July 27th
Breakfast at
Rita's. Guffey is such a unique town!! Our waiter, who was the only worker at
the place, has lived in Guffey for 13 years. He moved there because he was
always visiting Colorado every year. "It's nice to live in a place where
cell phones don't work."
Today was a day of low
mileage, probably 40 miles. Not too hilly with some INCREDIBLE views. Open
meadows enclosed by the mountains. We had lunch in Hessler and ate with two
cyclists riding the Great Divide. We stopped in Fariplay 19 miles down
the road. It got COLD!! We had about 6 miles left, but they felt loooooong
because of the chill. As we got onto a nice bike path, a lady stopped Liz and
asked if we needed a place to stay for the night. We ended up staying at her
house. We pulled up to the smell of the campire, the sound of classics playing,
and the warm welcome of Pete and Maria. BEDS to sleep on. Gorgeous house. They
made us pasta dinner and we sat out by the fire and watched the delayed
fireworks show from Fariplay. We're currently at 10,500 feet. NUTS!!! Tomorrow
we climb to Breckenridge. Hooray!!!
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