Amphicar BUYER Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 My girlfriend is AWESOME! She took me and my Amphicar to Grand Lake, Colo (population 450, elevation 8300') this last weekend for for 4 days for my birthday. Grand Lake is a BEAUTIFUL lake town in the mountains. We took Trail Ridge road (tops at 12,000') over and it's always spectacular views are both terrifing and breath taking. Much of it's shoulder in inches, yes inches wide and no guardrail to keep you from falling over the edge for 100s of feet. Grand lake is 267' deep that they know of as there is a glacier at the bottom and they don't know how deep the glacier itself is. It is one of a very few lakes that allow boathouses and many of them have old wood speedboats behind each door. The vast majority of them have never left the lake since the 30s to 50s. Seeing several old Chriscrafts at a time is not unusual. Some homes have been there since the 1890s and were once only accessed by sleds over the ice. My Amphicar and I loved it! So here are some pics so you can too! The last one is of an old wood boat on the cieling! Just what you'd expect in a bar here! There was also an old Polaris snowmobile on the wall. Snowmachines are street legal in the winter there. (the one with the snow is from last year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackofalltrades70 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Nice pictures John. I love seeing cars in the water! (when they are supposed to be, that is) Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan at larescorp Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Looks like too much fun. Living in Minnesota I get to drive all kinds of cars on the lakes (during the winter months ). But you have to hope you dont end up in them lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Davethewave Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Clear mountain lakes with antique boats or the Illinois River full Asian Carp, hmmmmm Choices all of these choices. Your lake looks pretty good !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweepspear Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Breathtakingly beautiful area!Those homes are what dreams are made of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amphicar BUYER Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 I LOVE Grand lake! It's part of 3 lakes, ea one progressively larger. Grand lake (1.3mi) flows into Shadow Mountain resevoir (3 mi) and then to Lake Granby (8 mi). Unbelievably beautiful small towns and mountain views. About 100 miles NW of Denver (about 2 hours). Mountain driving so be prepared for twisty but wide modern 2 lane roads. Sure is worth the drive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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