denver trip

For Ranells birthday we decided to do something special and go on a bike trip. It was kinda spontaneous and very fun! We left the morning of August 12th and just headed out without any plans, timeline or anything. Not the norm for when we go places. We rode to Vernal and filled up.Then on to Craig, Colorado and filled up. My bike needs filling about every 100 miles. Ranell can go a little farther. This pict of a gas station.

Then in Steamboat we had fun just looking around.

The view at Rabbitears Pass was great.

We stopped at a lot of places to just look. Then we took off and ran into road construction. We stopped and were having fun and a sweet guy came up and took out pict. Colorado is awesome!

Then on to Kremmling to fill up and get rehydrated. We were going to spend the night here, but Ranell didn't feel like stopping so we went to Rocky Mountain National Park.We had to have our pict taken by the sign going in, they have a camera post set up just for that.We kept stopping in the Park to see all these incredible vista's. They really have some great ones!

The next stop was in Estes Park where I asked directions to Denver. The gentleman said, "Fast or pretty?" I said, "Pretty," so he sent us to Nederland--not where I served my mission, but Nederland in Colorado.

On to Boulder Canyon, which was awesome, then Denver!

We did not have plans, but we had a blast! On Food Wars we heard that one of the best burger joints in the US was Duffy's Cherry Cricket, so we found it and went in for a burger. This is Ranell with small one. The place was packed! And it was not even lunch time. The burger was one of the best I have ever had!

We went to the National Equestrian Vaulting Competition, and Wow! It was pretty amazing what the contestants could do on the back of a moving horse. Basically, it is gymnastics on the back of a horse.

We had just a fun time strolling up streets and having fun.

We went to a Travis Martinez and Josh Kelly concert at the Grizzly Rose with . Travis reminded Ranell of the easy rock in the 70's, not country music. Josh Kelly was very good!

The ride home was fun. We took Berthoud Pass and when the signs say corners are 25, they mean it!!! In Winter Park they had a craft fair and we stopped to stretch our legs and see the sights.

As soon as we left Winter Park it started drizzling and then raining. We were drenched by the time we got back to Steamboat. Thankfully we had raingear that helped keep out the rain, but there was no way it would keep us entirely dry. We stopped at Wendys to get a bowl of chilli and warm up. I have my leathers on under my rain gear and I am still cold!

My chaps were drenched and dripping. It rained until after Craig. We had to stop at Craig to get dry gloves and warm up! It was a fun trip! Ranell is now looking forward to our next road trip! Will it be Rexburg? or Moab?? or .......