Day 6

The last 2 days have had some unbelievable scenery. The way the landscape changes so quickly is hard to describe. Some of the passes we went through just took your breathe away. Yesterday we rode 117 mi., the longest one day ride I have ever taken,and then today we went 81. We have had a lot of climbing but the grade is not difficult, the climbs are just long. I think the climbing legs are the whole way back, but I get blown away by the 2 other gentlemen, not sure of their names, who are a couple of grams heavier than I am. It all works out in the wash at the end of the day. We are living by the stick!!!! I purchased a massage stick before we left and that seems to be the 1st thing we do after we ride and the last thing we do before we go to bed. I think one of the requirements of where we stay each night is does the town have a Dairy Queen.
We are really enjoying ourselves, lost track of time, we don't even remember what day it is half the time. You sort of lose touch with the outside world. We have met a lot of really nice and enjoyable people. The youngest is 18 and the oldest is 80, average age is 58, so we have a lot of senior citizens on the ride.
Two more days of riding , then finally a day off.