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Gypsum to Steamboat Springs and WY - Pavement and Private Land | COBDR Stage 5 and 6Gypsum to Steamboat Springs and WY - Pavement and Private Land | COBDR Stage 5 and 6

Gypsum to Steamboat Springs and WY - Pavement and Private Land | COBDR Stage 5 and 6

After grabbing lunch in Eagle, we hopped on the freeway - a slightly embarrassing experience, given that we were aired down and travelling rather slowly - for the six-mile stint back to Gypsum and the start of Stage 5. In fact, we'd be splitting off from the main route, which follows the highway for a stretch, opting instead to run the 15-mile "Harder Alternate," rejoining the main route at the Colorado Canyon Gorge. "No Jimmy, the fish wasn't 'this big,' it was only four fingers long." Gypsum, keeping it real. Stage 5 - Gypsum to Steamboat Springs North of Gypsum…

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Through the Mule Mountains | Bradshaw Trail #3Through the Mule Mountains - Bradshaw Trail #3

Through the Mule Mountains | Bradshaw Trail #3

As I transitioned from the middle segment of the Bradshaw Trail that'd ferried me across the Chuckwalla Bench, I was very much looking forward to the final - and shortest - segment of the journey. It was already quarter-to-five in the afternoon, so I only had a couple hours of light before I'd have to call it a night. I hoped that would give me enough time to find a great camp site in the Hauser Geode Beds. This spot - as with most of the other highlights of this adventure - wasn't on the main route, but was one…

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