As last night felt like it wasn't a school night, I woke up with a bit of a hangover this morning. must be something to do with the Polygamy Porter and not drinking enough water...
Today it felt like we were on an Adventure Cycling tour rather than Pac Tour. Instead of the usual 120 miles, it was a measly 53. We started off with a leisurely breakfast at the local diner, As we were heading into Colorado today, I just had to have the Denver omelette.
The ride today was super easy and mellow. Lots of time putzing along at 14mph. The highlights were seeing a prairie dog stare at me from a sand mound and also seeing hundreds of spent ammunition shell cases by the side of the road. Apparently somebody doesn't like prairie dogs judging by the amount of 50mm calibre casings on display.
Apart from the obligatory "Welcome to
The final run in to Rangely was pretty unexciting. A long gradual downhill past many oil wells. It didn't look like town would have much to offer. Turns out that this is the nicest hotel we have had all trip. After lunch, a few of us went for a short bike ride through town. We look a bit like a biker gang ready to cause trouble until we found the one cool coffee shop in town. Yay. We also found the pub for tonight's dinner...
Not much else to report today. It felt good to have a short day. Hopefully my legs start to feel a bit better for tomorrow as we cross the continental divide in our run in to Glenwood Springs.
Ok, I'm off to the pool to try and even out my farmer tan. Photos are here
Farmer tans rock!
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