Vernal, dinosaurs
Today I left the relative quiet of Rangely and reached the larger town of Vernal. 18 miles of gradual up, 20 miles of gradual down and 15 miles of gradual up brought me to roughly the same elevation as I … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Colorado
Rangely, White River valley
Both Meeker and Rangely have a little over 2000 residents. However, Rangely seems much more empty and with fewer businesses like restaurants. Instead Rangely seems to have more of an isolated perspective.t Today my route took me from Meeker to … Continue reading →
Meeker, over the nine mile gap
Today a nice ride from Craig over a low set of hills to Meeker. Grades in the west are different from eastern mountains. More likely to be a long gradual ascent or descent than a lot of short sharp hills. … Continue reading →
Craig, follow the Yampa
An easy ride today following the Yampa River downstream to Craig. Just a month ago I was getting on the road early to beat the heat. Today I waited just a bit to let it warm up. It was 45F … Continue reading →
Steamboat Springs, over Rabbit Ears Pass
Today was a challenging day, at least as much for the descent as for the climb. The first half of the ride was an easy ride through wide open spaces of North Park. The second half was a climb to … Continue reading →
Walden, over Cameron Pass
2400ft of climbing in the first 14 miles brought me to the top of Cameron. From there it was almost all downhill or less. Nice to reach the small town of Walden after two days climbing Poudre Canyon. I’ve been … Continue reading →
Poudre Canyon, up, up, up…
No Internet so expect this to be a delayed post. Today I ended ~2850ft higher than I started – particularly the last 44 miles up the Poudre Canyon. Cameron Pass is 5000ft higher than Fort Collins and I split this … Continue reading →
Denver, local ride to the capitol and back…
Today a ride from Westminster to the Colorado state capitol and back. This was the first ride since I replaced the back wheel, tires and rear brake. It was a nice easy ride and definitely shows the contrast between loaded … Continue reading →
Fort Collins, familiar routes …
Today a ride from Cheyenne to Fort Collins. I have lived in Fort Collins for about fifteen years so these roads were all familiar riding. I am staying with a friend Paul. Yesterday Paul already took my rear panniers so … Continue reading →