{"id":1305,"date":"2010-10-10T23:10:42","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T05:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2011-06-19T08:28:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T14:28:41","slug":"1st-annual-mcbg-fall-drive-bbq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/2010\/10\/1st-annual-mcbg-fall-drive-bbq\/","title":{"rendered":"1st Annual MCBG Fall Drive & BBQ"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As promised, there was just no way we\u00a0 could hold ourselves to just one BBQ per year. This time, we included a drive too which will undoubtedly be part of every future BBQ. The day started early for Colby, Lindsey and Kevin who met at 10 AM in Loveland to start the drive up to Estes Park where Alex met them later. On their way back, my wife Jenn and I joined up with them at a little general store in Masonville from which we headed north on what most of us now call our new favorite road in Colorado: Stove Prairie. It was a beautiful day for a drive with blue skies, perfect temperature, and the aspen leaves turning a stunning shade of yellow. We probably would have appreciated it more if it hadn’t all gone by in a blur. After a “spirited”, grin-inducing drive up Stove Prairie, we breathlessly pulled to the side road where it meets up with Highway 14 in Poudre Canyon for a few photos. The group ended up including:<\/p>\n