Today was another amazing ride, but with some new interesting roads and a little adversity along the way.
We started off the morning with a great breakfast, as this place was actually open today. A beautiful day outside as it was mid 60’s and sunny. Perfect riding weather or so we thought. 😁😬😬😬🤔!!!
As you can see the views through the mountains are amazing. Dad did a good job with this picture.
As we rode through the mountains. We took a quick break to just relax and enjoy everything. It’s still cool and sunny at this point. Also it’s hard to explain how quite it is out here. Trust me I have a bunch of kids…. 😁
Look at the those bikes….shining in the sun….just wait for it. Trying to build up the drama 🤔
Dad met a new friend today George. Apparently George is a “Marmot”….what the heck. I have never heard of that. Anyways George was laying out getting some Sun.
We made a quick pit stop at Wolf Creek Ski resort. Of course everything there is closed this time of year, however I wanted to get some pics. Elevation is 10,800 ft…..aka we are high up…..Now it’s time to ride down off the mountain as we head to Raton NM.
Before we get too far though we needed to stop for fuel and dad needed a quick siesta. We are all pretty tired 🥱 😴
Along the route down we decided to stop in Del Norte and have lunch at the TapHouse. Dad took this funny picture. I think he is trying to get a selfie with Randy….😁
After lunch it was time to get serious as we had a long ride ahead of us. We decided to take a new route that even Randy had never been on. “Highway of Legends”. It did not disappoint.
Then this happened…..The temperature dropped to the 50’s 🥶 and a big storm blew in out of the East. We managed to navigate around most of it, however we had to set on the side of rode at times to wait it out.
Finally we made it to Raton. The bikes are all filthy dirty. We are soaking wet from being rained on and exhausted from the ride. The new route though was amazing….minus the rain of course.
After we got checked in and cleaned up it was time for dinner. Today was the big day for the famous “5 mile” walk. It’s kind of a tradition now…..Dad was trooper and did much better as he literally was having a mild heart attack the last time. 😬😬😬 yikes. We all three made it fine to “K-Bob’s” for dinner.
That’s it for today…..until tomorrow 😁😴🥱🥶
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