Thank you for your videos! Brings back bitter sweet memories. My late husband & I drove a lot of Northwest runs. Been years since I've been out there. I miss the runs and the beautiful scenery! You definitely bring a smile to this old lady!! Be SAFE in your travels!
Glad to see you and a nice relaxing trucker video. Got to sit back and enjoy the scenery. Been watching some others, couldn't handle that nutty traffic. Diesel was close to 5 here last week after a 60 cent hike in 3 days, probably well over 5 now. Just keeping the Ram in the garage and staying home. I'll ride shotgun with you. By the way. Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee is one of my favorite songs, Alan Jackson.
Awesome scenery and an Awesome Driver!!! Thanks for taking us with you!!!! I really enjoy sitting up in the front with you!!!! Have a Great Weekend!!! 🤗♥️🙏🏼
Beautiful scenery ... my grandson is learning to drive ... I am going to have him watch this video -- good comments on how you are driving in that type of road condition. Also... I like driving behind trucks on long-distance drives .... no one wants to cut in front of me. However, after watching your videos, I now realize that doing that might irritate truck drivers -- I will try not to do that any more -- at least not too much!! Thanks so much for these videos -- so enjoyable.
Good Morning Good Morning to you. I'm glad to see you back on the road & with another great video. I really enjoy the beautiful view from inside your truck office. Be safe out there. God bless.
12 degrees makes that snow crunchy and surprisingly there's traction. Love Monarch Pass area, there is, or at least used to be, a great campground just north of 50 about halfway up the pass. As someone that also used to drive for a living in Colorado well done! You have skills, my friend.
Have been waiting for another road trip. Seems like it’s been awhile 😁Finished all of your other videos so have been patiently waiting 😁 Stay safe on that snow !
Thanks for the reminders. When I was much younger I would travel along Hwy 50 to go fishing with my dad and brothers. After I got out of the Army I moved to Gunnison where I attended Western State. The memories of traveling this road are pretty good, thanks for showing this route. I live in New Mexico now so I seldom see snow.
Mike, I love how you sign off your videos, with the "PEACE!". I had a very good friend I met online in a game, his name was Brian, he lived in Florida and I lived in Seattle. We eventually ended up being roommates after I moved to Idaho, but he used to use the same gesture and very similar enunciation of the word as you do, so watching your YT channel always brings my buddy Brian fondly back to mind. Sadly, Brian passed several years ago (2018), so reminders of the years we spent together are very welcome.
HI MIKE, BE SAFE ON THOSE PASSES. YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS AS WELL AS ALL OVER THE ROAD DRIVERS. HOPE YOUR AMILY IS DOING WELL ALSO. WOULD LOVE TO BE RIDING IN THE PASSER SIT TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AS YOU SEE IT. BE WELL
Trailer Park Boys was funny as hell when Mike Clattenburg was directing it; the first 7 seasons or so. BTW, that view at around 14:00, getting the first view of the northern tip of the Sangre de Cristos, is incredible!
We’ll be arriving from the U.K. in 4 weeks, driving my beloved Chevy suburban from SFO via Carson city then highway 50 to Ely, heading east via Yellowstone and eventually via Vale and Durango before heading back to SFO via monument valley, I’m so looking forward to it and watching this with the coaching on driving is reassuring. We have driven before on parts of the route in summer but I’m preparing for a little snow just incase. Thanks for taking the time to post
Hell ya killer view mountain man mike ,I'm 3rd generation colorado native born in Montrose colorado in 1972 family born and raised in olathe and delta and sapinero up the hill from Blue Mesa resivoir moved to the springs in 82
Yeah, I did that trip in the Summer some years back. Wonderful scenery! Had a great lunch in Salida and got chased by a couple of low-flying C-130 planes east of Gunnison!! Took CO 92 to Hotchkiss and Delta and then back on US 50 to Grand Junction. I could spend every Summer travelling in that country! Stay safe!!
I lived in Gunnison for four years but grew up in Pueblo. I live in New Mexico now after traveling to different parts of the US and to two other continents.
I thoughly enjoy riding shotgun virtually, but would make a very poor physical passenger !!! Your routes take you through the areas where my late husband's adult children and their families live so I can see how much the landscape has changed or not changed. I also understand why my Godson can't watch these videos now, as a former truck driver himself he says watching these are as exciting as watching paint dry ! Hahaha ! I watch them to understand what to expect and how to react when I'm in front of or behind a semi under these conditions. I worked the oilfields of the northwest until about 10 years ago when I moved to North Dakota. Thank you so much for making these videos !!!
I have driven Hwy 50 thru Canon City and over the pass through Blue Mesa and all the way to Grand Junction so many times I lost count! Love the drive! Used to work safety for CHCA. We raced at a quarry road near Garfield and a race at Lands End. Keep the greasy side down!
It's on point on how you drive them roads I learned at young age from my granda and good set tires make all the difference it's all about the feel for the road and paying attention to your surroundings
My new Lab just took his first swim on the river the other day. Like a duck. Off that second campground you passed. This summer I'll show him rock diving
I retired from the road and just recently moved to north central Washington and some really cold weather. What surprised me was that once the cold weather set in the snow on the hills was not a problem. Our temps ranged from -5 to the low 20s for two months. The only times I had any problems with our hilly driveway and road was early before it got really cold and late as the temp started getting around 30
I love this stretch of road, have driven it many times back and forth between Delta, Pueblo, or The Springs! 4hrs - 4 1/2 hrs from Pueblo to Montrose. My dad, who was a native Coloradoan and long time trucker taught me to never hang out by another vehicle, so that's one of my pet peeves too! I would love to see a video of Gunnison to Montrose. Always nice to ride along Mike! Be Safe out there!
I ride shotgun with you about 6 hrs a day! It's like a free bus trip with pleasant conversation! I'm retired so have plenty of time to ride. Keep on truckin!
Love your ride alongs to a retired "Mtn Man in the Desert"....I get to visit my hone towns and see how they changed.....Poncha Spgs, Salida, Leadville. Monarch......I drove those roads all my life...a lot of memories on those roads....thx....the Peoples Convoy drove by my house in Golden Valley Az.....see my video....fished the Arkansas all my life too....now you have to pay to fish it!
Hi Mike…suggestion on the sweet tea…I had same problem…order half and half ( half sweet & half unsweetened). Been working for me for years. If you’re eating in the restaurant & what they bring is still too sweet, have them refill with only unsweetened when it’s half empty. ENJOY!
Nice driving found this channel a few months ago. I don’t drive truck but love watching your videos. And it almost sounds like it might be time to upgrade to an Apple 🍎.. 😂
Is your other channel up and running? If so, what is the link so we can watch it? My husband and I love watching you and listening to you talk. We would be interested in watching your new channel too. The sample looked so relaxing.
It was great actually seeing the stretch of road west into Salida after all these years, Mike. I was on it once, about 40 years ago while on a vacation trip. Unfortunately it was at night, and I couldn't see the landscape around me while driving. Obviously I missed a lot. I sure knew that river ran along beside the road though, lights and moon shined on it and reflected. In those narrow places between mountains and river, I remember only seeing my headlights flashing on rocky mountainsides everywhere there was a tight curve. And every so often there was a "Watch for Flash Floods" sign. I thought it meant from the river, but it may have meant water rushing down the mountains to the river. Didn't see any of those signs in this video, however. Wonder why?
As a former Leadville resident all I can say is more power too you. I do not miss winter in the Colo. high country. I think that all of the snowbirds here in Tucson have the right idea .
The best advice I have ever heard about driving on snow, is to imagine you're driving barefoot, and that the brake and accelerator pedals are covered in thumb tacks. If you're gentle on the pedals, you can drive quite safely. If you're too hard on the pedals, you get a foot full of tacks.
Driven that highway many times. Canon city is my home town. Thanks for the memories
Great to see you back again, its been a while.
I was just thinking about you man and then this just popped up! Yes! What a great scenery!
Welcome back Mike! I love riding shotgun with you. No worries, and gorgeous scenery to boot!
More luscious winter mountain scenery. Never. Gets. Old. Thanks again, Mike.
It is beautiful country.
More beautiful snow driving videos! Love your content! Thanks phor sharing.
My thumbs always out and up to catch the ride with you......I miss Colorado.
What a beautiful drive this morning, Mike. Wonderful to see the CO mtns with all their winter glory and that CO blue sky. Great way to start the day.
I live in Colorado and the sky is the prettiest blue for some reason. I've been all over the country and nothing beats the Colorado blue sky
I agree
Joyful to see you again; been awhile; great video with the snow. Love it😎
Thank you for your videos! Brings back bitter sweet memories. My late husband & I drove a lot of Northwest runs. Been years since I've been out there. I miss the runs and the beautiful scenery! You definitely bring a smile to this old lady!! Be SAFE in your travels!
Loved it watched the whole thing, great scenery and driving, thank you sir!
Nice to see you back. Don't know if I been missing you or you haven't had any new ones lately. Stay safe
Nice to have you back, great videos! Cheers from Toronto
I'm excited a new video. I never get tired of your video's. Listening to you is so relaxing. Stay Safe. Thanks.
Glad to see you and a nice relaxing trucker video. Got to sit back and enjoy the scenery. Been watching some others, couldn't handle that nutty traffic. Diesel was close to 5 here last week after a 60 cent hike in 3 days, probably well over 5 now. Just keeping the Ram in the garage and staying home. I'll ride shotgun with you. By the way. Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee is one of my favorite songs, Alan Jackson.
A master at work here! Love these videos Mike, keep on trucking bud!
Love riding along with you Mike, especially in the snow. I live in Salida....Salida California that is.
Wow !!!! That's Gorgeous !!! A little scary for some people... Thanks for the view !!
Simply beautiful!
Awesome scenery and an Awesome Driver!!! Thanks for taking us with you!!!! I really enjoy sitting up in the front with you!!!! Have a Great Weekend!!!
🤗♥️🙏🏼
Love that ride on US 50 across the Monarch and down the Gunnison. Stay safe. Enjoy your channel!
Beautiful scenery ... my grandson is learning to drive ... I am going to have him watch this video -- good comments on how you are driving in that type of road condition. Also... I like driving behind trucks on long-distance drives .... no one wants to cut in front of me. However, after watching your videos, I now realize that doing that might irritate truck drivers -- I will try not to do that any more -- at least not too much!! Thanks so much for these videos -- so enjoyable.
It's called follow the leader and it's really irritating .
Good Morning Good Morning to you. I'm glad to see you back on the road & with another great video. I really enjoy the beautiful view from inside your truck office. Be safe out there. God bless.
Thx Gene..
Great to get a vid from from you don't worry what the people think you're behind the wheel an you always seem to have it under control.
Excellent sceneries mate great driving from new Zealand
Long time no see…..Thanks for the ride 😎🇺🇸
I really like listening to all the things you have to say, but it was so cute when you said Hello Darlin🙂
Time for some scenery. Love all the videos. Know you are busy. I was hoping that you could get the Boston trip up sometime.
But with that said, I've had the privilege of watching many of your videos and have loved every minute. Keep truckin' and be safe :)
12 degrees makes that snow crunchy and surprisingly there's traction. Love Monarch Pass area, there is, or at least used to be, a great campground just north of 50 about halfway up the pass. As someone that also used to drive for a living in Colorado well done! You have skills, my friend.
Love the crunch.. nice n crisp..
Wow. It is so beautiful up there. Would be a dream to drive in those conditions
Was very nice.. ty Oc.. ✌️
Love that video, Mikey!
Quite a switch from sunny Salida to snowy Monarch. I drove it a couple times in the summer. Lol.
Keep on truckin!!
Have been waiting for another road trip. Seems like it’s been awhile 😁Finished all of your other videos so have been patiently waiting 😁 Stay safe on that snow !
Thanks for the reminders. When I was much younger I would travel along Hwy 50 to go fishing with my dad and brothers. After I got out of the Army I moved to Gunnison where I attended Western State. The memories of traveling this road are pretty good, thanks for showing this route. I live in New Mexico now so I seldom see snow.
Thanks for the ride, I love your narration about your driving techniques and other people's driving. Driving slow and scared is dangerous.
Thanks Ernie .
Mike, I love how you sign off your videos, with the "PEACE!". I had a very good friend I met online in a game, his name was Brian, he lived in Florida and I lived in Seattle. We eventually ended up being roommates after I moved to Idaho, but he used to use the same gesture and very similar enunciation of the word as you do, so watching your YT channel always brings my buddy Brian fondly back to mind. Sadly, Brian passed several years ago (2018), so reminders of the years we spent together are very welcome.
Another Great drive! Thanks, miss going out on our road-trips , hopefully soon!
Enjoyed the drive as usual . TY. MMM God bless you
HI MIKE, BE SAFE ON THOSE PASSES. YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS AS WELL AS ALL OVER THE ROAD DRIVERS. HOPE YOUR AMILY IS DOING WELL ALSO. WOULD LOVE TO BE RIDING IN THE PASSER SIT TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AS YOU SEE IT. BE WELL
Beautiful roads, thanks for sharing your experience, stay safe👍
Welcome back Mike. Bless is your day/driving,etc. Thanks again for this beautiful driving day. 🦢🦜🕊🌝
Trailer Park Boys was funny as hell when Mike Clattenburg was directing it; the first 7 seasons or so. BTW, that view at around 14:00, getting the first view of the northern tip of the Sangre de Cristos, is incredible!
Totally agree..✌️
Oh goody. Another trip. Woohooo
One of the most beautiful drives in the country. I live in Canon City, and I make that drive just to drive. It's gorgeous!
Just beautiful breathtaking Thanks for sharing 👍 😊
We’ll be arriving from the U.K. in 4 weeks, driving my beloved Chevy suburban from SFO via Carson city then highway 50 to Ely, heading east via Yellowstone and eventually via Vale and Durango before heading back to SFO via monument valley, I’m so looking forward to it and watching this with the coaching on driving is reassuring.
We have driven before on parts of the route in summer but I’m preparing for a little snow just incase.
Thanks for taking the time to post
Long time no see Mike, thanks for this ride.
Hell ya killer view mountain man mike ,I'm 3rd generation colorado native born in Montrose colorado in 1972 family born and raised in olathe and delta and sapinero up the hill from Blue Mesa resivoir moved to the springs in 82
WOW. You threaded that big truck into that alley. Loved the drowns view. Your aweeome Mike ❤ i ride w you
Yeah, I did that trip in the Summer some years back. Wonderful scenery! Had a great lunch in Salida and got chased by a couple of low-flying C-130 planes east of Gunnison!! Took CO 92 to Hotchkiss and Delta and then back on US 50 to Grand Junction. I could spend every Summer travelling in that country! Stay safe!!
I lived in Gunnison for four years but grew up in Pueblo. I live in New Mexico now after traveling to different parts of the US and to two other continents.
800th Like! Keep 'em coming! Safe travels brother! 🏁 🏁 🏁 🏁
I thoughly enjoy riding shotgun virtually, but would make a very poor physical passenger !!! Your routes take you through the areas where my late husband's adult children and their families live so I can see how much the landscape has changed or not changed. I also understand why my Godson can't watch these videos now, as a former truck driver himself he says watching these are as exciting as watching paint dry ! Hahaha ! I watch them to understand what to expect and how to react when I'm in front of or behind a semi under these conditions. I worked the oilfields of the northwest until about 10 years ago when I moved to North Dakota. Thank you so much for making these videos !!!
Love riding shotgun & seeing the beautiful scenery you see. Peace be unto you as well.
🍀HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!🍀
Wow! What a beauty! Im moving to that gorgeous Colorado from Norway this summer, and will see all that with my own eyes 👍
Good to see you again Mike. Been busy myself. Stay safe. PEACE!
I have driven Hwy 50 thru Canon City and over the pass through Blue Mesa and all the way to Grand Junction so many times I lost count! Love the drive! Used to work safety for CHCA. We raced at a quarry road near Garfield and a race at Lands End.
Keep the greasy side down!
It's on point on how you drive them roads I learned at young age from my granda and good set tires make all the difference it's all about the feel for the road and paying attention to your surroundings
My new Lab just took his first swim on the river the other day. Like a duck. Off that second campground you passed. This summer I'll show him rock diving
It was fun to watch you pass my car as I was driving the opposite direction.
Thanks for the ride catch you on the next one
I retired from the road and just recently moved to north central Washington and some really cold weather. What surprised me was that once the cold weather set in the snow on the hills was not a problem. Our temps ranged from -5 to the low 20s for two months. The only times I had any problems with our hilly driveway and road was early before it got really cold and late as the temp started getting around 30
Thanks for sharing Iron Mike, always great content
You definitely are a excellent driver i really enjoy watching your skills you do this as if their are no worries in the world 🌎🙏🏿👍
Great video! So pretty.. Be safe!! Love your videos.
I love this stretch of road, have driven it many times back and forth between Delta, Pueblo, or The Springs! 4hrs - 4 1/2 hrs from Pueblo to Montrose. My dad, who was a native Coloradoan and long time trucker taught me to never hang out by another vehicle, so that's one of my pet peeves too! I would love to see a video of Gunnison to Montrose. Always nice to ride along Mike! Be Safe out there!
I ride shotgun with you about 6 hrs a day! It's like a free bus trip with pleasant conversation! I'm retired so have plenty of time to ride. Keep on truckin!
Awe… love Salida! Thanks for the video.
Love your ride alongs to a retired "Mtn Man in the Desert"....I get to visit my hone towns and see how they changed.....Poncha Spgs, Salida, Leadville. Monarch......I drove those roads all my life...a lot of memories on those roads....thx....the Peoples Convoy drove by my house in Golden Valley Az.....see my video....fished the Arkansas all my life too....now you have to pay to fish it!
Good job driver, I lived in Saguache for 11 years. I know that highway well, beautiful scenery. Stay safe
I did this drive pulling a pop up tent.
It’s on my bucket list to return.
Sans the camper. 😂
Safe travels. Just subbed.
Hi Mike…suggestion on the sweet tea…I had same problem…order half and half ( half sweet & half unsweetened). Been working for me for years. If you’re eating in the restaurant & what they bring is still too sweet, have them refill with only unsweetened when it’s half empty. ENJOY!
thats beautiful scenery great snow driving
Amazing driving - just like u like brother cool breeze
Nice driving found this channel a few months ago. I don’t drive truck but love watching your videos. And it almost sounds like it might be time to upgrade to an Apple 🍎.. 😂
Thanks again for the ride and the conversation. Beautiful scenery is always a plus as well. Keep the shiny side up.
My brother dove big rig over road for his whole life, started when he came out navy til he passed away at 74. He loved it
Hi from New Zealand Mike. I guess the exhaust brake would be very handy in those conditions, to slow you without touching the pedal? Bob.
Beautiful, 😍 I miss Colorado 😍
A "balmy" 14 degrees. That's right chilly! 💯 💢 😎🤓 👧🙎
Good to see you again almost gave up and here you are lol
Is your other channel up and running? If so, what is the link so we can watch it? My husband and I love watching you and listening to you talk. We would be interested in watching your new channel too. The sample looked so relaxing.
What a beautiful drive 👍✌️😉
Beautiful scenery 🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧
I've dredge the Arkansas river your driving by and have only gotten flake gold out of it, and Monarch is one of my favorite ski area's after Keystone
Beautiful scenery in this video today!!!
Your videos are great ! So I subscribed :)
It was great actually seeing the stretch of road west into Salida after all these years, Mike. I was on it once, about 40 years ago while on a vacation trip. Unfortunately it was at night, and I couldn't see the landscape around me while driving. Obviously I missed a lot. I sure knew that river ran along beside the road though, lights and moon shined on it and reflected. In those narrow places between mountains and river, I remember only seeing my headlights flashing on rocky mountainsides everywhere there was a tight curve. And every so often there was a "Watch for Flash Floods" sign. I thought it meant from the river, but it may have meant water rushing down the mountains to the river. Didn't see any of those signs in this video, however. Wonder why?
Looks like so much fun!!!!
As a former Leadville resident all I can say is more power too you. I do not miss winter in the Colo. high country. I think that all of the snowbirds here in Tucson have the right idea .
Man.. love Leadville. . Sorry your not there anymore.. great town..✌️
Love the snow always
recently heard: The past is history and the future is a mystery. Today is a gift, that's why it's called the "present".
Good to see you. I live near there driven RT 50 many times
Hi mike, what amazing views regards john
WOW, Where have you been???
Busy.. lol.. sorry . ✌️
Hey Mike. You know what your doing!. Take it easy, Thanks for another great ride......... :-)
You NEVER drive too fast. I know you act wisely. Like a Pro.❤ 😊
The best advice I have ever heard about driving on snow, is to imagine you're driving barefoot, and that the brake and accelerator pedals are covered in thumb tacks. If you're gentle on the pedals, you can drive quite safely. If you're too hard on the pedals, you get a foot full of tacks.
Yeah I get to ride shotgun I use to live in Penrose Colorado beautiful area
O !!! Rany. Co za jazda !!!
Thanks MMM nice ride along peace!