Today was our longest mileage day yet! (Both on this trip and ever.) Total mileage: 120. (Before you get too impressed, bear in mind that a lot of that was downhill.) Out was also probably the most beautiful consecutive 100+ miles we've ridden on this trip.
The west is a lot different from the east. We've mainly experienced that difference as oohing and awing over landscapes more, going further between towns, fewer churches and no dollar generals, and far less time spent hanging out in gas stations. Today really highlighted the beauty, vastness, and variety of the Colorado landscape.
Highlights:
- Riding by this amazingly beautiful lake in the morning. Fun little hills on the road.
- Riding downhill for much of the morning!
- Rocks of various colors. Beautiful rivers.
- Crazy rock formations, that we don't know how they were made. (Geos people?)
- Crossing the continental divide again, and enjoying the gradual climb to it. Alix and Sonja took advantage of this unique opportunity (pee-portunity?) and relieved themselves in both oceans at once.
- Pine bark disease, and lots of dead pine trees covering the mountainsides. This was actually really sad, and we tried to console ourselves by pretending it was winter and they were deciduous.
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| That beautiful lake, very full because of all the recent rains. |
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| Water draining the lake |
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