Leoti, KS ---> Pueblo, CO

Ok. So it's time to blog again. At the end of our last entry, we were about 15 miles away from the Colorado border. On that ride, we met a few trans am bikers going in the opposite direction - which is fun as always. Whence we arrived at the Colorado border, we encountered a sign quite suitable for climbing. Tim, Terence, Joe and Robin scaled the 25 foot sign. Afterwards, we pumped out the final 50 miles and arrived in Eads, CO. We showered at the city pool and stayed at the park, which had a lovely view of the feed mill (sarcasm). We cooked ourselves up some dinner and relaxed for the remainder of the evening. Joe woke me (JP) up at 2am to put on the rain fly, which was entertaining. Joe asked for the tent stakes, but I thought he wanted steaks. I'm an idiot.

The following day, we left around 10 am. As we arrived at the first lunch stop in Husston, CO - the group decided it'd be wise to skip Ordway and ride on through to Pueblo. The positive: we get two consecutive rest days. The negative: 120 miles in 98 degree heat. We thought it'd be worth it and cycled onward. We arrived in Ordway and took an extended lunch stop. After that, we only had 55 more miles - which went by much more easily than anticipated (thanks to a tremendously awesome tailwind).

The first night, we stayed in Pueblo's city park (where we were also attacked by sprinklerheads - the new PennRide arch nemesis). The following two days, we've stayed in the Ramada and stocked up on supplies not found in the country. Like literature. And 66 cent loaves of bread. Woot. We can see the Rockies on the horizon and tomorrow will be our first day of climbing since the wretched Ozarks. A wildfire that was threatening our route seems to have died down, which is fortuitous. Since ANOTHER WILDFIRE CALLED TEAM PENNRIDE WILL BE ROLLING THROUGH THE ROCKIES.

Love, Joe & JP