Flaming Gorgeous!

July 22, 2010 in Uncategorized

The end of today’s ride was really hard, and that’s what is on my mind at the moment. But I want to talk about all the good that happened before that before it leaves my immediate memory.

We crossed over from Colorado to Utah in total dino-land. There is a Dinosaur National Monument park area that streches from Dinosaur, CO to Utah. There are fossils and stuff there. I didn’t wrap my mind around the concept until we were biking up the vast red rock valley of the Flaming Gorge and my friend said, “Imagine when dinosaurs actually lived here.” And then it happened. My mind painted a scene with a T Rex poking its head over the cliff I was climing and pteradactyls diving over our heads. COOOOOOOOOL!

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Schedule

Week:
Date	City - State	Mi.

05/19	Virginia Beach - VA	0
05/20	Virginia Beach - VA	0
05/21	Suffolk - VA	41
05/22	Waverly - VA	40
05/23	Blackstone - VA	65
05/24	Dillwyn - VA	59
05/25	Charlottesville - VA	58

05/26	BUILD DAY	0
05/27	BUILD DAY	0
05/28	Lexington - VA	79
05/29	Marlinton - WV	77
05/30	Summersville - WV	73
05/31	Charleston - WV	79
06/1	Huntington - WV	50

06/2	Portsmouth - OH	59
06/3	Georgetown - OH	61
06/4	Cincinnati - OH	51
06/5	BUILD DAY	0
06/6	Columbus - IN	86
06/7	Bloomington - IN	45
06/8	Terre Haute - IN	65

06/9	Effingham - IL	67
06/10	Greenville - IL	50
06/11	St. Louis - MO	55
06/12	BUILD DAY	0
06/13	Washington - MO	62
06/14	Jefferson City - MO	94
06/15	Sedalia - MO	62

06/16	Kansas City - MO	106
06/17	BUILD DAY	0
06/18	BUILD DAY	0
06/19	Lawrence - KS	42
06/20	Manhattan - KS	90
06/21	DAY OFF	0
06/22	Clay Center - KS	40

06/23	Beloit - KS	56
06/24	Phillipsburg - KS	79
06/25	Oberlin - KS	66
06/26	St. Francis - KS	69
06/27	Akron - CO	87
06/28	Denver - CO	105
06/29	DAY OFF	0

06/30	Boulder - CO	35
07/1	BUILD DAY	0
07/2	Estes Park - CO	56
07/3	Granby - CO	54
07/4	Kremmling - CO	50
07/5	Steamboat Springs - CO	51
07/6	BUILD DAY	0

07/7	Maybell - CO	73
07/8	Vernal - UT	91
07/9	Flaming Gorge - UT	67
07/10	Rock Springs - WY	66
07/11	Pinedale - WY	103
07/12	Jackson - WY	78
07/13	DAY OFF	0

07/14	Idaho Falls - ID	85
07/15	BUILD DAY	0
07/16	Arco - ID	72
07/17	Challis - ID	62
07/18	Stanley - ID	62
07/19	Idaho City - ID	90
07/20	Boise - ID	38

07/21	DAY OFF	0
07/22	Ontario - OR	52
07/23	Unity - OR	81
07/24	John Day - OR	50
07/25	Dayville - OR	33
07/26	Fossil - OR	70
07/27	Maupin - OR	71

07/28	Portland - OR	106
07/29	BUILD DAY	0
07/30	Vernonia - OR	65
07/31	CANNON BEACH - OR	56

Total Mileage: 3835
**Subject to change

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