Monday, July 23, 2007

Into the Mountains

Today we finally made it into the mountains and along with beautiful scenery we also were greeted with much cooler temperatures. Tonight we are staying at a beautiful church set below some amazing shear rock faces in Estes Park.

Although many of the riders were nervous about our first day in the Rockies everyone shone and sweep was in by 12:30, an exceptionally early arrival. Estes Park is a very nice mountain town and our gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park which we'll ride through tomorrow over the highest continuously paved road in North America, Trail Ridge Road. We're a little apprehensive as the road is under construction but we are told it is ridable and with few other options up we go over the 12,000+ foot pass tomorrow.

I had a wonderful past few days getting to see many friends and family, including a wonderful lunch from my Wonderful Mother complete with home made salsa.

Right now the group is out and about with various people riding the tram, hiking, swimming, boating or in my case sitting in the coffee shop with David Mollitor, catching up on email, the Tour and enjoying a Chai milk shake.

Till next time,
Nathan

And as always a few pictures to wrap things up:

David Mollitor 'Ridin' the Hide ' in Raymer , CO.



A view from our ride into Estes Park today.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nathan,

Everyone must be excited about going over Trail Ridge Road tomorrow and just think it will be nearly all down hill from there.

Don Henke

Anonymous said...

Nathan,
What a joy it was to be Queen of Meals on Wheels today and meet your fellow bikers! All of you are in incredible shape and appear to be enjoying this experience. Ride safely and respect the mountain roads.
Love,
Wonderful Mother