Everybody was Sunday driving today, even me. Casual start at 7:30 and arrival at the Best Western Antlers Motel in Glenwood Springs by 1 for a 44 mile day.
I faced headwinds like this for the first 35 miles, but I just went with a slower speed and easy pace. No need to fight it, I’ve got time.
The first 36 miles were on Old US 6 that paralleled I-70. Yesterday US 6 was very quiet but today, along the Colorado River there are lots of little towns, businesses and homes so there was lots of traffic today. I might have been safer on the Interstate!
New Castle was one of the little towns closest to Glenwood Springs. Compared to Parachute, Rifle, and Silt, New Castle had “old world charm”. I had already stopped in Rifle for breakfast sandwich but stopped in New Castle as well because it was so nice and had a comfy bench along Main St. in the shade just waiting for me.
Ironically, for the very last time I would need to get on the Interstate on this trip, a County Sheriff was parked on the West bound on ramp looking right at me. The road dead ends here so I was sure he was going to watch me jump on the overpass to get to I-70E and then come after me and tell me I couldn’t finish the last 8 miles on the Interstate which was the only way I could get to Glenwood Springs! I kept looking back in my rear view mirror to see if I saw flashing lights. Maybe it’s perfectly legal for me to ride on the Interstate!
Rafters on the flood stage Colorado just downstream from Glenwood Springs.
And there’s my Rocky Mountains I’ve been waiting to see again!!
2 miles before the motel they had a Culver’s so I went in to test a theory if a chocolate shake was better for recovery than chocolate milk. I may have to test the theory a few more times to be sure….
I hit the hot tub/pool and a deck chair while I was waiting for early check in. Very nice to relax like this.
Angela arrived around 4:30 to spend the evening with me and to drive me up about 15 miles through Glenwood Canyon tomorrow morning since the rec path is closed due to flooding and you would never want to ride your bike on that stretch of I-70, too narrow, little to no shoulders and very curvy. Then I can finish my ride as planned, all the way home.
We had a great dinner at Juicy Lucy’s and enjoyed the evening ambiance of Glenwood Springs, our favorite town to visit in Colorado.
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