The Fruita Walkabout: Tabuache System

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Morning over looking the Colorado Monument

Sunday morning I woke up at 5:30, packed camp, ate a quick breakfast and I was on the road by 6am. I took a back roads route to Grand Junction following the perimeter of the Colorado Monument and got to the Tabuache System otherwise known as the Lunch Loops around 6:30am. I had to leave the area by 10:30am as I still had a 4 hour drive home and my girls flight was landing in Denver at 3:15pm.

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Kokopelli it seems even has his mischievous hands on the Tabuache

My route for the morning

Up Tabuache
Up Eagle's Tail
Up Pet-e-kes
Up Eagle's Tail Connector
Eagle's Wing Connector
Tabuache Connector
Up Tabuache
Little Park Rd
Down Andy's
Up the Ribbon
Down Little Park Rd(Hit 48 mph)
Up Lunch Line
Down "Free Lunch"
Down Tabuache
Down Holy Cross
Ginny's Loop
Down Kurt's Lane to the car

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Bottom of Pet-e-Kes looking NorthEast

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Looking North from the Eagle's Wing

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Andy's

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Sandstone Cliffs

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Riding beneath the sandstone cliffs

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Riding through sandstone canyons on the way to the Ribbon

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The amazing power of water

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The Ribbon

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An endless sea of slickrock

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Coming down Free Lunch

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Holy Cross

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The Tabuache System was sweet and I wish I had more time to explore it but I finished my morning right at 10:30 as planned and got back to Lakewood by 2pm. My girls flight was delayed due to Tornado warnings and thunderstorms in Denver but they finally made it in around 5:30pm. It was a good weekend but I'm glad to have my family back and to be back near the beautiful Rocky Mountains.

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