Today I rode with Dan Kiel and John Nordhof and we decided
to sleep in a little longer and skip breakfast in camp and have breakfast in
the first town of Salida, which was only 5 miles down the road. Our kitchen
staff is amazing, but we were ready for some good fried and scrambled eggs for
a change. So, we were the last group starting out. We caught some bikers and
passed many more that had stopped for coffee along the way.
The ride today was absolutely spectacular! It is the
prettiest scenery so far I think. The route was downhill for most of the route
following the Arkansas River through a beautiful long canyon. There was white
water rafting and fly fishing going on all along the route. The rock formations
were beautiful. What a creation God has made for us to enjoy!
At the end of the route, we had an up climb over the Royal
Gorge area. It was a workout, but we are kind of getting used to that in the
mountains. After the climb, we descended into the Canon City area in the
valley. We could fell the temperature rising and it was 103 degrees in town by
noon. When I entered the city, I was approaching a left turn on the edge of
town and there stood a mule deer buck, wanting to cross the 5 lanes of busy
traffic. Everyone stopped and he crossed right in front of me and I got a photo
of him and a brother that stopped on the other side in a small green space
park. That was neat.
We are camped on the grounds of a former abbey and there is
actually some nice green grass to camp on. As always, a good shower feels good
to wash off the road grit. Julie was a little over heated from her SAG duties
when I got to camp, so we went to Macs and sat there for a while to cool down.
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