Day 1 - Denver to Woodland Park
Distance: 85.34 mi
Ave speed: 10.3 mph
Peddling time: 8:14
Elevation: 5,906 ft
Highlights: Coulson's met us in Sedalia with breakfast burritos and OJ; riding along the Platte, rotisserie chicken dinner outside city market in woodland park, bear sighting
Day 2 - Woodland Park to Trout Creek Pass
Distance: 66.71 mi
Ave speed: 10.5 mph
Peddling time: 6:20
Elevation: 3,667 ft
Highlights: 11 mile state park, heavy head winds, abandoned county jail and mercantile store in Hartsel, Brian met us with goodies on top of the pass (Orange Juice!)
Day 3 - Trout Creek Pass to Taylor Creek Campground (before gunnison)
Distance: 66.91 mi
Ave speed: 11.1 mph
Peddle time: 5:58
Elevation: 4,500 ft
Highlights: morning descent into Buena Vista, Bongo Billies for breakfast, met 6 guys mountain bike touring the Colorado trail, Cottonwood Pass, wild strawberry picking, Taylor Resevoir and River
Day 4 - Taylor Creek to the Bend (between gunnison and lake city)
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Highlights: llamas and alpacas at Doug and Leigh's, visit Doug at his tire shop, 9 mi dessert climb
Day 5 - The Bend to Lake City/top of Slumgullion Pass
Distance: 29.5 mi
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Peddle time: 4:00
Elevation: 4500 ft
Highlights: Rest day/sick day, met Robert (fellow touring cyclist), lots PSI dropping, laundry, Slumgullion Pass
Day 6 - Slumgullion to South Fork
Distance: 70.38 mi
Ave speed: 15.7 mph
Peddle time: 4:28
Elevation: 1784 ft
Highlights: Burgers and brat at hotdog stand in Creede, Tom and Wendy invite us to their home in South Fork, party bus, moonlight raft
Day 7 - South Fork to Bayfield
Distance: 91.57 mi
Ave speed: 12.4 mph
Peddle time: 7:18
Elevation: 4848 ft
Highlights: Wolf Creek Pass, watermellon in Pagosa, Farm Market along Hwy 180, Camp out in Andy and Amy's field
Day 8 - Bayfield to Durango/Ouray
Distance: 52.36 mi (shuttled to Ouray from top of Coal Bank Pass with Caleys' parents)
Ave speed: 13.0 mph
Peddle time: 4:00
Elevation: 4218 ft
Highlights: breakfast at Oscars in Durango, met up with Caley's parents (our incredible Sag Vehicle!), new chains for Blanche and Wilma at the Durango Cyclery, Coal Bank Pass w/o our gear, shuttle from Coal Bank to Ouray over Molas Pass and Red Mtn Pass (decided we wanted to live to experience the rest of our trip), dinner in Ouray with Caley's parents, hot springs, shower and bed in Ouray!
Day 9 - Ouray to Delta
Distance: 61.55 mi
Ave speed: 17.4 mph
Peddle time: 3:31
Elevation: 531 ft
Highlights: shuttled back to get our bikes, breakfast with Caley's parents in Silverton, winery in Olathe, camped in Delta with sprinklers
Day 10 - Delta to Redcliffe
Distance: 82 mi
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Peddle time: 6:07
Elevation: 4335 ft
Highlights: rode past lots of organic farms, Harden's Natural Foods near Hotchkiss, Paonia, McClure Pass, met Andee and her kids on top, natural hot springs between Redcliffe and Carbondale, full moon dinner
Day 11 - Redstone to McCoy
Distance 80.9 mi
Ave speed: 14.2 mph
Peddle time: 5:40
Elevation 4241 ft
Highlights: breakfast at Villiage Smithies in Carbondale, shuttle from Glenwood Spgs to Hanging Lake (bike path destroyed by flooding), met Shanny (with Adventure Cycling) in Eagle, stopped at 4 Eagle Ranch looking for water and BBQ - left with granola bars and an ajusted route to go all the way to Steamboat, camped under the stars outside McCoy
Day 12 - McCoy to Rabbit Ears Pass Summit
Distance: 75.6 mi
Ave speed: 11.8 mph
Peddle time: 6:22
Elevation: 5353 ft
Highlights: early start, rode 50 mi to Steamboat, brunch at Winonas, tubing down the Yampa River, groceries at the Bamboo Market, Rabbit Ears Pass, wildlowers!!
Day 13 - Rabbit Ears to Grand Lake
Distance: 78.33 mi
Ave speed: 15.4 mph
Peddle time: 5:04
Elevation: 2506 ft
Highlights: met state patrol and cross walk guard on the way to Kremmling, lunch outside the Kremmling grocery mart, ice cream at Big Shooters, Lake Granby and Grand Lake, warm night in a lake side cottage
Day 14 - Grand Lake to Allenspark
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Day 15 - Allenspark to Denver
