Tom Test

    October 6, 2023 .  Just outside of Crested Butte is the 31-mile gravel road to Kebler Pass and beyond.  Since it's considered one of the premier Aspen drives in Colorado, we just had to do it ... and found a good hike part way along it.  We knew, of course, that we weren't the only people who had the idea, so we got an early start to beat the crowds.  We had bluebird skies, and the Aspen's stretched almost as far as the eye could see ... the massive (~12,000') peaks beyond hemmed them in.   For the less informed, Aspen groves develop by sprouting from spreading roots, resulting in individual groves of genetically identical trees ... i.e., a single organism.  One in Utah has been measured at 100 acres!  And there's some thought that some of the groves near Kebler Pass are even larger, but the resources needed to map out the boundaries of the individual groves (quite a chore, without much real need) has never been allocate...

    October 6, 2023 .  Just outside of Crested Butte is the 31-mile gravel road to Kebler Pass and beyond.  Since it's considered one of the premier Aspen drives in Colorado, we just had to do it ... and found a good hike part way along it.  We knew, of course, that we weren't the only people who had the idea, so we got an early start to beat the crowds.  We had bluebird skies, and the Aspen's stretched almost as far as the eye could see ... the massive (~12,000') peaks beyond hemmed them in.   For the less informed, Aspen groves develop by sprouting from spreading roots, resulting in individual groves of genetically identical trees ... i.e., a single organism.  One in Utah has been measured at 100 acres!  And there's some thought that some of the groves near Kebler Pass are even larger, but the resources needed to map out the boundaries of the individual groves (quite a chore, without much real need) has never been allocate...

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    October 6, 2023 .  Just outside of Crested Butte is the 31-mile gravel road to Kebler Pass and beyond.  Since it's considered one of the premier Aspen drives in Colorado, we just had to do it ... and found a good hike part way along it.  We knew, of course, that we weren't the only people who had the idea, so we got an early start to beat the crowds.  We had bluebird skies, and the Aspen's stretched almost as far as the eye could see ... the massive (~12,000') peaks beyond hemmed them in.   For the less informed, Aspen groves develop by sprouting from spreading roots, resulting in individual groves of genetically identical trees ... i.e., a single organism.  One in Utah has been measured at 100 acres!  And there's some thought that some of the groves near Kebler Pass are even larger, but the resources needed to map out the boundaries of the individual groves (quite a chore, without much real need) has never been allocate...

  October 6, 2023 .  Just outside of Crested Butte is the 31-mile gravel road to Kebler Pass and beyond.  Since it's considered one of the premier Aspen drives in Colorado, we just had to do it ... and found a good hike part way along it.  We knew, of course, that we weren't the only people who had the idea, so we got an early start to beat the crowds.  We had bluebird skies, and the Aspen's stretched almost as far as the eye could see ... the massive (~12,000') peaks beyond hemmed them in.   For the less informed, Aspen groves develop by sprouting from spreading roots, resulting in individual groves of genetically identical trees ... i.e., a single organism.  One in Utah has been measured at 100 acres!  And there's some thought that some of the groves near Kebler Pass are even larger, but the resources needed to map out the boundaries of the individual groves (quite a chore, without much real need) has never been allocated. Our ...

    October 6, 2023 .  Just outside of Crested Butte is the 31-mile gravel road to Kebler Pass and beyond.  Since it's considered one of the premier Aspen drives in Colorado, we just had to do it ... and found a good hike part way along it.  We knew, of course, that we weren't the only people who had the idea, so we got an early start to beat the crowds.  We had bluebird skies, and the Aspen's stretched almost as far as the eye could see ... the massive (~12,000') peaks beyond hemmed them in.   For the less informed, Aspen groves develop by sprouting from spreading roots, resulting in individual groves of genetically identical trees ... i.e., a single organism.  One in Utah has been measured at 100 acres!  And there's some thought that some of the groves near Kebler Pass are even larger, but the resources needed to map out the boundaries of the individual groves (quite a chore, without much real need) has never been allocate...

  October 6, 2023 .  Just outside of Crested Butte is the 31-mile gravel road to Kebler Pass and beyond.  Since it's considered one of the premier Aspen drives in Colorado, we just had to do it ... and found a good hike part way along it.  We knew, of course, that we weren't the only people who had the idea, so we got an early start to beat the crowds.  We had bluebird skies, and the Aspen's stretched almost as far as the eye could see ... the massive (~12,000') peaks beyond hemmed them in.   For the less informed, Aspen groves develop by sprouting from spreading roots, resulting in individual groves of genetically identical trees ... i.e., a single organism.  One in Utah has been measured at 100 acres!  And there's some thought that some of the groves near Kebler Pass are even larger, but the resources needed to map out the boundaries of the individual groves (quite a chore, without much real need) has never been allocated. Our ...

  October 6, 2023 .  Just outside of Crested Butte is the 31-mile gravel road to Kebler Pass and beyond.  Since it's considered one of the premier Aspen drives in Colorado, we just had to do it ... and found a good hike part way along it.  We knew, of course, that we weren't the only people who had the idea, so we got an early start to beat the crowds.  We had bluebird skies, and the Aspen's stretched almost as far as the eye could see ... the massive (~12,000') peaks beyond hemmed them in.   For the less informed, Aspen groves develop by sprouting from spreading roots, resulting in individual groves of genetically identical trees ... i.e., a single organism.  One in Utah has been measured at 100 acres!  And there's some thought that some of the groves near Kebler Pass are even larger, but the resources needed to map out the boundaries of the individual groves (quite a chore, without much real need) has never been allocated. Our ...