WE LEAVE GRAND JUNCTION EARLY AND HAVE
A SHOT AT THE INTERSTATE FOR A FEW MILES!
ZOOM ZOOM!!
LOTSA SPEED ON I70!
TIME TO GET BACK TO THE GOOD STUFF..WE TURN OFF AND HEAD
SOUTH TO ASPEN. AND THE INDEPENDENCE PASS!
THE ROAD IS DESERTED, NARROW AND ITS A FINE DAY!
I LOVE THESE 1 LANE SECTIONS!!!
WE HEAD UP TO 12000 '
THIS IS A GOOD ONE!
RAYBOB THINKS THE BIKE TRAIL IS THE PASS! I KNOW I TOLD
HIM IT WAS NARROW..BUTTTT ANYWAY..WE WENT UP IT ANYWAY..NO CARS, BUT LOTS
OF PEOPLE ON BICLYCLES SCATTERING INTO THE BUSH!
ON THE WAY EAST AND UP!
PROFESSOR RAYBOB CHECKS OUT THE GEOLOGY, NOTICE THE
ARCTIC TYPE HELMET ? IT HAS THE 40 BELOW VISOR ON IT! NOT HARD TO TELL
WHERE HE COMES FROM IS IT?
NICE AND TIGHT!!
NICE
HEADING DOWN THE EAST SLOPE
NOW HERES A CORNER YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS!
OOOPS ALMOST!
I LIKE THIS! MILES OF IT! JUST RIGHT! RAYBOB HAS THE HANG OF IT NOW! THINK
THE PRAIRIES ARE GONNA BE A BIT OF A DRAG FOR HIM NOW...:)
I CHASE HIM WITH MY CAMERA!
I KNOW THIS
LOOKS BAD, BUT I THINK HE GOT A SCARE ON THE PASS AND COULDNT MAKE IT ANY
FURTHER! WE STOP FOR A DRINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PASS IN TWIN LAKES!
NOW TIME AND ITS ON TO LEADVILLE FOR DINNER! SEEMS ITS THE HIGHEST
DECENT SIZED TOWN IN NA.
EITHER WAY WE NOW KNOW TO LOOK FOR BIKES PARKED ON THE STREET
AS THAT ALWAYS LEADS US TO A DECENT PLACE TO EAT! AND IT DOES.GREAT
MEAL AND WE ARE HEADING NORTH BACK TO I70.
DOWNTOWN LEADVILLE!
HEADING UP 91 AND OVER FREMONT PASS 11350 FEET HIGH!
THATS THE BIG MINE UP THERE CUT OUTA THE MTN. THE ROAD GOES UP
THRU IT!
..NICE RIDE, LOTSA CURVES AND WE GO BY A HUGE MOLYBDENUM MINE
NEAR CLIMAX! (REALLY)
ALONG THE WAY....
MORE!
OK! ITS 4 PM AND WE HAVE
A ROOM IN GEORGETOWN CO! SO ITS NOT FAR TO MT EVAN'S FROM HERE, THE SUN
IS OUT, SO OFF WE GO!