HOTCHKISS, COLORADO Pain is relative and this was a painful day. In 2007 I rented a bike in Idaho Springs and slogged up the 28 miles to the summit of Mt. Evans. By my calculation that gained 6600′ over 28 miles or 4.5%. Today’s ride gained 5800′ over 20 miles or 5.5%. It was hot, […]
Day 1 of RTR, we would do a loop ride through Colorado National Monument
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO That was a long day. Alarm went off at 3:45 and I proudly resisted the urge to ask for 10 more. At 4:15 a.m. I met Dave Fitzgerald who agreed to drive me to the airport. The flight left DCA at 5:50 and arrived DFW at 8:20 which was the boarding time […]
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