Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Last 7 days

7-2 Wed - Walsenburg CO - 158 Hours & 1689 miles;
Computers are few and far between, but here is the latest:
Finished the BTC on Saturday 6-28 and said goodbye to my latest 2000 new friends.
house.
6-29 Sun Pagosa Springs CO: Finished the ride in a hail storm but made it to Joni Shirks daughters where they put us up for the night in their new house, they moved in three days before. soaked in the hot springs for 2 hours.
6-30 Mon- Del Norte CO: 73 mile day, tough 8 mile climb 2 hour over Wolf Creek Pass @ 10850 ft. Rain on the way down then camped near town.
7-1 Tuesday Fort Garland CO: 70 mile day, 20 miles of straight road to Great Sand Dunes NP
7-2 Wed - Easy 48 mile over the last pass of the Rockies. Now comes the several ? days of FLAT and windy CO & KS. The next week will be as exciting as doing time in a lockup.

Later, Steve