July 20, 21 - gw

The past two days have been a bit different, but very relaxing and enjoyable. The weather has been very iffy with regards to rain.

July 20 - Temps in the 70's and low 90's
Mike and Lea went the twisty and high altitude route from Durango up through Silverton, Montrose, and Black Canyon. The altitudes were too high for me to ride that route, so Rusty, Pam, Janet and I took the easier, more mundane route through Pagosa Springs and Del Norte. Got to ride through a couple mountain passes, but not near as high as Mike and Lea. Luckily we did not have to ride through rain, but Mike and Lea were not that lucky. We met in Salida for the evening meal and hotel. Around 200 miles for the day

July 21 - Temps the same
We again split up. Mike and Lea were headed for Pikes Peak and a longer ride for the day, while the rest of us headed up Route 285 into Denver. We stopped in the BMW shop to buy a few small items. You can't pass up a BMW shop I always say. And Janet agrees. We are now in the Fairfield Inn at 3 p.m. drinking our lunch. You see, we carry wine and Crown for these down times when you need to mello out! Around 150 miles today.

Tomorrow the gals get on the shuttle for their flight back to Detroit and the guys mount up to start the long ride across the plains to get us home.