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PAGE 1 OF THE VERY FIRST ISSUE OF CAMPFIRE TALES
In the beginning, Campfire Tales had no pictures.  Just the story.  Keep in mind this story was written in 1985.  The trails have changed a lot since that time.

This issue includes
Tincup Pass, Taylor Pass, Independence Pass and Mosquito Pass.

 

THE BEGINNING -  ANOTHER OF THE MANY ADVENTURES OF PASS PATROL

 
 
 

The first trip for Pass Patrol was Saturday, August 17 of 1985 but it was called the IT Patrol at that time.  This is the story that was written upon returning from that trip on Sunday, August 18, 1985.

 
 
 

Was August when, the women and men

From I.T. started to roll

With four wheel drives, and weekend supplies

They formed the IT PATROL.

 

Wouldn’t you know, maps don’t show

Those unmarked stagecoach trails

Going up and down and through ghost towns

Like cats chasing their tails.

 

Across rivers and creeks and snow covered peaks

Through canyons with mile high walls

Past deserted mines and Rocky Mountain pines

And tumbling clear water falls

 

We bounced and bumped, over boulders and stumps

Until everything was sore

In four wheel low, in bumper deep snow

And through mud up to the door

 

Until at last, “Thar’s da pass!”

Mosquito up the way

Over thirteen thou, “we’ll cross it now!”

“The highest pass in the USA!”

 

If your life’s a bore, there’s gotta be more

Join the IT PATROL

Slip and slide, across the divide

Let them four wheels roll

 

On the CB channels, you’ll hear their handles

Drifting in the wind

With mud and snow, slingin’ high and low

They’re gonna do it again.

 
 
   

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