June 22, 2024
Day 52 - All Cliff bars taste the same
I have tried nearly every flavor of Cliff bars and they all taste the same to me. Maybe I am just getting sick of eating Cliff bars on the road
I rode 61 miles today and all but 6 miles had no houses and no electric poles. Once I hit route 125 I pedaled through national forest for 25 miles with all of it burnt due to wildfires. Thousands of trees still standing, all dead
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Appears to be a dike - an igneous intrusion and the adjacent rocks were less resistant to the erosion than this rock.
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https://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2015/07/29/positively-weathering-volcanic-dike-near-granby-colorado/
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A few days ago I crossed the Continental Divide from east to west over Hoosier Pass. Today I crossed it again from west to east at Willow Creek Pass. Won’t be the last time I cross it. At the bottom of this post you will see the elevation cross section of today’s ride. You can clearly see the climb up and over
Stopped in Rand, CO with a population of 50. They have a nice gift store where I got a cold drink. As you walk in they have this display
After leaving the the national forest I rode into the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge
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Today's ride: 61 miles (98 km)
Total: 2,454 miles (3,949 km)
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Good to hear from you. Sounds like you are making steady progress. Keep up the good work
Dave
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