Well, well, well, I finally got to go. I've been longing to ride Colorado since the beginning of time, and my chance came during my current and much needed hiatus. I was originally gonna ride with Dr. B and Carl, but I couldn't commit pass the first week of August, and I reluctantly bowed out. A few days later, I was talking to CeeBee and telling him how bummed out I was. Course it doesn't take much to get ol' Chuck off on an adventure. The more we talked, the more we were putting it together. We soon had a plan for a ten day ride from Albuquerque to Steamboat Springs and back. The only other details were to run the CDR up, stop in at West Fest, and make our own route on the fly back down.
Our schedule was that we had no schedule. This was the first time in all my years of riding that I can say I rode day after day and really didn't care where we pitched our tents. It really didn't matter, and we were truly just bumming around.
Then there is the beauty of the Rockies. I had never been there before and I was amazed at the tranquility of the terrain. Wow, what a place! Yeah I've seen pictures and read many reports, but photos just don't capture what is really there.
As for the skinny on the actual riding? I'll try to capture it day by day with our pics and some comments, but bare with me as I was riding with Chuck ol' buddy who kept the ride very interesting. Don't get me wrong. This was a fantastic ride, but some days Chuck's willingness to push the adventure **** near got us killed!
Matter of fact, it would probably best describe our trip if I categorized the days as either days of tranquility or days of mayhem.
Here's a few random pics to get things started. Then we'll go day by day.
I'll call these pics of tranquility.
And these are a glimpse of the mayhem.
Day One in a bit.
Our schedule was that we had no schedule. This was the first time in all my years of riding that I can say I rode day after day and really didn't care where we pitched our tents. It really didn't matter, and we were truly just bumming around.
Then there is the beauty of the Rockies. I had never been there before and I was amazed at the tranquility of the terrain. Wow, what a place! Yeah I've seen pictures and read many reports, but photos just don't capture what is really there.
As for the skinny on the actual riding? I'll try to capture it day by day with our pics and some comments, but bare with me as I was riding with Chuck ol' buddy who kept the ride very interesting. Don't get me wrong. This was a fantastic ride, but some days Chuck's willingness to push the adventure **** near got us killed!
Matter of fact, it would probably best describe our trip if I categorized the days as either days of tranquility or days of mayhem.
Here's a few random pics to get things started. Then we'll go day by day.
I'll call these pics of tranquility.
And these are a glimpse of the mayhem.
Day One in a bit.