Day #34 - The Mountains.

We woke up to an amazing breakfast provided by the Bed and Breakfast this morning.





After eating we went on our way, which was around 7 a.m. Today was a Long. Exciting. Wet. Cold. Tough. Fun. Tiring. Challenging. and all around Awesome day, a total of 103 miles. After biking just 20 miles we started our trek up the mountain. It was a good 20 mile climb up 4,000 feet. It took us about 2 hours to reach the top. It was a challenging climb, but when we finally made it we all took a lunch break before the decent. Other than all the wind blowing in our faces on the way down, it was pretty exciting. We reached a maximum of 40 mph today. After biking back down the mountain we could see storms forming in the distance and heading our way.





[I love biking with these guys, it's the funniest thing to hear Stehl and Tyler freak out about storms] Cameron and I decided to continue on and out bike the storm....... It didn't work. It caught up to us about 20 miles away from our destination. I'm not quite sure why but we decided it would be fun to bike through the rain and do it without any rain gear. So that's what we did. It was actually pretty awesome at first, but when it finally quite raining it got cold. It was so cold that we biked through snow afterwords at just 7,000 feet. After biking through rain and snow then finishing the last 17 miles soaked in just our regular bike gear, I think we've earned some extra man points. Right?. :P Tonight we are staying at another bed and breakfast and these people have been really nice. They made us supper, which included salad, lasagna, garlic bread, chips and salsa. and, of course, ice cream. It was delicious! Tomorrow morning they're making us breakfast then we're biking about a 90 mile day through the highest part on the whole trip.


Stephen Rosenberger.

Location:Colorado 69,Westcliffe,United States