Westcliffe, CO > Pueblo, CO
Miles Ridden – 51.1
Mileage to date – 1,595.6
Per John, today was an easy day and a well deserved one at that. He dropped nearly 3,000 feet in elevation day on the ride to Pueblo. I am sure it was nice to have an easy day after so much climbing and long days of riding in the past few weeks. Tomorrow is a rest day. By my count, John has ridden the past 23 days straight without a break. I think a rest day is long overdue.
This was the view to the west that greeted John and crew this morning –
Yep, that is snow up there. They got over Monarch Pass in the nick of time.
My apologies to John, I did jinx him yesterday by talking about how he had not gotten a flat on the new tires. At the end today when he reached Pueblo he had a flat tire….sorry.
John did manage to stop by the Pueblo Post Office to pick up the maps for the next section of the trip that Cindy and I had mailed out.
Here are some photos from the last couple of days –
I have no idea what this is, but I think it is an example of the stuff you are willing to eat when bicycling all day –
I am not sure if this is a real fire department or not, but the “closed” sign does not give me a warm fuzzy –
