Kevin and I did Yankee Boy Basin on our own (my brother had not arrived), and then did 2 days of offroading together. (my brother did YBB by himself after we left, and oops - we thought we told him we stopped before the top, but he went up to the top thinking we'd already done it with no problem.
We brought radios so we could communicate between the cars and I was working as navigator for both vehicles.
Our days of offroading with my brother:
1) Last Dollar Road (to Telluride) and Imogene Pass back from Telluride to Ouray
2) Engineer Pass and part of the Alpine Loop (we'd wanted to do the whole thing, but thought better of it after seeing how long - time and concentration wise - the first day together took.)
All the views were great, but i would NOT do the start of Engineer Pass again -- the first 5 miles were so torn up from ATVs it was just rocky and bumpy (and I thought several times we'd not be able to make it through...but slow and steady we did).
We saw some amazing sites, and even got to have lunch overlooking a ghost town (Animas Forks).
The offroading community can be a lot of fun, we would talk to people about what roads they'd taken or mods they'd made, and even asked a woman we'd seen on the trail (we saw her again in town) if they ever found her brother (they did, but not the day we saw them). We also had some 'cautionary tales' -- a kid staying at our motel broke his axle on a trail, he had a good attitude about it, but knowing how far from home we were we were sure not to take that trail (we never would, its for "experts" and mentions only take it if you are expecting damage - Poughkeepsie Gulch if you are interested).
My photos don't do any of scenery justice, and I did make sure to stop and just take in the view (and the drier air).
We also visited Box Canyon falls, and even found a used book sale in town -- we found some great finds, I even found a 4WD book we put to immediate use.
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