Turn out to still be an Adventure
After resting up for a day at Leifiel & Stefanie's in Littleton, CO I headed out to Glenwood Springs on the CDOT's Bustang service. A shout out to the state of Colorado for Great services & infrastructure.
The Bike Trails in Colorado are Amazing.
I got from Littleton to downtown Denver on bike paths that were completely separate
from the roadways & traffic. After getting to Glenwood Springs I was surprised to find
the same high quality bike path/RR Grade trail running 25mi to Carbondale, CO.
You gotta love the Colorado Highways too
You gotta love the Colorado Highways too
Two days before I came to this hot spring out side of Durango my 10% body weight lose caught up with me. My scale that measures such things said I only had 6% body fat when I started. Meaning I had been burning muscle when I couldn't keep up with the needed calorie intake out on the trail.
This really kills one's immune system, and make it a bad time to come down with diarrhea.
Luck for me I had decide to get a cheap motel room that rainy night. Next morning
I got some meds at the City Market & rode on not missing any road construction site PortaPotties along the way. the meds kicked in that afternoon. Relived, I was still weaken, dehydrated & walking up mountains I should have been riding. Twice hanging out my thumb I hitched ride pickup truck rides, the last one getting me back to Silvertons Blair Street Hostel for the second time.
Another good nights rest & lot's of food & liquids allowed me to make it back to Durango under my own power. Having two or three fewer passes that I had expected helped also.
In Durango I stopped by Velorution Cycles to Give Joey Durango my thanks & some trail news. Next back to Sam's who'ed stored my motorcycle for the duration. Sams a fellow bikepacker
with work commitments that didn't allow him to CTR this year.
The bike/motocycle is a before - on the way to the CTR, I wish a had some of that fat back now.
