July 3, Silverthorne, Colorado

Got up a little earlier this morning to try to make up for some lost time due to yesterdays events. When we stayed at the Matterhorn in Ouray last night, we made a discovery that was real pleasant. None of the rooms have A/C. At first this was disappointing, but when the sun went down, so did the temperature. We opened the window and the room did cool down some, but not a whole lot.

We left Ouray and the ride was also pleasant with some sweeping turns that kept the girls at ease. We stopped in Crawford, Colorado, for lunch at a no name place and the food was really good. It seems that the out of the way no name places have the best food and best service.

We continued on towards Glenwood Springs, Colorado, (our original final destination yesterday) and met our first traffic problem. A lot of road work that slowed us down for about 30 minutes. Last night we got together and rearranged our routes and driving schedule for the lost time from yesterday and agreed to stay the night in Silverthorne/Dillon, Colorado. Based on the upcoming 4th of July Holiday and the possible lack of available rooms, we made some advance reservations for the next two days in Dillon, CO and Cheyenne, WY.

While in Glenwood Springs we pulled in for gas and antifreeze started pouring out from underneath my bike. The bike wasn't running hot and I paniced thinking the worse. I reached down and the antifreeze wasn't even warm and there was nothing wet under my bike????? Everybody else came to the conclusion that it wasn't coming from my bike, but not me. When I looked down the antifreeze was running downhill from under my bike??? We drove on the bike never ran hot.

Anyway, we got on interstate 70 in Gleenwood Springs and headed for Dillon. This interstate ride is unbelievable. If Alabama interstates were this scenic, we would never ride back roads. Simply beautiful. We arrived at the hotel sight unseen, after all we made the reservation over the phone after an internet search, and we got lucky. A beautiful hotel with a view of the lower rockies. The rest of the group went out to eat, but Kim and I decided to just relax in the room, eat a couple of sandwiches and get a good night sleep.

Tomorrow we are going over the rockies and will stay in Cheyenne, WY.

Later.......................