Our goal was to hit pikes peak, and it was only 320 some miles, so we took it rather easy. I didn't sleep well the night before. My guts are still on and off. Kinda annoying. I'm starting to get charley horses alternating legs at night. Yermo says "it will go away".
I had nightmare that I was searching for my bears... So lame. I might even have cried in my dream and while i was sleeping, when I found them.... Don't remember too well. I try to not remember these lame moments very clearly. Hahaha
Today we left some what on time from dodge city. I had to add oil to my bike every 700 to 800 miles. It's apparently well within spec.
These super skin tight ninja outfits actually work pretty well. Not liking the spandex like pants that wears like pantyhose. They also don't do much since there isn't as much wind flow via e bike and the rev it pants. It also cramping my style. Cough cough.
I will likely get a short sleeve version upon my return. I just don't like long sleeve anything.
Yermo and I had some awesome conversation on perspectives throughout the way. We didn't even notice when we gone 90 some miles and were already in Colorado. Awesome!
Leaning into the wind while going straight was pretty awesome. We didn't get enough cross wind for any significant lean, but at times we were leaning 70 degrees while riding forward. As trucks come by and we are fighting the wind while riding straight. Yermo says "careful when they come next to you, wind will stop" aka I will still be turning to go straight when the wind stop. Also there was the vacuum that happens sometimes when the trucks go by. It was interesting :)
Then there was the heavy gust of wind that blows by, and then your bike shift over 6 inches; like your sliding around on ice.
There was a part where there was nothing. Yermo said "that's what you see if you took I70". route 400 was actually pretty awesome. We roll 60 miles and come into a super small town and then roll out, like in the western movies. 400 is the route to ride thorough Kansas if your slabbing.
We were in pueblo in no time. The sun is really coming down. Even I felt a little warm. Me and Yermo were both rather tired. But the miles were really easy today.
We got to Colorado Springs Starbucks around 5 ish. We decided to take a break and check the weather and head to pikes peak. Unfortunately we got there like 10 minutes late. The mountain closed at 6. 😣
So we decided hey, wtf we come back tmr. And visit something else. Yermo said "oh it's just a bunch of rocks" so I know immediately that means, it's gonna be awesome when I get there. It seem to be a recurring theme. Hahahaha
So garden of the gods we went. It was pretty damn impressive especially at sun set. All the birds nested within the holes of the mountain. You can hear them all over.
We walked a bit and took some pictures. It was "cool" but nothin special. We went up the path and we started regretting that we didn't take some water with us.
So this is why they call it the garden of the gods... It was amazing. The picture doesn't do it justice. It was beyond picturesque. You feel bigger than life as you look down into the garden. The pieces fit together perfectly like a bonsai garden, but these are rocks and trees of epic proportion. It was epic
It was even more awesome we came the time we did, as the sun set all the shadow it casted along the wall of this particular view on the rock. My photography skills...
As we forgo opportunities for the day, we do not have to give them up. Well one would say we were flexible. But it isn't about flexibility. Planning is important, being spontaneous is important. They are two ends of the spectrum. Too much planning, one loses the spontaneity of life. Too much lack of planning, one would go no where.
These things are not new ideas. In fact, they have been in all the holy scriptures and philosophies of life. Balance. Yet, we often try to define ourselves in the terms of spontaneity or efficiency, and seldom both. It is one lesson I have to constantly relearn, one I find hardest to teach my students.