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East meets west September 18, 2008Leave a comment ;)
Did you ever have one of those days where everything just comes together nicely at the start and then falls apart at the last possible minute? Yup, so have I. This day started out fantastic. Denny Mu and I headed back out to the place where Julie picked us up in her pickup truck (having taken pity on two struggling souls in the midst of a mountain gale). We off loaded our bikes from my folk's RV and headed back to toward Riverside. Beautiful day. No wind with light fluffy clouds overhead. We headed off down Hwy 230 toward Walden, CO. Undulating hills between two mountain ranges. It was fun to pedal with someone for a long distance. I learned a lot about Denny. Born in Korea, left for China to study law, earning a PhD. He is also an entrepreneur, owning his own restaurant and dealing in commodities. Jack(ie Chan) of all trades! As the day progressed the clouds started to build over both sides of the valley. Storms brewed pretty quickly and we watched as a wall of water began to approach us from the southeast. I snapped a shot of us in front of the Colorado State line and then hurried into our rain gear. For the remainder of the day we were pelted by rain showers and inundated by the spray of passing cattle trucks. One of the things that I have noticed about being out of logging country and into cattle country is that the passing trucks have a distinctly different aroma! I'll take the logging trucks any day with their fresh pine scent. I don't think you want me to describe the other... As we rolled into Walden I made the decision that I would stay here for the night. Too wet and cold to bother pedaling another 20 miles to Gould on Hwy 14. As our luck would have it, hunting season is in full swing and today's hunter prefers the comforts of the hotel, vice the tent. So, every hotel was booked and the only place to stay was in the park, in our tents. I stopped a local sheriff and asked for permission and he said it would not be a problem. Fortunately, I have broadband service via my Sprint card and I can get something loaded tonight. Not sure if I can get the GPS route in place, but I will first thing in the morning. Hopefully some of the pictures will load before my battery dies. The temp is supposed to get down to freezing tonight and snow on Cameron Pass should make tomorrow's ride interesting. For today's problem, Cameron Pass elevation is around 10,200 feet. How many meters would that be? Often, we hear of mountain climbers talking about ascending all of the 8000 meter peaks in the world. What is the most famous peak over 8000 meters? Are there any 8000 meter peaks in North America? More Images: ;)
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4 Comments
Sep 24, 2008 8:46 pm - Jenny wrote : Hi, This Jenny, wife of Denny. Glad to know you have met. Wish you have a nice trip.
Sep 19, 2008 7:46 pm - JoeP wrote : Hey John, JoeP the director of the American Indian Center of Chicago here, good luck and keep up the good spirits through your ride. I am wondering when you will be headed through Chicago? The kids in our community would really be honored as would I to meet you. We have mutual good friend, Pam Silas Director of AISES in AbQ. Any chance you would join us to help our kids at graduation time in June, we always do a feast in our tribal hall and a Native Graduation for all graduats from K -PhD's.
Sep 19, 2008 3:39 pm - Derrick wrote : John, Mile by mile you are getting ever closer to the next down hill, next rest stop, next state, HOME, next state, and eventually the cape. Keep it up! Amelia's 2nd grade class is studying a space based cirriculum right now. She has some questions for you next stop through OK. D-n-A-n-A Add a comment: |
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Congratulations£¡bro.Mu.I believe you had covered a long distance on your trip in USA,even though I am not familiar with the site mentioned by John.Go on! you brave men.enjoy your dreaming riding!