A day of rest in Colorado seemed more exhausting for me than riding for 11 hours. We (Debbie) chose the Cog Railway over riding the bike to the top of Pike’s Peak. Even so the 14,000 ft altitude seemed to wipe me out by the end of the day. Debbie had thought this may be an hour, but the ride on the train is an hour each way plus our time at the top, so it took much of the day to go up and back. Since we failed to make reservations we had to be on standby and when our name was called we were assigned seats 31 rows apart. We agreed to that rather than take a chance of not getting a spot and we wanted to be on top of the mountain prior to the afternoons showers. On the ride up the conductor noted out various points of interest, big horn sheep, deer, marmot, and we could see Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and much of Colorado from the train.
On the ride back to the hotel from the railway we rode through Garden of the Gods, but were too tired to do any exploring.
Lot’s of excitement at the hotel in Colorado Springs. When we got back to the room we saw the hotel on the news where the police had tracked down someone hiding out here, and at 1 am I called the front desk to complain about the noise upstairs only to find that it was the paramedics there making all the racket…. I checked out front to find fire trucks and ambulance there and someone being wheeled away. Never did find what happened but at least they quieted down so we could sleep.
Stopped at the dealership this morning for an oil change where several other travelers were getting tires and service on their way home as well. We have seen many bikers on the road the last few days, loaded down and probably on their way home from Sturgis.
Today we left Colorado and began a long straight interstate ride through Kansas. Traffic and the winds were pretty light and the temperatures were warmer than we have seen since we left the Mojave Desert nearly 2 weeks ago. Not a great deal of excitement in Kansas as you may imagine. We listened to the noon crop and livestock report, and Paul Harvey on the radio since the Ipod was not charged up last night. That was the best we could find for a while.
We rode about 450 miles stopping only for gas, sandwich and Dairy Queen. Most of the scenery consisted of corn, cows and hay but we did pass another wind farm with at least 1,000 windmills over several miles. We had seen these before in Oklahoma Wyoming and parts of the Southwest but this was by far the largest. I told you there is not much exciting here in Kansas.
At dinner across the street from the hotel we were treated to a Johnny Cash Medley including “A boy named Sue”… I noticed the waitress singing along with every song.
On the ride back to the hotel from the railway we rode through Garden of the Gods, but were too tired to do any exploring.
Lot’s of excitement at the hotel in Colorado Springs. When we got back to the room we saw the hotel on the news where the police had tracked down someone hiding out here, and at 1 am I called the front desk to complain about the noise upstairs only to find that it was the paramedics there making all the racket…. I checked out front to find fire trucks and ambulance there and someone being wheeled away. Never did find what happened but at least they quieted down so we could sleep.
Stopped at the dealership this morning for an oil change where several other travelers were getting tires and service on their way home as well. We have seen many bikers on the road the last few days, loaded down and probably on their way home from Sturgis.
Today we left Colorado and began a long straight interstate ride through Kansas. Traffic and the winds were pretty light and the temperatures were warmer than we have seen since we left the Mojave Desert nearly 2 weeks ago. Not a great deal of excitement in Kansas as you may imagine. We listened to the noon crop and livestock report, and Paul Harvey on the radio since the Ipod was not charged up last night. That was the best we could find for a while.
We rode about 450 miles stopping only for gas, sandwich and Dairy Queen. Most of the scenery consisted of corn, cows and hay but we did pass another wind farm with at least 1,000 windmills over several miles. We had seen these before in Oklahoma Wyoming and parts of the Southwest but this was by far the largest. I told you there is not much exciting here in Kansas.
At dinner across the street from the hotel we were treated to a Johnny Cash Medley including “A boy named Sue”… I noticed the waitress singing along with every song.
2 comments:
Well done for this wonderful blog.
What at day you had.....but another wonderful experience.
Connie
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