Our track for the first day landed us 195 miles and ended in Colorado Springs. We took route 6 as suggested by our local host. It was magical. We will take it on the way back via returning to Denver and put up some video footage.
Pat is our host for the truck, and gave us some tips of where to go. Just randomly trusting someone you don't know, and being completely okay with it, is liberating. It frees us from preconception of prejudice and fear we have accumulated over the years. Our fears and negative experience become our prejudice, each and everyone has it, it is our natural adaptation to survive. But as we become older, and accumulate more things in our psyche, our lives become more and more narrow. And dare I say, more and more prejudice. (i'll follow up with a more detail post, flushing out this opinion later)
Truck in driveway, in a safe place. We even store our drinks and ramp in his garage.
Idaho Springs, I saw the hotel I stayed at 4 years ago. It's quite exciting recognizing things from the past. Then we went up Mount Evans Road
We break intermittently as we climb the elevation to avoid altitude induce sickness. This is around 12000 or 13000 feet. We had to put some layers on as well, due to the fact its getting colder and colder, and we saw some ice on the way up. My Dr with the aftermarket filter from pro-cycle, fuel screw adjustment, and needle up a notch is running like a beast all the way to the top. My snack was about to explode on its own, I had to open it and eat a bunch.
We hiked o the top, some dude ask Jeff if the water pack was an oxygen tank, and if he had bad lungs. lolol
We made it, some young girl volunteered herself for our photo op while I was trying to use the selfie stick. It was really nice of her.
The weather is amazing. Last time I was up here, there was all kinds of cloud. Today I could see all the peaks from the observation deck. That and I was a lot more prepare for the cold atop the mountain. This made the trek up much much more enjoyable when I was at the peak. Experience does pay off.
Cactus Jack, live music, good food, and even better location. I should just move here. Nothing wrong with the east coast, but around here in the mountains is where I feel the most alive.
Rampart range road. Incredible amount dirt road, that goes on for infinity. What's even more impressive is that the park is a terrain park for off road sports. So all along the trail to the left and right you can see people running the trails on their dirt bikes.
Jeff also helped some local with directions. Yes.... you heard that right, he was helping out a local who was lost.
Ended at garden of the gods. Great day, Whats even more awesome, is that we went at closing and when we are coming out, the cop ask Jeff to run into the park with his bike and get everyone out. I'll have to edit the footage on the go pro at a later date to post. It was pretty epic. Riding your bike in the garden of the gods. Probably the one and only time in history. Lol .
