What we've been up to in 2009, Part 2

We went for a drive.

We found a "primitive" road that led out of Monument.



The dirt road took us to a nicer dirt road that we had been on before. The road went from Woodland Park to a paved road near Sedalia.



We could see Pikes Peak through the trees.



We drove toward Denver and after 20 miles came to a locked Forest Service gate. How very frustrating. Just before the gate there was a jeep trail so we decided to take that. It was very steep and icy in many places. Luckily we were in Dave's truck because we needed the higher clearance.



We finally came out at Rainbow Falls not too far from Woodland Park and drove home.