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In Colorado, the rain can be dangerous

Day two, September 6

It must be my lucky day today I opened a pack of Costco trail mix and two M&Ms dumped out into my hand right away. How good is that?  Why don’t they put more M&Ms in those things, that’s why we buy them anyways, right?


Since there was no airport to go in and out of this year, we have a truck that is doing SAG 

So we are taking turns driving the truck every half day this morning is my turn to drive.  it’s certainly easier to get good hydration and nutrition while you’re driving, so I guess it allows everybody to recharge a little bit, including their electronics.

Even though it’s really remote out here, you see an occasional farmhouse I ponder how do they manage the loneliness?

Riding for such long distances starts to become a day-to-day existence as we only pay attention to the amount of climbing, the target daily ride distance, and access to water supplies for the next day or two.  With some luck, we can keep chipping away at 50 mile days. 

We don’t really worry about food too much but once you have your water and the weather under control, the next thing everybody focuses on is keeping their electronics charged up. There’s always some anxiety around making sure that your phone and your tracking device are charged up since primarily we use our phone which has the route downloaded to the phone. We can see campsites that are ahead of us while we’re riding. And the app will tell us how far away from those campsites we are. Even so, camping sites are more of a crapshoot based on when we get tired and what is really there. Like tonight for instance, we are camping on a dirt road next to a farm. As I type from my tent, thunder and rain is entertaining me. 

Another biker we bumped into said something “ the rain in Colorado can be really dangerous because it’s cold” 

So we try our best to stay dry even if that means getting into your tent right after dinner. 

Today, I took more than my share of truck driving as when I started riding, I was suffering from elevation sickness. It’s no fun pedaling when you also feel like puking. I feel so guilty getting back in the truck. 


There’s so much I could write about but I fear it would become boring or a novel. I’m sure people have questions about how do you keep your gear clean.  after all,  last night it poured down rain and there was frost all over everything this morning.  when the sun came up we tried to brush as much water off of our tent as possible, and hopefully the sun dries out some of the water, but we’re really repacking everything wet in hopes that in the evenings when we unpack, that there will be dry warm air. 

I’m sure you all have questions about how certain things are done. Send me a note or make a comment. 

Hopefully by tomorrow I will be acclimating to the elevation. 

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