Drizzle
Fog
39 degrees
Today’s scheduled mileage is somewhat light (albeit on interesting and challenging terrain) so we decided to drive to Kremmling (our scheduled destination for the day) to do laundry and grocery shopping, and hope for a turn in the weather.
The drizzle turned to steady rain, and we heard a most depressing forecast for today…rain all day, highs in the 40’s, with wind picking up in the afternoon.
Ugh. I’m willing to endure some hardship, but today would be cold, wet, and muddy…certainly uncomfortable and potentially even dangerous given the steep downhill and remote roads scheduled for the day. Unless we see some incredible improvement by noon, we are not going to ride today.
It is infused in my nature to try to do every mile that we had planned to ride. The thought of skipping a day, leaving a hole in our trek to Salida, bugs me to no end. (Particularly since this day is so interesting…stream crossing early in the day, and then a 2000 ft plunge to Radium that is described by Mike McCoy, the route designer, as the most thrilling downhill on the entire Divide ride.)
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Who said Richie had to ride every day to have fun?
After I wrote that, Richie started a fun day with helping Uncle Nelson with ranch chores. They planted some trees, and rode horses. Some cattle got out of the fence, so they even got to wrangle them back to the right side of the fence. This was a great time for Richie!
Day 4--Gore Pass Crossing 1 to Gore Pass Crossing 2, 5 Miles
Saturday, 8/16/2008
Sure enough, the sun broke out around noon time, so I decided to ride at least the next 5 miles with the stream crossing. The 5 miles were on a nice remote road, and the stream was challenging, deep enough to cover my front sprocket. I rode about ¾ of the way across, then had to put my feet down and walk the rest. The BOB trailer did great, it was submerged but the stuff inside stayed dry.
Big Rock Creek
I was tempted to continue to ride to Kremmling, but Lynn pointed out a nasty cloud approaching. I stopped, and sure enough a soaking rain started up again and continued through the early evening.
We have decided to pick up the ride tomorrow from where I left off. We had been planning to take an easy day later in the ride, but by shifting things around a bit we will still be able to complete the full ride. Hooray!
Link to Day 4's Photos:
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