Colorado Backcountry Discovery Route, July 2021, Day 1 

It's a fun route, for sure.

Thanks, Wade! It is beautiful country, indeed.

It's a quaint little town.

It's a really beautiful state. A bit overcrowded in some popular places, though.

Probably two, three days to release.

We hadn't even drove the COBDR two miles when we bumped into him. It was pretty cool to get some video of him.

That was a funny comment of : Dude I'm just trying to get a tan man, @@DxDOverland . Good to see these vids. Wondering if y'all were able to do this ride before or after the major rains & mudslides.

@@tpseeker3367 During. The last three days we had major thunderstorms every night. Plenty of video will show that, and how they ultimately affected our travels.

Should we get some waders ready @@DxDOverland? Yeah that's one thing people forget to do is check weather reports, then again mother nature sure does loving throwing curve balls when we least expect it

We were forecast for three days of rain before trip. I advised the crew to prepare for cool, hot and wet. We jus had no idea the wet would be so heavy. Once on the trail, we rarely had cell service. We tried NOAA weather reports, but couldn't receive any stations. An InReach would have really come in handy, though I doubt we would have changed our plans.

The .gpx file is freely available at this link. ridebdr.com/cobdr/ Strongly recommend carry a detailed Colorado state map like a Gazetteer and the Butler COBDR Motorcycle Map. Recommend buy the Gazetteer direct from Garmin to ensure you get most current edition, and the BDR map from Touratech, a sponsor of the BDR program ... touratech-usa.com/Store/Butler-Motorcycle-Maps-Colorado-Backcountry-Discovery-Route-COBDR

Thanks!

You're welcome, Jeff!

What makes you decide on which Jeep to take on your travels?

Mostly what I want to eat. Gladiator has no fridge, so I do mostly freeze-dried backpacking foods. Wrangler has a decent galley with fridge, so I can have better meals, cold drinks, etc. Though, because of the hours I spend working photos and videos each day in camp, they're usually very simple meals.

Indeed. Typically those fees go toward upkeep of facilities, etc, in that area. That's a good thing. My real complaint is sometimes it's difficult for travelers across state lines to know what areas require what fees. I've been through states that even charge fees for certain viewpoints along highways. Signage at the last minute saying you need a permit that is only available online and you have no phone service can be rather frustrating. And right now, there is a lot of conflicting info online about the Colorado access to their state wildlife areas. Most of it says that a hunting or fishing license is required, which is not true since they created the additional access pass. As you can imagine, a Colorado hunting or fishing license for out-of-state travelers is quite expensive. The access pass is more reasonably priced. I do go into this during my studio chat later in this series of videos.