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Tue, 2 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [779] | Comments [1]
Phil and Shannon kept going on about the warmshowers.org bicycle touring Internet site, so I got on there, signed up, and found a host in Salida – Matt Burley. I emailed him in Breckenridge and got his response the next day when I stopped for lunch ... Read more >
Tue, 2 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [851]
Woke up to one good thing + one bad thing…a clear blue sky, which I needed to dry out and warm me up…and a dead field mouse in my water bucket, which I left out after I filled it up from the creek last night. Poor mouse, I hope it’s not a bad omen. ... Read more >
Tue, 2 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [949]
After almost a week traveling and camping together, Phil and Shannon and I split up – already we seem like good friends! They head towards Boulder for a Craig’s List rideshare towards Austin and I take the paved bike path 15 miles to Breckenridge, passing ... Read more >
Tue, 2 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [585]
Shannon had arranged a warmshowers.org host in Silverthorne – my first with a host using this Internet-based community of touring bicyclists. Since we were exhausted from the climbs out of Radium yesterday, and since we got a late start (10:30am), I ... Read more >
Tue, 2 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [428]
Lots of rollers in the morning – quick ups and downs that sap energy – through pine beetle-infested forests. Encountered a double deadfall but got around it pretty easily. Around noon we crested the watershed divide and were treated to spectacular views ... Read more >
Tue, 2 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [506]
Saddled up and hit the road about 8:40am, exiting Steamboat on the paved Yamka River Bicycle Trail, heading southeast through rolling country roads with lots of Sunday recreational cyclists and hardly any traffic – sweet. When road turned to dirt Shannon ... Read more >
Mon, 1 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [395]
Weather still perfect – cold nights, cool mornings and warm days. I wasn’t too excited about another layover day since I just had one in Rawlins, but I decided to stay off the bike today to let my arms rest. I took the free city bus into town, shooting ... Read more >
Mon, 1 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [524]
Easy 30 mile ride to Steamboat Springs, stopping in the 1-store town of Clark for a grilled cheese sandwich. Then Phil bought a four berry homemade pie and we gobbled up the whole thing. The pie didn’t have a chance. It juiced us up for the 20 mile ... Read more >
Mon, 1 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [586]
As we were leaving a local mountain biker rolled by – Kurt Wilson, an engineer for the railroad who works three days on and then has four days off. Kurt used to have a bike shop in Rawlins, WY and still mountain bikes all around the area. At 56 he’s ... Read more >
Mon, 1 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [418]
Another hell of a day – a 6-mile climb out of Rawlins, an unrelenting headwind, boiling sun, and not a tree around until the end of the day. Now I was traveling with Phil and Shannon, who decided to try riding the Great Divide for a few days. I was ... Read more >
Mon, 1 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [472] | Comments [1]
Rolled out of the tent at 8:30am and breakfasted with Phil and Shannon. The wind was already picking up and we decided to have a layover day so I could visit the bike shop for repairs, rest all around, shop for groceries, etc. We cycled to the bike ... Read more >
Mon, 1 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [449]
Had some minor bike problems that Corey helped me with – my front axle was grinding and my trailer wheel was squeaking. Maybe this was from the submersion in the Green River on the bushwhacking day? Corey took apart my front wheel and found the dust ... Read more >
Mon, 1 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [834] | Comments [1]
Took a birthday bath in the river, packed camp, then did a map session and decided not to ride through the entire Great Divide Basin, but instead to take the California Trail/Seminoe Cut-off (two-track jeep trail) for approximately 35 miles, then cut ... Read more >
Mon, 1 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [581]
More riding through big sky country, good roads, very light traffic, fine weather. I visited the historic mining site of South Pass City, then on to another historic mining site, Atlantic City, where I met a French/Dutch couple in the mercantile who ... Read more >
Mon, 1 Aug 2011 | By kcarlosgutierrez | Views [414]
I had a big breakfast at Rock Rabbit with Megan Ross and Mike Goss, two school teachers from Albuquerque who were doing some regional touring, then got my MSR water filter serviced at The Great Outdoor Shop, went shopping for four days worth of food, ... Read more >
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