Claire's Ride for a Reason Blog

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

The following are some of Gene's reflections of his trip so far: "Hey everyone had another crazy day extreme temperature changes and steep hills/mountains. Skyline Drive is nothing compared to what we are experiencing. From Pogosa Springs, Colorado Donnie and I rode together towards the Continental Divide (elevation 10,857 ft). I could not believe all the wildlife along the way, elk and the occasional deer buck looking over saying what the heck are you doing on my mountain. We had to dig real deep to get over this one picture probably the steepest hill you have ever gone over winding around canyons and multiply it by ten. As we ascended two miles up the temperature had dropped from 96 degrees to 45 degrees at the top. There was even remaining snow from god knows when, absolutely breathtaking. Not like we had much air in our lungs at the time we were climbing. Just grabbing hold of the water bottle was a chore. But we did it. Reached the summit at about 8pm when I put on some cold weather gear and descended into the darkness. Lots of speed and lots of cold while I as descending down into Alamosa, Colorado. Unfortunately, we had to drive a few miles because of time and darkness (got in close to midnight). Once Safe in Alamoso, CO we began plotting our course to Trinidad which has already thrown us a curve due to a large wild fire. We'll probably have to detour through New Mexico. Talk to you soon. Gene"

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