Day 2: How's your Aspen?

June 13, 2013

Whoa, what a fun day!

The bulk of today consisted of riding the bike trail from Aspen to Glenwood springs. Beautiful scenery, no cars...45 miles of pure bliss!

It reminded me a little of my ride in Switzerland last year. Well, except for the goats and cows with bells, and the Swiss architecture....and the fact that I could understand what people were saying. But aside from that, it was in the mountains and there was no traffic.

I originally had planned to ride to Aspen and back, but in the end I took the bus one way, which turned out o be a good choice. I would not have made it both ways today. From Aspen it is mostly a down grade, but there were headwinds, a the ride still involved peddling. It was really a perfect ride as far as giving me some good miles in my legs, but not so much that I moan and groan and complain and such. All things considered, a perfect day!

Tomorrow I move west. Until then...

In the town of Aspen. A memorial to the 10th mountain division that fought in WWII and trained nearby

The first section meandered through the forest and next to the river.

Some of the path was not paved but the surface was top notch

Today's ride: 53 miles (85 km)
Total: 85 miles (137 km)

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