Day 60, Dillon to Hot Sulphur Springs.

On the road to Kremmling. We lost two thousand feet on today's ride.

The Green Mountain Res. Route 30 took us around it with almost no vehicle traffic and spectacular views.

We met this you east bounder on our way to Kremmling. She was traveling alone, and did not have a dead line to reach the east coast. Sorry, didn't get her name.

These mountains still have snow on them from last winter, And occasional they will get off season storms that blow in with the front.

We have gone around these mountains and are now on the west of them.

Yes, these are Llamas. Tame ones of course, but we saw a herd of them, and one was on the out side of the fence.

Lisa spotted this deer. It jumped into the river to cross.

The Green Mountain Res. We rode all the way around it.

Yesterday we were at 11,542 feet, today we got down to about 7,500.

Just one of the many small ranches we saw along the way.

More breath taking scenery while riding.

A cool mountain stream. They look inviting, but the water is ice cold.

While on one of my breaks, I took this shot. i must have taken about 200 pics. today.

Here's another one.

This is the Blue River. It feeds the Green Mountain Res.

In places, the river resembles a lake.

Out route took us along the Blue River for quite some distance. I like riding next to rivers. It means the route is relatively flat.

I shot this from the bike path leading out of Dillon.

Some roads have great big wide shoulders. And some of them have nothing.



Day 60, Dillon to Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado. “Rocky Mountain High”. 60.79 miles.

The Rocky Mountains Offer a variety of out door activities. No where else on our trip did we see so many people out and about, than we have seen here in Colorado. Weather it be cycling, hiking, boating, you name it. The people here know how to take advantage of this beautiful natural play ground. Everywhere you look, there seems to be eye popping scenery, the likes we have never seen in Kansas, just one state over.
We left Dillon pretty early, thanks to the
Continental Breakfast at the Super 8. Although it was a bit nippy, I elected to ride with just my normal jersey and bike shorts. I knew that it would heat up soon enough, and didn’t want to hassle with taking stuff off while riding………………… We made our way down to route 9 that would take us right all the way into Kremmling with a spur on to route 30 around the Great Mountain Reservoir. As we turned onto route 30, we were rewarded by breath taking scenery of the lake and surrounding area. We encountered several elderly bikers out on pleasure rides. Route 30 has almost no traffic, and the road was is very good condition. We saw deer in the wild on a few occasions, amazing animals when seen in the wild. Once back on route 9, the traffic picked up intensely, forcing us to get completely off the road several times when these big RV’s would come flying by taking up the whole road. It was like that for about 16 or 17 miles.
We stopped in Kremmling and had lunch at an authentic Mexican restaurant. I had the Enchiladas, and left the place stuffed, but still able to ride. It was just 16 mile to Ho Sulphur Springs, our destination for the day. We took a right going north on route 40. It had less traffic, but still no shoulder. There were very little hills today, so we were able to maintain a fairly moderate average speed. We rode though a gorge that had been cut to accommodate a railroad, as well as highway traffic. They did not make provisions for cyclists, so once again, we were forced off the road for our own safety when ever these large RV’s came by. Tonight we are at the Ute Trail Motel here in Hot Sulphur Springs. Tomorrow we will try to make it to Walden, about 61 miles. Thank you all for staying with us. Aloha, Ted.