Rudi Reservoir & off Roading

So I decided I needed to get out of the house again and explore the country side of Colorado. So I took off to a place called Rudi (pronounced Rude - eye). It's really quite beautiful. the day was perfect - sun was out and I was prepared to work on my ever lacking tan.


So here I am...officially at Rudi after a 45 minute drive. ;) As you'll see from the pictures I had a great day. First was Rudi then a bit of off roading in a state forest - I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into as I was alone and exploring all around but with a bit of curiosity and a lot of adventure - I decided to see what my rental X-Terra could do. On the way I passed these funky building type things - anyone know what they are for?










































Above you'll see a few cows blocking the road - and some AMAZING landscape. It was really quite breathtaking and a PERFECT place for good rock climbing. There were a few trails that were obstacle courses but I have to give the X-Terra an A+ for getting me everywhere I wanted to go. I was driving over boulders and ditches and all kinds of stuff and at times the car would hesitate but eventually do as I told. :)

Also does anyone understand that sign. I was taking a side road off of the side road off of a main trail and came across this sign...HUH? It was on a gate blocking the way and reads public access - please close gate? So does that mean get out - open the gate - go through and then close it again? I just turned around...which ended up being somewhat of an 8 point turn as I was on the side of a cliff with mountain on the other side. It was really a GREAT adventure..now only if I had someone to share it with...