The plans for today include bike maintenance, getting quarters for laundry, car wash for the Yukon, and a quick check on the Yukon at the GMC dealer. Before these things could be done I needed to play with the kids. I haven’t had a lot of time and even though we have a 2 day weekend planned we needed to do this really cool thing together this morning. The KOA where we are staying has what is called a Jumping Pillow. It is like those inflatable castles that kids jump in at the fair. We went over there and jumped for a while and had a blast.
Dad and I then left for the bike shop and our other errands. We got the car washed. Got quarters for laundry. The Yukon checked out fine. The bike shop was fantastic and we were able to stock up on tubes and all the other stuff that we may need for the rest of the trip. It was great and the young man that helped us has ridden on the route that our maps are sending us and he told us another route that would save us 10 miles. This was great. Even though there are only 86 miles planned for today, when you leave at 2:00 it is good to save as many miles as possible.
We got back, hooked up the trailer, and went out for lunch. The day was getting hotter and we needed fuel. We drove back to the place where we were forced to stop yesterday and began biking. The day sure was hot but in the foreground we could see our chance to cool down. The heat of the day in CO creates rain storms as the day begins to cool down. Since we started late in the day we were beginning when the storms started to form. We biked along and it seemed for a fleeting moment that we were going to pass through two storms. Fleeting! We instead began to head right into the path of a storm that seemed not to be moving, or if it were it was moving very slowly as if to say, “Come on guys. If you are going to get to your destination you must first go through me.” The wind picked up and slowed us down incredibly. I think I remember snails passing on the side of the road. There were times that I thought I was going to get blown over. I estimate that the winds were in the upper 40s. Getting wet is not so bad, although it is not the most desirable things, is not the end of the world since we could see the sun shining on the other side of the storm and we knew that we would dry off soon with the sun on us, The worst thing was the lightning. Did you know that it is more likely for a person to get hit by lightning than to win the lottery? Since people win the lottery, I knew that people had to get hit by lightning. Our problem was compounded since we were still a few miles from stores. I was finally able to see a gas station down the road and with the lightning coming more frequently I cut through the wind like a hot knife through butter and ducked into the safety of Loaf ‘n Jug.
We waited for about 30 minutes and when I thought the lightning had sufficiently passed over we went out into the drizzle. The rain is not what got us wet but the vehicles that drive by with a sick sense of humor and think it is funny to drive as close to us as possible so as to spray us like a fire hydrant sprays a raging building. We made it past the storm line and a nice westerly wind kept us up with the city traffic of Pueblo, CO and rushed us the rest of the way to Canon City, CO. We drew closer to the snow capped mountains and we again rode in amazement of the marvelous creation that our Creator has given to us. He has given us such good things to enjoy! May I never cease to give Him the glory and honor for it all!!
The best was saved for last today. We rode through Canon City, CO and as we got the edge of town I realized that we still had 1,100 feet of climbing to do in 8 miles. It made for a very steep hill and not exactly a cherry on top of a short day. When we finally arrived at the top of the hill and found our campground, it was all worth it. The view that we had coming out of our camper each time was majestic and the mountains seemed to be different with each sunset and sunrise!
Our meals have been great with more than sufficient amounts of carbs, but Dad and I have both sensed the need to stock up on the weekends on protein and iron. This meant a steakhouse!!! The Wild West Steakhouse was the spot for steak and we enjoyed a nice steak dinner! A great end to a wonderful day!!! Oh yeah the other great end was that the Detroit Tigers defeated the Atlanta Braves on Kenny Rogers first game back this season!! GO TIGERS!!!
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