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| Let's just talk about how Trinidad is only 38 miles away from Walsenburg. And how our route was 83 miles... Um... What?! Talk about a detour! We did get to ride on the Highway of Legends though, which just sounds really hard core. Was it worth it? I guess so... |
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| *I wish this mountain I'm about to go up wasn't so big.* My wish has got to come true right? Because that's literally the biggest dandelion in the world! |
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| This is one of many small lakes that we biked by on the route today. It got so hot that I decided to dunk my head in the water to cool off. You can't tell from this picture but the water is clear, bright blue. Also, FYI, the air is so dry here that almost all of the team had/has minor nose bleeds. BLOODY BOOGERS! |
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| I MADE IT TO THE TOP of our biggest climb yet, Cuchara Pass. Getting up the mountain was a serious struggle. But the descent was amazing! I went so fast for so long. In fact the final 30 miles was all downhill and I probably averaged 20-25 mph. While I was descending a huge smile came across my face and I felt proud and free. And then I remembered a dream that Teryl told me about 3 weeks ago. In the dream, I was flying down a mountain on my bike and was happy in the purest sense. It hit me that her dream had come true and I smiled even bigger. Maybe even laughed and shouted. I was Pocahontas. "You can own the earth and still, all you'll own is earth until you can ride with all the colors of the wind." |
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| These, ladies and gentlemen, are the "Breasts of the Earth". Seriously. The East and West Spanish Peaks together make up what the Ute Native Americans called the "Huajatolla". Translation: Breasts of the Earth. Makes sense really... |
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