Spend The Night On Rabbit Ears Pass and A Cruise Through Steamboat Springs CO!!

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  • Опубліковано 5 бер 2020
  • Filmed February 27th 2020
    Mike Pierce
    P.O.Box 2443
    Granby CO 80446

КОМЕНТАРІ • 153

  • @laserbeam002
    @laserbeam002 3 роки тому +1

    I always wanted to be a long haul driver but never had the freedom or opportunity to be away from home for long periods of time due to family obligations. I have really enjoyed your videos. Thank you for posting.

  • @sgtrock2821
    @sgtrock2821 3 роки тому

    Memories. I used to ski there 82-86. $20 lift tickets on weekends. Comin from F.E. Warren AFB in Cheyenne. Skied with Billie Kidd and the late Gen Robin Olds and his wife. Had a buddy from L.A. who'd stop where the snowmobiles run. He had a funny looking board. Looked like a surfboard... 1983. I started pulling flatbed when I got out of the Air Force. 30 years of it. Retired now. Still miss it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Steamboat and Monterey, CA are the closest places to Heaven I've ever been and like Johnny Cash says' "I've been everywhere" Have a safe one.

  • @charlesc.parker1164
    @charlesc.parker1164 4 роки тому +10

    That's so beautiful and you're a lucky man to be able to see all of this. I really appreciate you putting these on. Be safe. PEACE !!!

    • @junwu9954
      @junwu9954 3 роки тому

      Beautiful snow country!

  • @joyceterry578
    @joyceterry578 2 роки тому

    Wow, beautiful ride. Went over Rabbit Ear Pass back in 1959/60 but it was in the summer. Watching your videos while I’m sewing. Safe travels. 🤗

  • @donaldstoner9379
    @donaldstoner9379 4 роки тому +6

    Thanks for all the rides you let me ride along. Love them all. Just wanted to let you know.

  • @tinkerlynch5276
    @tinkerlynch5276 Рік тому

    11/28/2022 Streeter, ND 24 degrees melting snow, ice underneath everywhere !!! Been a helluva winter this year !!! Catching up on videos I missed. Thanks for letting me come along !!!

  • @3252fly
    @3252fly 4 роки тому +1

    Hi Mike, northern Canada, love your vids editing is good. 38 yrs. night driving in the snow retired at 75 still like the tense thrill.

    • @jafo766
      @jafo766 4 роки тому

      ONLY $IKH$ DRIVE TRUCK'$ IN CANADER NOW...futt me

  • @shanp132
    @shanp132 3 роки тому

    Fun to see my current home base from this view. You are a very good truck driver Mike!!

  • @opathe2nd973
    @opathe2nd973 Рік тому

    Had a 300ZX Turbo and it pays to be polite! Been to Kremling. I70 up and 40 back to Golden. Went to see friends house but ted were limited to half hour because of forest fire in the area. Great to see it in the winter. 100 years ago (well a few less) if I ended up a truck driver instead of a druggist, I would loved to work for your company so I could drive those country roads. Thanks for the memories!

  • @edwardmounsey9208
    @edwardmounsey9208 4 роки тому +5

    Hi Mike: first time on this route for us. Great trip, beautiful scenery, good road. Enjoyed it a lot, have a good trip to California. Thank you for the ride, see you next time. Edward

  • @didibolter9362
    @didibolter9362 3 роки тому

    Goregeous morning, but,too much snow for me! I love the towns Christmas decorations!

  • @nickbeam5432
    @nickbeam5432 4 роки тому

    I am glad you are showing the towns now, i use to play music in many of the towns you drive through, and watching your videos brings back a lots of memories... Thank you very much !!!

  • @PanamaRose
    @PanamaRose 4 роки тому +1

    Wow, what an awesomely beautiful drive! Loved it!

  • @kimberlyshalaby1134
    @kimberlyshalaby1134 4 роки тому +1

    I loved the scenery you had to look at after waking up to start your day. Peace always be with you as well. Have a nice day!

  • @NapierNimbus
    @NapierNimbus 4 роки тому +2

    Great video, liked all of it. Stunning picture postcard scenery at and leaving the overnight halt.

  • @kellandreader
    @kellandreader 4 роки тому +1

    GREAT morning scenery, MMM! Keep 'em coming. You're a gem!

  • @stephaniesmith6610
    @stephaniesmith6610 3 роки тому

    Thank you, mountain man Mike. May you always have the peace you share eith others.

  • @MultiJohnnyangel
    @MultiJohnnyangel 4 роки тому

    Awesome! Thanks for showing the sights and unloading! Great video!

  • @jackklingen4728
    @jackklingen4728 4 роки тому

    Another beautiful video, I am so fortunate to live in this state. Thanks, Mike, be safe out there.

  • @buzzybee9997
    @buzzybee9997 4 роки тому +2

    Wow what a lovely day to wake up to well done Mike good morning lovely trip thank you and Bessie too have a great day Jim from new Zealand

  • @laurelbrennan6295
    @laurelbrennan6295 4 роки тому

    Beautiful scenery! Thanks again for the lift.🤗

  • @Linda2
    @Linda2 4 роки тому +1

    It amusers me the critism others bestow. If no one is using the left lane what does it matter if you are, especially late at night in snow it is safer for you to stay away from the thick snow on the right hand side. It was a great ride. I thought the extra length of the video was good. We had night time in snow then the early morning which we had a good look around. Awsome scenery on our way down Rabbit Ears. Loved seeing the town when we left deliveries. .Thankyou too for making the video more interesting and seeing a frozen river. So beautiful. Until next time. ✌

  • @iamme6846
    @iamme6846 4 роки тому +2

    Accidents are prohibited on this road. Hi Mountain Man Mike ! Absolutely perfect.

  • @saddiejoyfulness852
    @saddiejoyfulness852 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the great ride. I'll be taking another one very soon. Cheers---keep safe & well.

  • @coloradopackratprepper
    @coloradopackratprepper 4 роки тому +2

    Ive spent a couple nites on rabbit ears in my travels too in my car!!!💞💞💞💞😸😸

  • @jerryplante4239
    @jerryplante4239 4 роки тому +3

    Spent a cold February night in Craig in the 70's driving coast to coast on leave. I don't think I-70 was in yet. Anyway, my Kalifornia Pontiac hated the cold and wouldn't start. Called the garage down the street and he ended up having to tow me to his garage to let it warm up. I threw $10 of gas in the car an he only charged me $15 for the whole thing. Great people in that neck of the woods (well at lest there were in the 1970s).

  • @LeesaDeAndrea
    @LeesaDeAndrea 4 роки тому +1

    I know that trepidatious feeling, anticipating winter driving, living as I do in the Northern Plains, and that relaxed feeling when easy driving season finally arrives in May.

  • @markknoux5799
    @markknoux5799 3 роки тому

    That beatiful places! US is a blessed country!

  • @jimbateman225
    @jimbateman225 4 роки тому

    Another beautiful mornin' there Mike. Wonderful scenery. You can have the snow! PEACE!

  • @kathypage1674
    @kathypage1674 4 роки тому

    Usually take this way in the summer time wow what a change.Thanks so much for the ride. Take care ..

  • @maryalicegarza
    @maryalicegarza 3 роки тому

    Loved the ride....beautiful

  • @zino6310
    @zino6310 4 роки тому

    SUP MOUNTAIN MAN..... BEEN DRIVING 24YRS AND I REALLY ENJOY WATCHING YOU MAN..... YOU REALLY SHOW YOUR AUDIENCE VERY ADVANCED DRIVING... WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY MOST DRIVERS WOULD REFUSE....PROPS BRO!!!

  • @mikeservais888
    @mikeservais888 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks Mike that was great ride along peace!!!

  • @marleneswartz8649
    @marleneswartz8649 4 роки тому

    A lot of people don't understand the concept of body, mind, and spirit, along with trial and error, desire and willingness to learn and receiving and accepting advice and knowledge from others....and sharing your own experiences.....you possess it all......your desire to push the edges and judgment to back off, sharpens your senses and fine tunes your skills.

  • @Peppylepew
    @Peppylepew 4 роки тому

    I'm doing my truck driver course as we speak and what scares me the most when I think of driving a big truck is the winter conditions. You make it look so easy !!!!! thanks for all the tips

  • @pattythompson8344
    @pattythompson8344 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the great road trip

  • @ChidoBanditoR1Cito
    @ChidoBanditoR1Cito 4 роки тому

    Awesome video! I live here in steamboat and cant wait to do this, this summer! Have fun on the adventures ahead of you ! And be safe! Ciao

  • @watcher9132
    @watcher9132 4 роки тому +6

    The Flatbed Chick needs our help. She's down and could use some encouragement.

  • @phillipbailey6228
    @phillipbailey6228 4 роки тому

    Enjoyed the show thanks for the ride along mountain man Mike be safe out there in America

  • @rosamondtillman6846
    @rosamondtillman6846 4 роки тому

    Beautiful video. Love driving in the snow at night. Take care.

  • @paulvonauth7254
    @paulvonauth7254 4 роки тому

    Another great video Mike, thanks...

  • @donniemongoose
    @donniemongoose 4 роки тому

    Keep the videos long. Especially the snow drives in the mountains.Really enjoy those. Happy trails Mike.

  • @sweettrubble4635
    @sweettrubble4635 2 роки тому

    Watching the car in front and its headlights making an arc off the snow with the little red lights in the middle is kind of eerie. It would totally creep me out if I were driving out there.

  • @PanamaRose
    @PanamaRose 4 роки тому

    Seeing lots of posts on FB about thanking truckers for servicing us thru this chaos. Thanks MMM! Be safe out there!

  • @timothywilliams2601
    @timothywilliams2601 4 роки тому

    Like I have said before. You have nerves of steel. Also your confidence in your driving skills etc is at a high level. EXCELLENT VIDEO AS USUAL. STAY SAFE.

  • @shepan2
    @shepan2 4 роки тому

    I lived in Steamboat in 1978-79 loved it! Sure looks different now!

  • @oldlady6229
    @oldlady6229 4 роки тому +2

    Beautiful when you woke up. Must be nice to wake up to scenery like this. I do believe this is the college my husband went to back in '70 - '71 or '72. I asked him when he walked by and all I heard was "satellite college of International bla, bla, bla". We visited it in 2009 in his Corvette and happened to catch it to be able to walk through his old dorm room before they blew it up. He was going there to be a dentist but quit to return home to marry his high school sweetheart. He would have made a great dentist as he loves to talk and he has a captive audience. When we got together I believe after his semi accident he took a test to be a bug inspector for Reno or down south, in Yuma I think. Boy, I could see the lines if he got that job. Unfortunately for him, the State of CA did away with this job. Be safe in CA. The virus is spreading out.

  • @athollmcnicoll256
    @athollmcnicoll256 4 роки тому +1

    Nice to see you still have that whitish stuff whereas here in Scotland we have predominantly rain every second day, changes are a coming - Cheers Mike!

  • @maggardyful
    @maggardyful 4 роки тому +2

    I have every bit of faith in your driving! PEACE!

  • @alancraven7667
    @alancraven7667 4 роки тому

    Enjoyed the ride thanks heaps.

  • @gerihogue1236
    @gerihogue1236 4 роки тому

    Hi Mountain Mike, I don't post much but I wanted to let you know that I really like your videos. I was also born in California and now from Texas. I love the scenic tours you take on. Keep up the good work and please be safe out there.

  • @donchastain2416
    @donchastain2416 4 роки тому

    When I first started watching your Videos,I thought you was crazy as hell,but driver your good at what you do.You have drove the Mt's so much your comfortable with your invironment.Keep up the good Videos.Pease.

  • @nigelstockwell8584
    @nigelstockwell8584 4 роки тому +1

    Hi Mike from uk. Great scenery, thanks for a great drive. From an 86yr old ex long distance driver in uk . All I drive now is my bmw z3 . HIHI

  • @evie00sleep68
    @evie00sleep68 3 роки тому

    Watch out for Wile Coyote there in the Rabbit Ears. He might have the Road Runner on his heels. Think I got that right, not sure. Oh my. Nice place to sleep. 💭❄🏞🏔💭👀✌. Thanks for the post. 🐞🎧🎼🎶cheers🥂

  • @okieguy51
    @okieguy51 4 роки тому

    Enjoyed the ride along sir!

  • @kathypage1674
    @kathypage1674 3 роки тому

    One.of these nights
    These roads are forever for you to see

  • @charleshanna3123
    @charleshanna3123 4 роки тому +1

    JUST Thank You Mountain Mike For A Amazing Video Just Awesome

  • @rickrich7325
    @rickrich7325 4 роки тому

    So pretty out there! Enjoyed riding with you!

  • @karenecurran7895
    @karenecurran7895 4 роки тому +4

    Hope MMM is doing well throughout the chaos. Praying for you.

  • @cynthiabinder3730
    @cynthiabinder3730 3 роки тому

    Beautiful 😍

  • @lyndacompton1846
    @lyndacompton1846 2 роки тому

    This was a good one thank you

  • @stevehardman960
    @stevehardman960 4 роки тому

    Thanks again Mike it's been a nice journey a little bit cold but summer is coming soon 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍🍺♥️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

  • @anthonyamendolia818
    @anthonyamendolia818 4 роки тому +2

    Its Helen Mike...WE DON"T NEED NO STINKIN CHAINS!!

  • @LadyMarie880
    @LadyMarie880 4 роки тому

    awesome awesome awesome thank you. smart cop, that's all I got to say about that.lol... beautiful pass.... just beautiful....... till next time ....ENJOY

  • @lursbl6349
    @lursbl6349 4 роки тому

    I had drive this road so many times. 😄 I miss Steamboat

  • @TheLindkev
    @TheLindkev 4 роки тому +1

    That road was kind of spooky at night but beatiful in the daylight

  • @taralynn4448
    @taralynn4448 4 роки тому

    mornin friend please becareful on rabbit ears pass I've been up there stay warm drive safe....I'm the daughter of a truck driver from greely colorado I've been up to steamboat springs beautiful place and breckinridge I've had friends visit there before they had a family member pass away

  • @pinkywilliams8063
    @pinkywilliams8063 4 роки тому +7

    Wow!!!!! What a beautiful morning in Rabbit Ears Pass. Thanks Mountain Man for the shotgun ride. I found myself holding my breathe several times on the night ride. You talking about people dressing for the cold in Ca, you would laugh your butt off if you saw how I dress in the South for the low 30's. LMAO As far as changing things on your channel, just want you to know that you have one of the best cameras thru the windshield on UA-cam, it's clear enough you can read all road signs, see the beautiful landscape and your voice is great... You should try Live with moderators. I wonder if the live feeds always show a unclear pic...hmmm Thanks Mike....

  • @MrVarmitr
    @MrVarmitr 4 роки тому +1

    Just my 2 cents but I like the big scenery and also small town America. Thanks for the ride

  • @keithcope8113
    @keithcope8113 4 роки тому

    Hauled a load of budweiser into steamboat springs then had to deadhead too laramie over jackrabbit. Snowpacked to walden spent the night there. Great folks there lol.

  • @that-damn-yowie
    @that-damn-yowie 4 роки тому

    T shirt weather and there's snow...lol. Videos are pretty entertaining as they are, keep on keepin' on...

  • @billkipper3264
    @billkipper3264 4 роки тому +3

    Back in the late 90's I drove for a Steamboat company called Alpine Taxi which also did shuttles to and from Denver International Airport. I was deadheading back from DIA one night in a 23 passenger bus and drove over Rabbit Ears in a raging blizzard. There was snow blowing sideways everywhere and drifting across the road. I actually had to stop several times on the road because I knew there was a corner in front of me somewhere but couldn't see it. Then it would clear for a second and I would drive on. It took forever to get across. When I got back to the valley I called in to dispatch to tell them I was "back in the 'Boat". They asked me how I got back to which I replied that I came over the pass. They answered back that the pass was closed. My reply was to say it damn sure should be because it was absolutely awful. I must have been the last vehicle through before they closed the gate. There was no one at the gate, which is at Muddy Pass, when I passed and I didn't see another vehicle the entire way across. By far the worst conditions I've ever driven in and I've driven in a lot of crappy weather.

  • @peterheywood7453
    @peterheywood7453 3 роки тому

    Your doing just fine mike. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @bergydermeister5616
    @bergydermeister5616 4 роки тому

    Thanks for a good video mountain man mike

  • @philglover2973
    @philglover2973 4 роки тому +1

    Hi Mike thanks for the video good driving buy a true professional 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦

  • @rebyl54t
    @rebyl54t 4 роки тому

    Watching these makes me itch, can't wait to get back there for a 5 week ride. Amazed at how much variation between areas from snow to beaut sunny days.......LOL Never see many bikers in your videos, do you not like them

  • @territaylor447
    @territaylor447 3 роки тому

    Awww yes...remember well. After over 55 years in Co this is one of a handful of passes I have alot of respect for cuz it scared the crap outta me in the winter! Lol Swear I was white knucklin it just watchin your video. Thanks for letting us travel with you. Always a pleasure. Stay safe.

  • @mattburton7149
    @mattburton7149 4 роки тому

    Hey Mike I just ran into one of your fellow drivers at the Pilot in Big Spring Texas. He's in truck 416 then I saw some of your trailers at a customer in El Paso this morning.

  • @EXROBOWIDOW
    @EXROBOWIDOW 4 роки тому

    Last September we Californians came out to visit my aunts in my second favorite state. Went from Montrose to Steamboat Springs, bypassing Grand Junction, via Yampa and Oak Creek. As we filled up our Subaru next morning, I heard the locals wishing for first snowfall. (It was raining.) Then we headed over Rabbit Ears Pass to Fort Collins via Walden. I was a bit angry that "Wanda Lost" directed me into Wyoming instead of turning off at Walden, and my husband failed to tell me that we were on the wrong road. Wasted forty miles. I liked the highway drive better than mucking around in Steamboat Springs.

  • @alenb5549
    @alenb5549 3 роки тому

    I have traveled this route a few times and I found that once coming down from the pass I did not touch the gas pedal for 7 miles. That was in a car of course I can’t imagine 80 thousand pounds coming down that hill.

  • @josefinevomberg3357
    @josefinevomberg3357 4 роки тому

    Thank you. Good luck on your ways. :O)

  • @elainebos
    @elainebos 4 роки тому

    What a great trip! I loved the scenery. Also, I liked seeing what the unloading looks like. I would like to see what the interior of your truck cab looks like. How many gears does the truck have?

  • @AD-vj3kj
    @AD-vj3kj 4 роки тому

    Shout out to riding shotgun from aussie. Miss your beautiful state

  • @ejr5480
    @ejr5480 3 роки тому

    Forklift guy said they got snow on top of Steamboat mountain. It’s Mt Warner. Named after Buddy Warner friend of Billy Kidd from Stowe Vt

  • @davidnelson6893
    @davidnelson6893 3 роки тому

    Steamboat smells like someone farted!! I have been there a few times. Fall time is the best time to go!!

  • @dianemichel7824
    @dianemichel7824 4 роки тому

    You don't need to entertain me....just keep it between the ditches!! Dee from chicago

  • @lphilipps
    @lphilipps 4 роки тому

    😳 Can't believe the snow you have up there and we were complaining on the Front Range.

  • @kmg365315
    @kmg365315 4 роки тому +3

    The temperature is all relative. After almost 6 months of winter, it gets to 50 and it's t-shirt weather. After a month of 80 or better, 50 is looking for something warm to wear.

    • @trhimes57
      @trhimes57 4 роки тому +3

      I have lived in Pennsylvania all my life. When the 80's drop to 50 I am finally comfortable in my T-shirt. I have flannel shirts of various weights and that is all I wear (usually unbuttoned) over a t-shirt, all winter unless I am out in the snow for an extended period, plowing snow or the like. I do keep a winter coat in my vehicle for emergencies. What I never seem to acclimate to is heat. I despise 75 degrees and above.

  • @sunnyray2048
    @sunnyray2048 4 роки тому

    🍭SWEET🍭YOUR THE BEST MIKE🏁🚛ROLLER WISE 🌞🌲🌲

  • @catalinaramos9789
    @catalinaramos9789 4 роки тому +2

    I would like to see you driving around Leadville, Redcliff, Minturn, Cooper area 😊😊 make a video plz

  • @tomhanna2714
    @tomhanna2714 4 роки тому

    Another enjoyable video as always. I was starting to wonder if you'd already passed the summit and was going to have to head down to Steamboat (that would have sucked) but just a little further ahead and - ta da! your parking space is waiting for you, sir! Dumb question but - did you have to shut down before going to bed? Cold as it was no way I'd think a piss-ant little inverter thingy would keep that cab and sleeper warm at 20 below. That T-shirt weather comment rang a bell, too. I was visiting my aunt in Atlanta for Christmas '99 or Y2K, riding around town on the Marta subway. Got off on a whim at College Park, first station north of the airport. ATL was having a cold snap of sorts, 60 degrees and the natives were all wearing gloves, scarves and greatcoats. Well 60 degrees is just a nice spring day here in Misery, shorts and T-shirt weather. So I get off on the subway and wait for the next train. Platform fills up in due time but it took me a few minutes to notice, it was so obvious. There were 50 people on my right and 50 on my left. I'm the only white boy on the entire platform. I'm also the only one wearing shorts and a T-shirt, and they're ALL staring at me! You just smile, wave and say hello, old friends right? Who knows what they're all thinking - something along the lines of committal I'm sure. Good times! Till the next time....ride safe! Shotgun!

  • @BrokebackBob
    @BrokebackBob 4 роки тому +8

    You are a hoot and a fine man and a true pro but for the love of God, get some new tires! 😁 We want you around! These videos are terrific because of your personality.

  • @onceltom
    @onceltom 2 роки тому

    HEY LOOK, A HITCHIKER!

  • @mussongal1232
    @mussongal1232 4 роки тому

    Appreciate the end - - I'm freezing. :-)

  • @gorkemozgun1907
    @gorkemozgun1907 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing view. 17:18.

  • @stevewintermute195
    @stevewintermute195 4 роки тому

    Hayden, Craig and Meeker always turn out good high school wrestling teams

  • @skmc6915
    @skmc6915 4 роки тому

    Woohoo!

  • @misterb327
    @misterb327 4 роки тому +1

    It's been awhile since you've posted a video. I hope you and your family are doing well!

  • @shakey1311
    @shakey1311 2 роки тому

    At 46:31 did I really see a sign that said Kum & Go ??? I want to live in that town !!! LOL

  • @18_wheeler97
    @18_wheeler97 4 роки тому +1

    Hi shot gun, enjoy your content. Is that Volvo you drive a manual?