Engineer Pass (almost)

I rode with Ken and Faye today with the intent of us driving over to Engineer Pass. However, that was before Murphy's Law caught up to us. Our first problem was when it started to rain around Silverton which made the trail a little more treacherous than usual. Then, Dave and Bev's transmission began to fail to the point that they were unable to shift into four wheel drive which was needed on the steeper inclines, so they had to return to the campground. Lastly, when we got to the turn for Engineer Pass, the clouds had moved in and you could not see the top of the mountain, so we decided to return to Highway 550 via the Alpine Loop.

The section of the trail we had to traverse was extremely rocky with severe off-camber obstacles on the side of a cliff. Needless to say, that created some heart pounding adrenaline rushes. I cannot repeat Faye's comments regarding the experience as this is a family oriented blog. Fortunately, we returned home safe and sound, albeit, with a few more gray hairs.

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