tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27418967277378903872024-02-20T23:48:13.249-08:00Two Mates, Two Bikes, & 2800 Miles to Mexico Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-5170457203140827182014-08-17T13:43:00.001-07:002014-08-17T13:47:24.967-07:00Day 48 - THE END. MEXICO!!This is it. The final day! It wasn't too hard to find motivation this morning to get on the saddle. But in classic fashion, we realized we didn't have too far to pedal today so we milked the morning and slept in... We said our goodbyes to Lilly and took off for the border. The ride into El Paso was much more beautiful than anticipated. We took a back road which curved through all types of farming land. The majority of the day was spent amidst vast pecan farms. We zoomed into El Paso and headed for the border. This was sort of confusing because there are three border crossings, all of which we were warned not to go over.... Didn't leave us with much of a choice. We decided to take the main crossing as it likely has better pedestrian crossings. We were in a long line of traffic before we decided to just find a sidewalk and zoom by the motionless cars. <br />
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Getting into Mexico was unbelievable. We literally just continued biking, looking for a check-in or customs, but we never met this. Just guards with guns telling us to keep biking. Before you know it, we were in Mexico without once having to show ID. So all those movies are realistic, afterall...<br />
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We didn't spend too much time in Juarez - basically just taking a few pics and turning around to return to Texas. Getting back into the US was a little bit more difficult, but all in all the border crossings were much more pleasing that we had anticipated.<br />
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And there it is. The trip is finished. We both (silently) had our doubts about finishing this journey. Day after day in Alberta, helping eachother hobble off the bikes while our legs are cramping were the source of many doubts. The great basin of Wyoming ate our spirts, the 15 mile climbs in Colorado were challenging, but somehow us two kids from Moncton, NB conquered the Divide. We couldn't be any happier with the outcome and the journey to get us here. It couldn't have been done without the support of all our friends and family at home and afar. The only thing I think we would have changed is an earlier ban on apricots. Thanks for reading and keeping up with our adventure! It was a pleasure sharing. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-15539354390732196642014-08-17T13:39:00.001-07:002014-08-17T13:39:11.137-07:00Day 47 - Elephant Butte to Las CrucesThis morning we hit a local diner for breakfast as we placed a recent ban on oatmeal. I'll begin by noting the differences between the trip when you're on route compared to off route...<br />
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Elephant Butte was one of the first towns we hit that wasn't on the map set. When you're on the actualy route, the people you run into in towns are aware of the divide and its riders. They aren't overly surprised to see others doing it, but are still very welcoming and share encouragement. The great things really happen when you venture off route. The people we ran into in Elephant Butte were hilarious. Many people would stop and ask us what we were up to and were shocked to hear of our trip. At breakfast, the manager actually came out to get us to autograph a napkin???? He said he was going to hang it on the wall. After a few conversations, we were packing up and leaving the diner. A man well into his sixties followed us out and struck up a conversation. He was delighted to learn what we were doing. He asked us "How are yall doing for money?". We responded that we saved up for the trip and have just been roughing it, as the trip requires. He dug his hands into his pockets and pulled out a wad of cash to give us!!! We had to refuse, but its this type of generosity we've been getting that really helps you get through the tough days of the trip.<br />
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We began to pedal towards our destination of Demming, NM. As we were leaving EB, we saw two businesses side by side. One named "Mr. G's", the other "Randy's". Thought this was pretty awesome that our fathers secretly had businesses in New Mexico. Taking after Walt, likely.<br />
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About 20 or 30 miles into our ride, Cam's final flat occured. This must have put him in the double digits for the trip. We tried patching the tire. Didn't work. Tried redoing the rim tape. Didn't help. Tried another tube. Not working. About 2 hours, 3 tubes, and 4 patch jobs later, we had no choice but to give up on the tire. We concluded that it was too hot for the adhesive to work properly on the patch (it was booooooiling hot out). We honestly had no option but to hitch hike to the nearest bike shop. This happened to be down the road (off route, mind you) in Las Cruces. A couple hitched rides later we found ourselves at the bike shop. We were paying for some heavy duty tubes when another shopper overheard us talking about local campgrounds. Lilly came up and offered us a spot to crash at her pad. She was a young professor of Creative Writing at New Mexico State University.<br />
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Lilly took us out for dinner at a local mexican joint for dollar tacos. Cam and Geoff's dream come true. We debated cancelling the flights and staying there forever. We hung out and exchanged stories for the evening before crashing. What a treat. Much better than any campground around. Thanks, Lilly!!!! And sorry about leaving my disgusting rotting shirt at your house. I really didn't mean to!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-1179674254837511212014-08-17T13:39:00.000-07:002014-08-17T13:39:05.935-07:00Day 46 - Magdelina to Elephant Butte State ParkWe left this morning headed for Elephant Butte State Park. This was located on New Mexico's largest (and only??) lake. The ride consisted of 41 miles of dirt, and another 40 of pave. The thing about NM is this... we were riding in the monsoonal month of August. When it rains here, the "dirt" roads are impassable, as the sand/clay becomes extremely sticky and destroys your bike. The maps advise you don't ride in the rain, and after having takled to some North bound riders earlier in the trip, this caution is to be taken seriously. <br />
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We awoke to a menacing forecast of thunderstorm and flash flood warnings. Great. We began pedaling at 8am hoping to beat the storm. We were surrounded east and west by dark, dark storms. But once again our main lady Mother Earth was looking out for us. We rode through a crease of nice weather no wider than Moses' ocean path. Cam is convinced Mother Earth thinks Geoff is Jesus so that's why we've been treated so nicely.<br />
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We made it onto paved unscathed but with storms chasing us. We stopped for lunch and down came the rain. What timing! We began the paved portion of the ride and within minutes were caught in a monsoon. The rain drops must have been 8oz patties. It hurt when they hit you. And they also turned all the forehead sunscreen into iris sunscreen.<br />
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We eventually made it into Elephant Butte State Park. Home of the best tentsites ever. They had built these three-walled shelters that protected you from the wnid and rain. We fell asleep to super loud thunderstorms and showers. It was quite peaceful.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-21332699754225798422014-08-17T13:38:00.003-07:002014-08-17T13:38:57.873-07:00Day 45 - Pie Town to MagdelinaWe awoke this morning and spent the AM hanging out with Mike. This guy was awesome. This was his third and final leg at the Divide (we met a lot of people who break the trip up into a 3 or 4 year adventure). Mike looked like he could do the entire route in a day, though. The man looked like a marine.<br />
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The pie place opened at 10am so the three of us went to see what it's all about. We split a pie three ways and the chatter stopped until every last blueberry was gone. Worth every penny. <br />
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The town and the Toaster House was just too cool to leave early, so the two of us said bye to Mike and ended up hanging out there until 4pm or so. We only had a 50 mile day or so until Magdelina. We did this as an afternoon/evening ride. We rode through this giant 25 mile wide basin that was home to two national observatories. One of which was a giant telescope, the other being an array of 50 or so X-Ray imaging things.<br />
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The ride into Pie Town was quite beautiful. It began riding alongside these neat mountains/mesas/canyons to our left, and to our right was dried up lava. There were ice caves and other attractions nearby but we didn't get a chance to go off route to check em out... next time! We finished the paved segment of the ride after about 50 miles and then began our 32 mile stretch of dirt. This is when we were introduced to how dicey NM "dirt" roads can be. We were basically riding on a narrow beach. Impossible to go straight or fast. It was an adventure. Fortunately the road cleared up a little bit, still having stretches of sand where we were forced to walk the bikes.<br />
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Five miles short of Pie Town, a lady in a truck flagged us down. She asked if we planned on eating in Pie Town and whether or not we had food in our packs. She alerted us that the restaurant was closed for the evening and invited us to take whatever groceries we wanted from her truck. What a nice gal!!! We had enough food for us so we politely declined.<br />
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We made it into Pie Town and were told about the Toaster House - a local spot for through bikers to crash. We asked for directions, but the man just said "It's the house with toaster's strung up in the trees - you can't miss it". (Helps that its a town with maybe 3 roads). We found it without any difficulty. What an absolutely amazing place. Heaven on Earth. This was an old log house that was owned by a lady who had moved out and instead of selling it, donated it to Continental Divide hikers and Great Divide bikers. It still had electricitiy, cold water, all the amenities, an awesome porch, a penthouse penthouse, a washing machine, and a world of character. <br />
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On top of all the housing essentials, it had a number of supply boxes addressed to it for hikers that never made it that far... So Geoff and I treated ourselves to lots of candy bars and dehydrated meals that night. We crashed on some mattresses up in the penthouse and hit the hay around 10pm or so. It was then when two other bikers arrived. Mike, a 40ish year old teacher from Vancouver, and Cjell (who we didnt get the chance to meet). <br />
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The first hint of Pie Town!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-54515039859768007192014-08-17T13:29:00.000-07:002014-08-17T13:29:46.875-07:00Day 43 - Cuba to GrantsA very interesting beginning to today's ride... As we were leaving Cuba Cam was out in front. Riding on pavement allows your mind to wander a little bit more than if you were on dirt because you don't need to be overly careful where your tire line is because there are no giant potholes or ruts. But a lesson was learnt this morning concerning biking in New Mexico... Not even five miles in, Cam was riding and his eyes were checking out the nearby canyons. He heard a little hiss but thought nothing of it until Geoff yelled something along the lines of "AHHHH". Apparently Cam rode within inches of a fair sized rattle snake who coiled up and went for a chunk of Cam's leg. Luckily the rattler didn't get to C as he was traveling at mach 3. It was a pretty big wake up call and from there on out the guys were on rattler duty. (Thanks mom for the snake bite kit!).<br />
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The area of New Mexico (western, NM) where our route takes us is pretty desolate and void of straight roads. Today's venture lasted 120 miles but really only 60 miles or so as the crow flies. I guess this is what the Divide is all about though. This winding road enabled us to ride through some pretty neat terrain. We dropped in and out of a number of canyons and mesas, and spent most of our day in a Navajo reservation. We stopped a couple of times at gas stations to get some snacks and gatorades and had lots of chances to talk with the locals - what friendly people! Up until this point, most people in cars that would pass us would do the classic lift-the-fingers-off-the-wheel-wave. In NM, most people would raise both hands off the wheel and wave as if we had a T-Shirt cannon with awesome prizes to be won. Two guys actually passed us today and slowed down to yell out awesome words of encouragement. To top that off, an old lady at one of our stops offered us a spot to crash. This was before noon so we had to decline.<br />
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We made it into our destination of Grants by about 7pm where we were on the hunt for a dive of a motel. We found just the place. C walked in to talk prices with the manager. One bed room was 27 dollars.... He just about took it until he was told two queen's were only 34. What a deal. Well kind of... If you like the decor of black mold, the aroma of who knows what, and your shower heads at 5 feet elevation. This was just the spot for Geoff n Cam. The only tough decision was how to sleep. Do we go under the covers? Do we use our sleeping bags and run the risk of getting bed bugs in them? We ended up just sleeping on top of the sheets being awoken every 25 minutes to the giant industrial trains that rain outside our door. At least we had McDonald's breakfast.<br />
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Riding in a canyon. Cam forgot to take pics of the better canyons... this is the best he could do!</div>
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New Mexican's aren't actually this short. This motel was simply a dive.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-74357089616402655322014-08-17T13:27:00.001-07:002014-08-17T13:27:41.719-07:00Day 42 - Horca to Cuba, NMHorca is no more than 30 miles north of the New Mexico border, but last night's sleep felt like we were in Greenland. It must have been one of the coldest nights we had on the entire trip. We woke up at six am still in the dark as the nearby mountains acted as black out curtains. We rolled out of our tents wearing just about all of our warmest clothes (mitts, winter hats, long johns, etc..). The tents were soaked with dew so we both hung our flies over the nearby fence. Within minutes, the flies were dried off - but not in the usual sense. The water had all frozen and our flies were now rigid with ice. Freezing temperatures in mid August...<br />
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You're probably asking yourselves why we were awake at six am when we are both natoriously terrible morning people. Up until this point we struggled to get pedalling by 10... But our flights were booked for Aug 18th out of El Paso so the two of us had to boogie to get there in time. Today marked the beginning of our own route. We purchased a map of New Mexico and started planning alternate routes for some days allowing us to ride a little more pavement than the designed route. This was done because we needed to kill 100 mile days and that is quite difficult on the sandy washboarded roads New Mexico is known for. <br />
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We made it into New Mexico by 10am or so where we once again biked through the middle of a county parade (this time in Chaco, NM). Some people thought we were part of the parade and cheered loudly for us. After making it through the parade (and being bombarded with candy) we continued our pedal to Cuba, NM. It ended up being exactly 100 miles into the city, with about 16 miles on dirt. It was such a treat pedalling on pave after nearly 2500 miles on dirt. The legs finally felt somewhat fresh. We crashed early knowing that we had a 120 mile day to follow.<br />
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Pass climbing made fun by the crazy Brit, Saxon, and his Belgian counterpart, Thijs. We ran into Saxon a number of time on the trip and all we've seen him put in his body is coffee and hand rolled cig'rets. And you better have real milk for his coffee...</div>
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The last of Colorado</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-65145063786364425092014-08-17T13:24:00.003-07:002014-08-17T13:24:54.370-07:00Day 41 - Back Country to HorcaThis morning we woke up early to catch the sunrise (pics can be found on previous post). After the trips 41st bowl of grossmeal we began to tidy up the campsite. It somehow took us 41 days of disgusting farts to finally dispose of the ungodly amount of apricots Sharon provided Cam with. The Apricots saga is quite an interesting one and we haven't really documented it yet. So here goes (briefly):<br />
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For the first leg of the trip, it was sort of an unwritten rule that Cam couldn't be the pace setter because he farted lots. After a few days of controlled tests, it was determined that the source of stink were the apricots he had been constantly snacking on. He continued to eat the apricots unchanged by Geoffrey's dismay. After that lute was gorged down there were a few weeks of relatively fartless biking. But when the crew arrived in Silverthorne to a care package from Sharon, they were appalled to learn that about a pound of apricots were laying inside the box. Cam immediately gave a bag of them to Jacob knowing that he had no idea of the terrible consequences. That leaves Cam with two bags of fuel. Not wanting to throw good food out, he kept trying to pawn them off on other vegans. There was one vegan staying with us at the hostel in Salida and he had arrived sans food and was starving. Cam offered him a big bag of apricots. He declined!!!!!! He must have known. Anyways.... It was a group decision that no riders be allowed to eat apricots so we threw the remainder of the lot in the fire before taking off for the morning. <br />
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After the quick apricot burn, we took off for the last two thousand feet of the climb. Not an easy way to start your morning if you haven't had your Wheaties. We eventually made it above the tree line and were exposed to some incredible views. We were nested in a beautiful valley between the two adjacent peaks and could see the large chain of fourteeners on the north eastern side. We hung out for a while up at the top of Indiana pass to eat snacks and enjoy the fresh, brisk air.<br />
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We then rode down to the small town of Platoro to eat lupper. It was then where Cam saw an eating challenge on the menu. No brainer. Four pound beef burger and four pounds of fries. <br />
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I'd love to lie to you all and say he finished but the guy didn't even come close. He managed to finish the burger but the fries were the death of him. Platoro - 1 Cam - 0. <br />
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This also marked the end of Jacob's time with the guys. He had a lot of work to do back home and decided to take off early. He met up with a group of Texans who offered to drive him to nearby city where he could more easily access transportation to the Denver airport. It was such an awesome two weeks spent with jake and we wish he could have finished with us!<br />
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After the goodbyes, G + C rode another 23 miles to the town of Horca to finish off the day. This may in fact be the nicest 23 miles of road that exists in our Universe. We felt like we were in Jurassic Park. On one side would be rolling hills covered in pine and aspen, and the other jagged cliff faces. The pictures really don't do it justice. If you ever find yourself in southern Colorado the drive from Horca to Platoro is a must.<br />
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Atop Indiana Pass!!! 12000 ft, baby!</div>
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Long story short, we didn't hit the road until 4pm or so. On a typical day - not much of an issue. Today - a bit of an issue... Waiting or us was the tallest pass on the entire divide. The daunting Indiana Pass crests at just a hair under 12 000 feet and lasts about 20 miles. We began pedaling into a headwind that drained our spirits. We managed to get to 10 000 feet where we found a great spot to tent for the evening. We cooked, watched the sunset, froze, and then hit the sack.<br />
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As I am about to write this post I get the sensation that it is getting awfully repetitive... we wake up, we climb a giant mountain, and the we descend into an awesome and new landscape. Well we did this again today... Only thing different is that Jacob won a medal today for the largest wipe out. <br />
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G and C were waiting for J on the gravel road descending the mountain. Jacob had his phone out and was taking pictures as he was quickly approaching. The iPhone lens is apparently different than a human eye. G + C appeared further than they really were through the iPhone lens, so when Jacob finally took his eye off the phone he was dangerously close to the guys. He swerved and slammed the gravel road pretty hard.<br />
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Oh yeah.. we also did some rock climbing today! The best thing about not racing this route is that you have the freedom to do what you please and act impulsively. As we were strolling through the canyonside, Geoff yelled "man, I wish we could climb these rocks". After an encouraging look from Cam, the three of us stopped to do some bouldering. <br />
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SAFELY (moms and dads), we climbed the rocks and pretended we were bandits for quite some time. We found some cool little nooks and crannies, and realized how dumb it is to rock climb in bike cleats. It was truly a blast though.<br />
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We eventually exited the canyon ridden land and rode into a large basin boasting massive mountains on the far side. We arrived to the small town of La Garita for lunch and continued on for Del Norte to spend the night. We biked by the local park where we saw fellow dividers camped out. After chatting with them, we learnt that it was free to camp in the park and the maintenance guys promised to turn the sprinklers off.<br />
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It was about 10:30pm and shortly after a discussion of how awesome the first rainless day of Colorado had been when suddenly we heard a hissing sound. Seconds later, we saw 20 sprinkler heads or so pop up and start destroying us and all the tents in site. I guess God just wants us soaked for our entire Colorado stay. What a scramble. Pitch black, high pressure water coming at us in all directions, and all of our goodies on the table vulnerable to get soaked. We ran around like madmen shipping all of our stuff to the dry parking lot. It looked like we were running through a mine field. We ended up transporting our tents and all our belongings to a nearby dry spot. Lucky for us we were still awake... The others tenting there had been asleep. Little bit more of a struggle for them.<br />
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Carnero Pass... We are now entering Southern Colorado. All the names are starting to sound Spanish.</div>
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We turned off onto the dirt road which we were to follow for the remainder of the day. The rainstorms from the night before and early that morning made it for one mucky ride. After slipping out in some mudflats, we decided to take an early lunch and let the Colorado sun dry up the road. The roads dried up considerably and we were eager to hit the road. In classic fashion, Cam's front tire decided to blow up again. A quick repair job later we were on the road.<br />
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On our way to Cochetopa Pass, we met a Swedish couple doing the route - lots of Europeans! Today's riding featured a little bit different of a landscape... Colorado began as rolling hills, turned into giant mountains, and now in this southern portion became full of canyons, cacti, and rattlers. We hit the top of the pass and rolled down to a campsite for the night. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-38410101473964081392014-08-17T11:42:00.002-07:002014-08-17T11:42:06.853-07:00Day 36 - Stables to SalidaPOuuweeeeee. One of the best days of the trip. No question. We woke up to Geoff grazing on the grass outside the stables. We then biked 15 miles to a town called Hartsel for breakfast. Our arrival was quite serendipitous - we got there just in time for the yearly festival/parade. For a town of under 100, it was quite the spectacle. Everyone from the county showed up dressed in traditional clothing from an old western town. As we sat and ate breakfast, we were showered by firehouse water and old muskets. We took off after the parade for Salida. As we were sitting roadside, another cyclist approached us and stopped. Here we met Bruno, a Belgian lad trekking the route solo. He joined the three of us for the remainder of the ride into Salida. It was a tough and unexpected climb to 10 000ft before hitting the downhill into town. Fortunately, Salida is nestled in the foothills of giant mountains. It's elevation is a mere 7,000 ft, which made for a 12 mile, 3000 ft descent into town. The descent was the best yet. The gravel road curved around the edge of the mountainsides making for spectacular views. The pictures speak for themselves.<br />
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We made it into town without pedaling once for the last 12 miles. We immediately went to the bike shop for some tuneups and advice on local lodging. The mechanic recommended we stay at the hostel for the night. There the four of us met up with a fellow French rider, Sofiane and a number of hikers doing the Colorado trail.<br />
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It would be unfair of me not to give a little background on Sofiane.... When we first met Sofiane we didn't believe he was doing the divide. He had a small Ti cross bike with a mere 12 pounds of gear stuffed in one bag atop his rear rack. That's it. He didn't have a helmet or even sunglasses as they were "too heavy". He didn't even have a mapset - just a GPS. All in all, his entire bike when packed weighed about 35 pounds. Less than half of ours. The reason being is that he is training to race the route in two years. He averages over 100 miles a day...<br />
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Forgot to mention this!! This day of riding was in South Park county, Colorado. A nearby town, Fairplay, was where the creaters of South Park (TV show) were born and raised and where the show is based on.<br />
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We descended into a town called Como where we had planned to spend the night. Unfortunately this turned out to be a ghost town with no services at all. We had to make a decision - go off route on a busy highway for 15 miles or continue on the route and camp wherever we saw appropriate. We decided to continue biking blindly into the Colorado landscape. Near sundown we approached an old deserted recreational area. We saw that there were empty stables that provided a nice shelter from the rain Colorado promised to provide. We set up shop there and hoped to God the cows weren't going to return for a visit. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-74663097125899730742014-08-15T16:16:00.001-07:002014-08-17T11:34:26.929-07:00Day 34 - Kremmling to FriscoPAfter a hearty breakfast, we took off from Kremmling aiming for the Silverthorne area. Cam was uber anxious as a care package was awaiting him at the post office (thanks mommmmmmmmmmmm). The entire morning was spent amid a neat basin with a great lake. This slowly turned into rollers which eventually escaladed into a 10 000 ft pass. The climb didn't turn out to be too bad, though. The nice thing about Colorado is that most of the climbs are railroad grade meaning that they aren't as steep. So the climbs take some time but are pretty reasonable. Atop the climb, the dirt road turned to pave. This was actually an amazing thing because we were chasing rain the entire day... Had the road been dirt, the descent would have been a very muddy one. Instead we got to pour down this awesome 3 000 ft descent over a 12 mile range. The entire downhill was accented by views of fourteeners across the valley. What a treat.<br />
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This area was actually home to three towns all in a row - Silverthorne, Frisco, and Breckenridge. These towns were all connected via a windy bike path with roller-coaster style terrain. It was a blast to storm through the trees and along the waterfront on this path. We made it to a beautiful campground in Frisco by sundown. <br />
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I'm not sure if I've mentioned this yet, but Geoff is totally anal about picking his tent site. So after thoroughly examining each site, G finally settles on a great one. We set all our tents up and began the nightly rituals of dinner, chatting, cards, and would-you-rathers. Amidst the fun, we realized that the campsite that G picked had actually been reserved. We decided to play the waiting game and thankfully nobody showed. After a stunning sun set over the jagged mountainscape, we hit the sack.<br />
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Colorado - where the climbs are well worth the struggle.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-12080422474000562322014-08-15T15:52:00.004-07:002014-08-15T15:52:40.975-07:00Day 33 - Lynx Pass to KremmlingIn light of yesterday's very short trip (~20 miles), we decided to do a little detour today to ensure we get to Kremmling since we were in dire need of groceries. Instead of continuing on the backcountry roads, we turned onto some asphalt for our climb and ensuing descent. This turned out to be an awesome decision - what a downhill. The three of us cruised down a 10 mile downhill into a valley overshadowed by towering mountains. The nice thing about riding in these remote areas is that even the highways are void of traffic. We felt like Ricky Bobby as we would slingshot pass one another down the entire downhill climaxing at 70 km/h. <br />
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We arrived to Kremmling where we found a killer deal. The Easton Hotel offers hostel style rooms for the price of 18 dollars a bed... We got a private room for three where we had access to a common room with FREE POPCORN, ice bags for those sore knees, a hot tub, and a storage room. What a treat.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-73240748068920591902014-08-07T13:44:00.000-07:002014-08-15T15:49:18.719-07:00Day 32 - Stagecoach Lake to Lynx PassThe sunless journey continued today as we awoke to grey skies yet again. Our plan was to make it as far as we could before the storms began. This was going well until Geoff decided to pedal too hard and snapped his chain in half... This required a quick fix as we were lucky enough to be carrying a spare chain. As we were halfway up the climb the rain clouds started forming stronger and stronger. The skies opened up and we got absolutely destroyed. We summited the pass about 15 pounds heavier than we started it, but managed to find some shelter underneath a washroom in a local campground. At this point it was about 2:30pm. We decided to cook lunch and bunker down here to warm up (we were FROZEN. Maybe 6 degrees Celsius and soaked) until the rain stopped (we were told the rain comes in surges then leaves in the early afternoon). The rain never stopped. By 6pm we decided we were going to have to spend the night here. We set up our tents and slept to the soothing sound of rainfall. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-49009931232858391352014-07-31T17:39:00.001-07:002014-07-31T17:39:09.563-07:00Day 31 - Steamboat Springs to Stagecoach Lake<div><br></div><div><br></div>For those of you following us on Spot, you may have noticed he haven't covered much ground in the past few days. This is because there have been incessant thunderstorms and showers and there have been flash flood warnings every day. <div><br></div><div>As we were about to leave Steamboat, the rain and lightning came. We decided to just hang out in the library and see if we could wait out the rain. We played checkers, cards, and g built an awesome house of cards. We finally took off after dinner and made it to stagecoach lake. 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We climbed up to Columbus where we ate lunch and met a very interesting character. This middle aged man introduced himself to us and began to ask us why we were doing this trip. We learned he didn't want to scratch the surface, but instead wanted metaphysical answers in response. He chatted for about an hour and a half about how he is a lightbringer and that all living people can be subdivided into humans and reptillians (and lightbringers like himself). We, thankfully, were humans (although he wasn't sold on Geoff) because we were nice and smiled and etc... Reptillians are disguised as humans but feed off fear and are mean and are from the fourth dimension, he thinks. Wait, he doesn't think, he just "knows". Long story short, this man claimed he was sent from a higher dimension and was put here to share light amongst us humans. Here are some claims he made:<div>He could create money.</div><div>He never got rained on.</div><div>He could run into the middle of a freeway and not get run over ("but there aren't enough cars here to prove it" - him)</div><div>There are no humans in the states of New Jersey and Texas.</div><div>He could tell the difference between reptillians and humans.</div><div>He drinks light.</div><div>He's from the tenth dimension. </div><div><br></div><div>Anyways... We said our goodbyes, he ripped off his shirt, jumped into his Subaru (how did he afford that? He created the money), did a donut, and peeled out. </div><div><br></div><div>If any of you are interested in what he has to say and his lifestyle, check out Ascention Earth, that's what he called it.</div><div><br></div><div>After yet another break at steamboat lake, we finally made it into steamboat springs. This is an amazing outdoorsy town where companies like SmartWool, Big Agnes, Moots and Honey Stinger were founded. Everyone seemed to be doing something active - I wish I could say it was contagious because we were anything but active in steamboat. </div><div><br></div><div>We spent the night here and took our bikes into a shop early the next day for tune ups. There we met an awesome staff member, Robert. He offered us his spot for the night so we decided to spend the day and night there. Robert was a super cool dude. He attended NOLS for mountaineering and is an avid hiker and biker. We hung out all evening taking advantage of the local happy hours. He looked over the maps with us and gave us great detours to take advantage of as he was familiar with the area. The next morning we all exchanged info and we all hope to keep in touch with him. </div><div><br></div><div>I think it's safe to say we all hope to revisit steamboat at some point in our lives.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSW8rUEM8XAe5ZfGxjKb_wYTofPOzWMMBRfKjFYD5AJlGZXcGGNX3aDvV8sJGQ9rZoYpVabh3DDxLoOBFj-E4kDUugeT5jMdsQXZCyMVz1eR0tXTKooUfUyloT10lhzF7E2zgcg1JE4qM/s640/blogger-image--1109422274.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSW8rUEM8XAe5ZfGxjKb_wYTofPOzWMMBRfKjFYD5AJlGZXcGGNX3aDvV8sJGQ9rZoYpVabh3DDxLoOBFj-E4kDUugeT5jMdsQXZCyMVz1eR0tXTKooUfUyloT10lhzF7E2zgcg1JE4qM/s640/blogger-image--1109422274.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Places like these actually exist </div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjvQ9H4zOoOm-g4NsGDH3Hp28scVeI0SLEAEHPz78cfuMoCHYe0TPkGXFBrZNxqehtPun2cnFLMa891cGVY05vlvb4ruWr3S5RNuqsJcWekNlqvigpK6cayLl_TKVwCCoOU9f1L2XIGLw/s640/blogger-image--747844376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjvQ9H4zOoOm-g4NsGDH3Hp28scVeI0SLEAEHPz78cfuMoCHYe0TPkGXFBrZNxqehtPun2cnFLMa891cGVY05vlvb4ruWr3S5RNuqsJcWekNlqvigpK6cayLl_TKVwCCoOU9f1L2XIGLw/s640/blogger-image--747844376.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Everything is bigger in America.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuj_NAeOAMtVzZIems7tLpnuV2AB1IbXC58uHuACVY4WVdKi1AUh1p9DqrcUwbjUhVzMJDH_UHHhDA13BlLS0FF7PvYa48S2y4DOEatLLa3iTu0yf8v83Wdn6T0C3c4oMugA0Mak2vdEMX/s640/blogger-image--1402970965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuj_NAeOAMtVzZIems7tLpnuV2AB1IbXC58uHuACVY4WVdKi1AUh1p9DqrcUwbjUhVzMJDH_UHHhDA13BlLS0FF7PvYa48S2y4DOEatLLa3iTu0yf8v83Wdn6T0C3c4oMugA0Mak2vdEMX/s640/blogger-image--1402970965.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Rest days...</div><br></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1u2VKFCm3Ar1Su3d9lFnXQCwh5Cq2aN2dJbNvzUmbCmqeJM0h5lWAu9srSs_B7fUbXxaGl5kT24_86oN2B_BZy3QkGcxCBAguAG16_BYmBooZG0ou33xuxEuLra3AuNMGJerPpNSVJBp/s640/blogger-image--84661081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1u2VKFCm3Ar1Su3d9lFnXQCwh5Cq2aN2dJbNvzUmbCmqeJM0h5lWAu9srSs_B7fUbXxaGl5kT24_86oN2B_BZy3QkGcxCBAguAG16_BYmBooZG0ou33xuxEuLra3AuNMGJerPpNSVJBp/s640/blogger-image--84661081.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Geoffs new sponsor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>I guess we forgot to take any pics of steamboat... 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We woke up to learn that our blind tent setup worked out
just fine. We weren’t on the road or on
top of any rattle snakes. Not having
much water and still an appreciable distance to the reservoir, we forewent
breakfast and tried to beat the heat to get to the water. On the way, we were fortunate enough to see
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brunch, and have a swim. Unfortunately
the wind prevented us from doing all but 1 of those tasks. Too cold and windy to swim, and definitely to
windy to cook. We filled up our water, took a look at the map, and planned an
alternate. There was a restaurant 15
miles off course or so where the dirt road met the highway. Starving and reluctant to pedal directly into
the headwind, we opted for this route.
We made it in record time with the tailwind only to find out this ‘restaurant’
had been shut down for years. This
caused a bit of a panic. No water, no
way of cooking, and a very windy 30 miles to the next town. We managed to mooch some water off a nearby
(the only) house. With spirits pretty
low, we went for Rawlins. Of course,
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vacation destination for any of you reading this. This town boasted relentless
winds, no trees, and lots of oil. There
was, however, a bright light in Rawlins.
The first golden arches in 100’s of miles. After pitching the tents, we pedaled to McDic’s
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Geoff also got to pick up his new rack and all was good
(besides the fact we were in Rawlins, Wyoming). Instead of hanging out at the
picnic table that evening, we were forced to powwow in Cam’s tent so it wouldn’t
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-7515881911326570272014-07-31T15:46:00.001-07:002014-07-31T17:08:26.957-07:00Day 29 - Rawlins to Ladder Ranch<div><br></div><div><br></div>After an unexpected rest day in Rawlins, we began pedaling with the goal of getting the hell out of Wyoming and into Colorado (but better yet, trees!). We were about 35 miles until trees and 70 miles to the Colorado border. The ride included 27 miles of road construction (yuck) and a few steep climbs. We managed through the road conditions and we welcomed into a forest. The trees brought much desired shade and wind cover - something we've been missing for 4 days or so. We ascended through the aspen forest until we reached the peak. Waiting for us was an awesome 15 mile descent on pavement into Colorado. This leg boasted some of the most beautiful views we've seen thus far. Cruising down this stretch during sunset was something we won't soon forget.<br>
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We camped at Ladder Ranch. This was a family owned ranch and provided a great lawn for us and an even better breakfast in the morning. At the 'all you can eat' breakfast, the hostess remarked how we left no room for lunch. This was true.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6lZPbtlS4q5DSmIZlBzb0KTbFCQF7T2sN42GmJkykAc9kaygFRgdEPuIHluTYl5JyzAIdPCbBBLzB00aQGyjFGb0RdiFqodUkDZlqP_Dplec_XPOylP7xDFwfDjvFwzcRZB-t2EjbPH-/s640/blogger-image--453771498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6lZPbtlS4q5DSmIZlBzb0KTbFCQF7T2sN42GmJkykAc9kaygFRgdEPuIHluTYl5JyzAIdPCbBBLzB00aQGyjFGb0RdiFqodUkDZlqP_Dplec_XPOylP7xDFwfDjvFwzcRZB-t2EjbPH-/s640/blogger-image--453771498.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">What we had in store.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcwTCBbmlFr6LBkliGKUNQTPTDob-Iv1DgoIyeWBn6RCVwm7xGLmliPRMcsyLIc0T4JPD-CC4pNLUenq-3lzk4x8_de54GHZdtduwvt7XzhucVTLX0sxeuPXudEA44xGhFuOhTJRgsJWW/s640/blogger-image-200384049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Our home for the night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5P9aQyBXc8ew1-DErzfGBaOrwzI67zwHwrMQavsJ2ozqBIIEloZkh8KS_s8s1fyQr320h7Lr_BuRHhejzpBth0sQgFj7KfivkhOMv5-HfnWVscrqmQyUZss83luUXWQiUodlyh7itWdi3/s640/blogger-image-428813972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5P9aQyBXc8ew1-DErzfGBaOrwzI67zwHwrMQavsJ2ozqBIIEloZkh8KS_s8s1fyQr320h7Lr_BuRHhejzpBth0sQgFj7KfivkhOMv5-HfnWVscrqmQyUZss83luUXWQiUodlyh7itWdi3/s640/blogger-image-428813972.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This road acts as the Wyoming - Colorado border.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5K-elKyAIfM6MWHkWMM2JkBkvuf8Po8v_ooeKRH44USt78x_zGYajunr041wnU6x9oY6deqjsDjotPLnKcfoIILKs14hy1FytXYocG48KeErcpF3fTFGalVzvoyaltE95o6mSFOgyWDeu/s640/blogger-image-549280988.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5K-elKyAIfM6MWHkWMM2JkBkvuf8Po8v_ooeKRH44USt78x_zGYajunr041wnU6x9oY6deqjsDjotPLnKcfoIILKs14hy1FytXYocG48KeErcpF3fTFGalVzvoyaltE95o6mSFOgyWDeu/s640/blogger-image-549280988.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Kids dream. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJ9XZ8PIDiWmsZhGN31XwbGFTTUO28A7JQfUMAyNZHrWCSqUVg_uSFGMfIPnLjLdRGSgLXA21BdJz6bu_RoGFpjy1jFz2-PPsI8Q__uicaaEhB87lWaHRUgQHy5TaaPWc7Hk12Unjn8I1/s640/blogger-image-1038884735.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJ9XZ8PIDiWmsZhGN31XwbGFTTUO28A7JQfUMAyNZHrWCSqUVg_uSFGMfIPnLjLdRGSgLXA21BdJz6bu_RoGFpjy1jFz2-PPsI8Q__uicaaEhB87lWaHRUgQHy5TaaPWc7Hk12Unjn8I1/s640/blogger-image-1038884735.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Kid in dream.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYF5xXgpbWgWOGLEREXQttntZaRmZjJOA4AY6uUY5peAqi0MRTsnvxJ2imAHsJ-3mgbFN4ORTweoEvlDBbJAZmN3aSHHpXb5RB86mDIaRI1N_LQXQ5L1fMKS7UMT_Fi4rtNWtLZ5G298gf/s640/blogger-image-1182541275.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYF5xXgpbWgWOGLEREXQttntZaRmZjJOA4AY6uUY5peAqi0MRTsnvxJ2imAHsJ-3mgbFN4ORTweoEvlDBbJAZmN3aSHHpXb5RB86mDIaRI1N_LQXQ5L1fMKS7UMT_Fi4rtNWtLZ5G298gf/s640/blogger-image-1182541275.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Chopped er down with our leathermen for some fire wood</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbcj62_4WNuERFOP0bR6sfBwi8oymsC7nMqMNyWaWIThPGf4oxAPbhLL2Xv4HfJYi2aUrL0fgugy1iKZnVVvRTgRp6wzGROMaDEuDJqkA7bTgsVs-D9zQzzCLBl58oy6kAFfG6i1KhUDa/s640/blogger-image-1270549018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbcj62_4WNuERFOP0bR6sfBwi8oymsC7nMqMNyWaWIThPGf4oxAPbhLL2Xv4HfJYi2aUrL0fgugy1iKZnVVvRTgRp6wzGROMaDEuDJqkA7bTgsVs-D9zQzzCLBl58oy6kAFfG6i1KhUDa/s640/blogger-image-1270549018.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">G in all his glory</div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550171435887120489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741896727737890387.post-53420082692357279872014-07-31T15:11:00.001-07:002014-07-31T17:06:14.501-07:00Day 27 – Atlantic City to Middle of Nowhere Basin<div class="MsoNormal">
We awoke to an email from the Salsa rep. This was awesome
news. G and the reps (Aaron + Zach)
exchanged a few emails regarding the logistics and we were all set… A new rack
will await us in Rawlins (the next town we hit). We were all set to hit this basin – the origin
of most Wyoming complaints. This is a
150 mile ride with:<o:p></o:p></div>
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-0 trees<o:p></o:p></div>
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-0 humans<o:p></o:p></div>
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-winds never less than 60km/h<o:p></o:p></div>
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-schizophrenic winds always managing to be a headwind.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-washboard. Miles of washboard. About 150 miles of washboard
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-COUNTLESS antelope.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-A number of wild horses.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lots of lightning storms.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-oh yah…. Only 2 water sources – a well and a reservoir.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So… after the mammoth climb out of Atlantic City, we were
officially beginning this monster. The
first 10 miles were pretty awesome. It
really felt like we were in the desert.
Alone in the wilderness. This
sensation of new territory overcame the anguish caused by the deadly W’s (wind
& washboard). <o:p></o:p></div>
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We filled our water up at the well site, and headed for the
reservoir. The reservoir was 55 miles past the well, making for a 75 mile day
or so in the basin. This may have been
a little unrealistic as we only started moving at 2pm or so after the rack situation
was dealt with (note the foreshadowing…).<o:p></o:p></div>
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We pedaled and pedaled through the sandy road noting
antelope after antelope and gust after gust. We hit a fork in the road and
decided to go left (long story…). We
continued pedaling for 10 km or so until we realized we had made a
mistake. After witnessing a gust blow
Geoff off his bike (not kidding), we decided our only option was to backtrack. All in all this costed us about 20 km of
pedaling and maybe 2 hours (headwind, uphill…).
We got back to the junction, peed on the sign that pointed us in the
wrong direction, then marched on into the sunset. We were about 30 miles short of the reservoir
and short on water at sundown. We sat
down to capture the sunset to relieve some of the stress and decide on a
plan. Conclusion: strap on the headlamps
and begin our first real night ride. <o:p></o:p></div>
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boooooooooooooooooooosh. Down goes Cam.
C fell off his bike pretty good and scraped up his arm and hand. No big deal thanks to the sandy road. As we rode on at a slightly slower pace,
thunderstorms approached us from both left and right. This was actually super awesome. Imagine biking in the pitch black surrounded
by lightning and echoing thunder. As the storms got closer and closer, we
decided it was best to pitch tents at the road side and just bunker down for
the night. We were about 15 miles short
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We continued riding to South Pass City. It’s funny – on these maps it marks out the
towns we hit along the way with the relevant services. After riding in what seems like the middle of
nowhere for a few days, you expect these towns to be a fair size, being home to
a number of amenities. Today was a
perfect example – goal: to hit South Pass City for a nice lunch and maybe a
rocket pop or two… As the mileage
markers for SPC winded down, there was still no sign of this “City”. Sure
enough, nested in a little ravine (or gulch), sat SPC – the current home of 3
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We had an extended stay in South Pass because Geoffrey’s
rack decided to snap shortly before.
Second rack down on the trip… With absolutely no services there, we
managed to super glue it then duct tape it.
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allowing us to get in touch with the Salsa Rep (manufacturer of G’s rack). Atlantic City also marks the beginning (or
end) of the Great Basin so we got a lot of intel from the bar owner,
Laurel. We had planned to continue for
another 25 miles to the well to camp for the night but decided it would be wise
to stay the evening in Atlantic City to accommodate communication between G and
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Soon after we read a "Stop the War on Coal - Fire Obama", Geoff pointed out a sheepdog in the distance. We approached the two sheepdogs herding 50 sheep or so with a couple donkeys following (???). Other than the sheepdog instance, there weren't many signs of life to be found. This could be attributed to the fact that every crick that we passed seemed to be dried up. We kept on pedaling and luckily one of the creeks finally had some water flowing through. It ended up being an awesome back country camping spot. Not many signs of human life, but many signs of cattle were present... Once again forcing us to camp amongst patties.<br />
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The next morning the three of us were awakened by a loud herd of cattle marching right for us as we separated the cattle from the watering hole. We all jumped out of our tents (this was the only thing to ever get G out of bed early) to see cattle storming over the ridge for us. Not ten seconds later, over the ridge rides a cowboy yelling cowboy things. Crisis averted. Cowboy diverts the cows and saves the day. No Jumanji stampede.<br />
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It was also nice to take the afternoon to plan our upcoming challenge of the Wyoming Basin. This is a 150 mile stretch void of any trees or water. This requires careful planning so we were glad to allot it the time deserved. I guess we'll talk more about that once we reach it...<br />
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We ended up just hanging out in a motel for the evening with some cheap beer watching reruns of the MusiCares concerts. Not that Springsteen, James Taylor, and Neil Young concerts/tributes were lame, its just that we often found our beers resting on the tables beside us. Cam decided to cut out a small paper mustache and tape it to the TV. The rules were this: any time the mustache is placed over a mans "mustache area", you take one drink. Over a woman's - two drinks. Over a man already having a real mustache - five drinks. You can imagine a the amount of 5 drink-ers we had to take during the James Taylor and Neil Young segments.<br />
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We all crashed and had an awesome sleep in a real bed. It was nice.<br />
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Our ride into Pinedale.</div>
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