Author Archives: John Aylward

Day 21: Pueblo Colorado

Today’s Highlights: After eight days of riding from Salt Lake, we had our second rest day of the trip. Since June 2, we covered 1460 miles and climbed over 53,000 feet. I spent 100 hours on the saddle and pedaled … Continue reading

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Day 20: Salida to Pueblo

Today’s Highlights:We had a very enjoyable 94-mile ride today. It was mostly downhill, dropping from 7000 feet to 4800. It included some great scenery. And everyone seemed to agree that the best thing of all was a very helpful tailwind … Continue reading

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Day 19: Gunnison to Salida

Today’s Highlights:We had a fabulous ride today, with great scenery, some very easy cruising, one very challenging climb to new heights, and ending with a great downhill. Herb and Rick joined us today for the sixty-four mile ride on US … Continue reading

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Day 18: Montrose to Gunnison

Today’s Highlights:Today we had some of the best scenery since leaving the Sierra Nevada Mountains two weeks ago. We are in the heart of the Rocky Mountains and it is just beautiful. The price of admission for today’s visual feast … Continue reading

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