a Rocky Mountain high ***New pics added***

[flynrider]

I'm surprised you only crossed the Continental Divide once. When I was up there I seemed to be crossing it every hour. Seemed like every tall pass crossed the divide.

Glad to hear you're having a great time. I'm envious!

Good golly miss molly what a first day of riding in Colorado. Longranger took us on a great ride today. Rode past entrance to Mt Evans ( highest auto road in U.S. which we will ride up later I'm told) rode Clear Creek Canyon, the Peak to Peak Hwy, ate brunch in Estes Park, went through the Rocky Mt National Park crossing the Continental Divide once, visited Grand Lake, rode home through Bethoud Pass, crossing the Continental Divide a second time. Very warm down low, kinda cool up high. All totaled 253 miles.

Of course I took a ton of pics but can't post em. Maybe Offroad will post a few he took.

Tomorrow I know we are riding up Pike's Peak.

Longranger is the consumate host and tour guide, and the guy can ride like nobody's business. Luckily, keeping him in sight so far lol.

Oh, interestingly we filled up this morning, rode 164 miles and filled up again and I took 2.1 gals for 78 mpg. LR took 2.5 gals 66 mpg and Offroad 2.7 gals. 61 mpg.

High altitude and curvy roads will do that. I recorded my best mpg ever on a loop from Monarch Pass to Breckenridge and back. Of course, it pales in comparison to your legendary performance, but I managed 59 mpg that day.

Ride on and post pics!