We only snoozed for 20 minutes before we got up at 3:20 to get our early start. We filled up on 6 liters of water each before we set out… Read More »Great Divide Day 22

We actually got up at the sound of the alarm this morning. We were motivated to get to Abiquiu for breakfast. Del Norte, 200 miles ago, was our last real… Read More »Great Divide Day 21

Andrew and I got a slow start this morning. We both woke up groggy and sat by the heater in the trailer long after we finished our breakfast.  We finally… Read More »Great Divide Day 20

Surprisingly, this morning was one of the coldest we’ve had at 33 degrees, but 33 and dry feels much warmer than 33 and wet. We quickly warmed up as we… Read More »Great Divide Day 19

I was wrong about us being the oldest people at the hostel, the 6am crowd was a little different than the 11pm crowd. We went to Cafe Dawn just down… Read More »Great Divide Day 18

We rode the bike path from Lake Dillon to Breckenridge first thing in the morning. We stopped for breakfast at Blue Moose where they don’t take credit cards, but instead… Read More »Great Divide Day 17

It’s always a little more difficult to get going in the morning when we get a hotel room, so we got up at 6. By the time we got breakfast… Read More »Great Divide Day 16

I started out the morning with ibuprofen to get ahead of any inflammation. John, Cameron, Andrew, and I began riding together and caught up with the 4 other riders we’ve… Read More »Great Divide Day 15

Last night was the first night camping that I had to take layers off rather than put more on in the middle of the night. We rolled out with John… Read More »Great Divide Day 14

We could see the sun through our tent when we woke this morning. Excited that the weather was dry, we set out to tackle the rest of the washboarded road… Read More »Great Divide Day 13