5-10-01 Delta, Utah to Glenwood Springs, Col. Another beautiful ride, this time in Utah. Eroded red rocks in shapes unique to Utah. At least we saw nothing similar on our trip. So much to look at, had to stop several times. Road and weather were also great! Saw lots of trucks hauling something and older gentleman at gas station said they were hauling coal. Arrived at Grand Junction Harley shop, and Kirk took good care of us. He got my bike�s oil changed and test drove it and fixed loose connection of turn signal for $43. Plus, called a friend in another shop to see about Steve getting his done. Got that done quickly, bought a shirt, and headed out. Almost forgot, had a great chocolate malt at the diner on site. Cool dealership. Beautiful riding on I70. Grand, sweeping turns up the mountains. Fun at 60! Colorado River kept us company most of the way. Saw a lot of kayakers.. Great weather again. But the chaps stayed on. And I had to layer up a lot, as I sorely missed my leather jacket. Sure glad I bought those hand warmers! Looked like rain as we were within 30 miles of Glenwood Springs. Big, wet-looking clouds, but we stayed dry. This is a real neat town. Had a great steak next door to the �1st Choice Inn� where we stayed. Amtrak was running on tracks across the river from the road. Right on the side of a mountain! We thought that would be a neat train ride.(But the bikes are neater!)
5-11-01 Glenwood Springs to Walsenberg, Col. More awesome Col. Scenery on I70. This has to be one of the prettiest interstates I�ve ever seen! At least where we rode on it. Went to Brekenridge to do a little shopping. We found some goodies to bring home. 2 ladies in the shop where I bought Nita�s goodie, told us of a nice way to get off the interstate and bypass Denver. It was 130mi. of mostly pasture land. Saw antelope(we think), buffalo, and camels, along with horses and cattle. Took a detour to check out Pike�s Peak HD in Col. Springs, and bought Nita a shirt. This ride included another beautiful �mountain pass� ride. 11K ft. elevation! Then the pass dropped into the prairies. Saw Pike�s Peak, but it looked pretty scrawny to a lot of the mountains we�d seen. Then, we took I25 South. Dodged thunder storms again. Once again, Steve made the right call on the rainsuits....didn�t need �em. We stopped for a photo-0p and a lady asked if we wanted her to take our picture...and how nice it was to see father and son traveling together. We got a hoot out of that one! I think I was the father. Stopped in Walsenberg at dusk. |
