July on a Bike

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Sergeants to cotopaxi... 7/19

July 27, 2012
Sergeants to cotopaxi... 7/19

Started the day with a mountain. It took us 3 hours to get to the top of monarch pass, 10 miles. We went on a gondola  that you can ride from the pass to the peak to gaze at Colorado's mountains. We spotted pike's peak.
Then, the descent from monarch's pass gave us 10 fast miles that we completed in 20 minutes.
Then, we went to cotopaxi. Along the way, we stopped at the Arkansas River, saw rafters.
The ride to Cotopaxi or K-pax, was windy and hot and we had little to no shoulder on the road at times.
We stopped at cotopaxi and saved the last long ascent for another day.

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Almost gunnison to sergeants 7/18

July 27, 2012
Almost gunnison to sergeants 7/18

Planned to go up monarch pass today. Didnt make it. Called it a day when we reached the bottom of it. So, right before all the climbing we stopped.

Woke up to kayla's frantic scream. She looked scared to touch her bag, the one where we had our food. There was red fuzzy material around the opening and some rice-sized pieces of something that resembled a small animal's poo. I emptied the bag contents, no foreign visitor was there. Many of our packets ha...
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Almost montrose to almost gunnison 7/17

July 27, 2012
Almost montrose to almost gunnison 7/17
The plan was to make it to Gunnison.
Ten miles to Montrose we were greeted with a city. They had a sports authority where i bought a bag. We went to target and we visited the post office. There, we mailed stuff that we didnt need home-backpack, rain pants, solar charger.
We carries on to some long uphills.
I saw a live snake in the road in front of me. Some storms were brewing when we reached the summit. It was windy and it seemed like the storm wa...
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Lizardhead pass to almost montrose 7/16

July 27, 2012
Lizardhead pass to almost montrose 7/16

The plan was to make it to Montrose. Also, ridgeview for my tires. On the way we passed some beautiful views and my phone was dead so i couldnt take many pictures on this day, sadly. We passed the sawpit where we got something to eat and drink then Placerville pt 2 where we got more food, talked to a guy who didn't drive, and had decided he wouldn't at the age of 16, he was 54. He looked young. And gave us some advice about riding bikes at night....
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7/14 Monticello to Dolores

July 27, 2012
7/14 Monticello to Dolores

It was a the day we would cross from Utah to Colorado. We made it.

Kayla got a flat with 10 miles to go, that's like 5 i think.

We replaced her tube and got going again. When we arrived into town, we saw an open bike shop. Nick had just opened it up a few weeks earlier and he didn't have much items for sale. He did have some tubes and some Chamois so we bought that. He also took a look at Kayla's derailleurs and brakes. He did some adjustments. I'm not sure h...
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7/13 Blanding to Monticello

July 27, 2012
We didn't make it far today. From Blanding, Monticello was the next town. We took it easy and we stopped there for the day. we went to the library and updated our blogs. We stayed at what we thought was an RV Park but we weren't sure. Whatever it was, we were told it was closed due to some emergency and that we could camp there for free, so we did. Next to our campsite, we found the Peace Tree Cafe. I highly recommend that restaurant to anyone. It was delicious.
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Lake powell to Blanding 7/12

July 13, 2012

Lake powell to Blanding

Woke up at 430.
Left at 530. 80 miles to Blanding but only 76 to a gas station. Maybe they'll have an ice cream Snickers. 

Tired, finishing an 80 mile day. Got 7 miles left. My shorts' padding is no more so a lot sore. 8/11 hrs was biking uphill so far today. i'm a lot sore. 
It was a lot of desert but as we got closer to Blanding the terrain became greener, and slightly cooler. Unfortunately, it's still hot and I'm still drinking hot powerade. 

Ate ice cream ...

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Hanksville to lake powell 7/11

July 13, 2012
Hanksville to lake powell 7/11

Got up semi early-left before 7. Started the day with a thousand foot climb(nothing too bad). We decided that today will be a 50-mile day rather than a 130. There's a campground that has a gas station in fifty miles but we have to go a few miles off route. Yeah that 130 stretch would've been hot and uphill, nearly impossible. 

30 miles out, we stumbled upon a nice rest stop. It had shade, bathrooms and picnic tables. I don't that sounds fancy but during a ...

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Oak creek campsite to Hanksville 7/10

July 13, 2012
Oak creek to Hanksville 7/10
We began in Oak Creek Campgroundbecause we were unable to reach Torrey yesterday. Oak creek is 20 miles before Torrey. Today was supposed to be 20 miles shorter than it was. 
Today was pretty. Utah is ridiculous. Two words bounced around in my head while I rode through gorgeous terrain: HOW? Never mind, it's just one word. I woke up at 6am to go for short run. That's my first time running since we began this trip, except for two days ago when I found a half-me t...
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Escalante to not Torrey(oak creek campground) 7/9

July 13, 2012

Escalante to Not Torrey 7/9

Left at 645am. There's something called the Hell's Backbone we have to climb. La Espina del Infierno , o El espinaso del infierno or something like that. 

It turned out that Hell's Backbone was nothing to worry about. However, miles before it were terrifying and amazing. The views are just spectacular. I'll post pictures here later. The Escalante river was amazing. BEAUTIFUL.
This part of utah is in its rainy season so once again we found ourselves surrounde...

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