Miles today: 65.
Today was better than yesterday: no storms! Met a father, Peter, and his daughter, Karina, who is my new hero. This chick is 13 years old biking from Connecticut to San Francisco and has a great attitude. What a rockstar. I wish I was that cool when I was 13.
Rode through a canyon for a while that had some really indescribably amazing scenery of the mountains around and the river below. I wanted to stop every quarter mile to take a picture, but that's pretty much been the case all through the Rockies. Telluride isn't marked on the elevation profile we have on our map, but we thought it was right before a particularly steep-looking climb. Surprise; turns out Telluride was AFTER it. Had a really fun time with that one at the end of the day! It was even steeper than we thought, of course, and with absolutely no shoulder, but we survived. When we got into Telluride we got a tip from a couple walking down Main Street about a "locals special" at the Italian restaurant a block down; I can't express how worth the $12 that bowl of pasta and glass of wine was. It really hit the spot. Turns out our waiter had done a cross country tour a few years ago, and he hooked us up with the special we weren't really supposed to be able to get. Awesome.
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Keep going Mal, I'm proud of you! The blog has been fun to follow. Its hard to believe that you're almost through the Rockies already!!! Good luck the rest of the way!
ReplyDeleteSitting here on the sunporch at our rented house.Your blogs about riding the Rockies are pretty amazing. You are kind of like a Wonder-Woman to all of us. You talk about your "heroes" but you are our hero!
ReplyDeleteMiss you -- having fun -- weather nice -- some rain each p.m -- sunny and hot otherwise.
Love,
GMom
thank your lucky stars they weren't pigs oinking at you. That could have messed up your head for the day and turned your post into a less than positive one. Aren't the rockies amazing? I spent a summer camping in N.M when I was 15. And I can still remember the thrills that the views gave me to this day. Keep on pumpin Mal, luv ya, Uncle Tj
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