view of the mountainous road conditions	Ray made it through the first deep water crossing of the trip!
John shows us how deep the water is	Garry make it look easy	Everyone has to play some times. This was on Poughkeepsie. Jack pulled Garry out with the Disco. John winched himself out.
Chris Hinkles yellow D90 in front, Chris Stones yellow D90 in back. Two yellow D90's both owned by a Chris ... that's not confusing!	The view from Tomichi.	The road got a little rough coming down from Tomichi.
Can a Discovery make it?	With a little guidance from Dr. Hinkle it's not a problem!	The Romely mine. This is the weirdest thing you have ever seen!
A view from above of the Romely mine. how does is stay their?	Jack trying not to fall down the hill!	On to Iron chest. This was only for the Braver soles!
The rocks just kept getting bigger.	John just made it look easy!	We also found a Jeep from Utah that wanted to tempt fate.
Ray takes the easy way around this rock.	John Show us he is man enough!	Look closely, Rolf the navigator is checking out that big rock.
Chris Hinkle --"Does any one see any challenging stuff around here?"	Chris Hinkle --"This looks fun!"	Chris Hinkle -- "I have the tow strap for the other guys!"
Chris Hinkle --"This is like my drive to work!"	Thier's plenty of Articulation were that came from!	James, what did you do this time?
John, you should drive around those big rocks!	It's too hard to walk through this stuff, let's drive!	Were did I put that.....
Oh yeah, smile for the camera	Once was not enough!	John sure does like to advertise!
Those rocks were not that big!	Big Tires help.	See, a Range Rover can do this.
Next up, James	Peice O cake.	Now, it is Hinkle's turn.
Chris always takes the Extreme line.	Ah, fresh air!	and, nice rocks.
Can someone jack that rock up for me?	Was that it.	Ok, just a little more.
James makes it up and down, no problem.	As does Chris Hinkle and the rest of them too.	Time for a commercial break on Tin cup pass. Brought to you by The Clutts Agency, Land Rover Dallas * Austin, and Buckner!
Rolf looks a little cold for a man from Norway.	Get your hands out of your pocket!	Are we all ready for what it is like to go down Tincup? Not the bypass!
Chris Stone picks his line Carefully!	James said -- " After Iron Chest yesterday, this is nothing."	On second though!
No really that was easy!	Ok, here comes a Discovery Series II in actions.	Just a warm-up rock!
Ok, get ready.	Stop, picture time.	And for the Articulation test!
Let's go up Pearl pass in the rain!	Might need some navigational aids in this weather!	Well, we made it to the top.
Of course, now it stops raining.	Garry decided to play in the water going to Schofield pass.	This should be a post card or something.
It really is beautiful.	John couldn't let Garry be the only one.	Since John and Garry did it, Dan had to too.
No Dan, it's not clean yet.	Well Dan, I think that is as good as it is going to get!	Did I say this should be a post card?
Now what are we in for?	I hope we do better than this guy did!	I think their are some usable parts here.
That was a little scary.	See the road at the top of the frame?	Wonder what he is looking at?
More scenery.	Chris Hinkle -- "Come guys, lets go!"	How did that Discovery get there?
No more Mushrooms for you Garry!	Time for some Trail side repairs! (look for another section on that Soon!!)	I'm not sure my stock Discovery is ready for this. (it made it unscathed!)
Ok Kenn, this is a test!	Good so far.	Time for another break from our sponsors, The Clutts Agency.
Ok Kenn, your doing good.	No, No, your other right!	Look, target practices.
What happened to the other guy?	Some of these rocks were a little big for us little guys.	Garry does it in style.
You deserve a mushroom.	That was fun.	Rocks are great.
Time to go to Montezuma. Hope he doesn't have a reason for revenge!	More Scenery.	What are those white things?
Don't chase them away!	they are wild goats.	right in their element
No, don't jump, we will go!	Kinda make you wish you were a wild goat.	Wounder why they call this Red Cone?
Boy for a stock vehicle with sway bars, this sure can flex!	Boy for a stock vehicle with sway bars, this sure can flex!	Boy for a stock vehicle with sway bars, this sure can flex!
There is the road, with Montezuma in the valley.	I'm not going first.	Kinda feels like you're on top of the world.
I can see for miles and miles.	Or, am I in an airplane?	Did you say we have to drive on that peak?
That is pretty steep.	If it were not for those moguls, this would be easy!	And we still had one steep decent left!
Garry just had to stop and pay a little respect to the Dumas Ding Dong Daddies.	And do a little Dance. .......The END.

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