Day 9 – Monarch’s Pass

We did it. The highest peak of our journey is behind us now. Monarch’s Pass was a staggering 11300 feet in elevation, resting on the continental divide. Fortunately we had great weather all the way up, but I’ll be the first to admit that we walked 95% of it. Once we reached the top, there was a shop up there that we stopped at to get some homemade fudge, ice cream, and coffee (I never drank coffee before this trip, by the way). If you’re wondering, yes, I peed on the continental divide.
After getting rested up, we headed down the mountain at around noon. The ride down was even more of a thriller than yesterday’s descent. The speed, turns, and constant decline gave us quite the adrenaline rush. Seth will admit that he didn’t enjoy the descent all that much because it was extremely fast and one mishap on the bike, or a bump in the road, could lead to an extreme injury and the end of the trip. Luckily for him, and not so much for me, we got stuck behind a semi going down the mountain that had to go slow so it didn’t “runaway”.
At the bottom of the true descent we pulled over to take some of our gear off. Riding down the mountain is extremely chilling because you don’t use any muscles to keep your body warm. As we were about to take off, a man in an old Cadillac pulled over to ‘admire’ our bike trailer. Little did we know, he began to tell us his life story, and how he’s just driving across the United States now, and how we have a place to stay if we ever go to central Arkansas (which probably won’t happen…). Finally he got the hint we needed to get going, so he hopped in his car and drove off.
Going around the next bend in the road greeted us with a nasty 20mph+ wind right in our face. Mile after mile it kept blowing at us, and looking ahead it was apparent there were some storm clouds. Luckily it only sprinkled for a minute, but the wind persisted for many miles which unfortunately put us behind our goal for the day. We had to settle in the town of Gunnison, CO because of our slow pace to get that far.
Tonight we are tenting in a nice KOA campground. We’re striving to get to Montrose tomorrow, which is only 64.6 miles, however there are some steep mountains along the way. If the weather is right, it should be doable!
Total miles biked: 53.4 miles from Maysville, CO to Gunnison, CO
“The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.” ― Oprah Winfrey
Pingback: Google
Pingback: cbd blüten günstig
Pingback: situs togel terpercaya
Pingback: pet dogs
Pingback: Esteban indulge 제드 during Punjab after 롤강의 today.
Pingback: Furnace Repairs Shortys Plumbing and Heating
Pingback: 토토 먹튀사이트 검증
Pingback: pirater instagram invisible
Pingback: Disposable Email Address
Pingback: 토토사이트
Pingback: how to buy Instagram Followers
Pingback: roofing contractors in Rochester NY
Pingback: Charlotte Pressure Washing
Pingback: How To Use Wealthy Affiliate 2020
Pingback: hop over to this web-site
Pingback: corset
Pingback: سایت پوکر
Pingback: Car Brake Repair
Pingback: Waschmaschinen und Tumbler
Pingback: seo agencies cambridge
Pingback: breitling navitimer replica heart hoop earrings under $140
Pingback: Cheap Electricity Rates
Pingback: 4 star hotels in Culver City
Pingback: look at this site
Pingback: couchtuner.cam
Pingback: tel 616580153
Pingback: كلمات
Pingback: uniccshop-bazar.cm
Pingback: ดูหนังออนไลน์
Pingback: keto diet pills
Pingback: fortnite free v bucks easy
Pingback: Ielts general practice test
Pingback: what is my ip address
Pingback: bgo casino review
Pingback: Injury Lawyer Beverly Hills
Pingback: live result sgp hari ini
Pingback: CBD Spray
Pingback: รับแต่งเพลงบริษัท
Pingback: Polished Concrete Brisbane
Pingback: mega poker99
Pingback: tavor 7 for sale, iwi tavor 7 for sale, tavor 7 for sale?, tavor 7 for sale california gunbroker, tavor 7 for sale california, tavor 7 for sale usa, tavor 7 for sale us, tavor 7 for sale near me,tavor ts-12 for sale , wiki tavor ts-12 for sale ,
Pingback: mail order marijuana online
Pingback: http://144.91.94.8/
Pingback: cach doc keo bong da tren mang
Pingback: photographe mariage normandie
Pingback: Menowitz CEO Apartment Corp
Pingback: fun88vi
Pingback: buy DMT
Pingback: Muhammed carts
Pingback: w88vip
Pingback: hlejwxvj
Pingback: what is more broad spectrum azithromycin or amoxicilling?
Pingback: nursing essay writing service
Pingback: how to write research proposal
Pingback: help in writing my essay
Pingback: help with an essay
Pingback: augmentin 875 mg buy
Pingback: furosemide 50 mg price
Pingback: azithromycin india cost
Pingback: ivermectin virus
Pingback: ventolin pills
Pingback: doxycycline hyc 100mg
Pingback: prednisolone and diabetes
Pingback: metformin vs clomid
Pingback: priligy peru
Pingback: synthroid 150 mcg
Pingback: neurontin pain pills
Pingback: metformin during pregnancy
Pingback: prophylactic plaquenil
Pingback: payday loans online bakersfield
Pingback: retin a uk
Pingback: cash advance loans newark
Pingback: witty one liners for tinder
Pingback: how to get ciails without a doctor
Pingback: ist lovoo gut
Pingback: buy ativan in mexico
Pingback: free online love dating
Pingback: free datin site
Pingback: adult dating utah craigsli
Pingback: online dating for women
Pingback: datingonlinecome.com
Pingback: datingsitesover.com
Pingback: who is shawn mendes dating
Pingback: farming dating sites
Pingback: keto diet josh axe
Pingback: building muscle on keto diet
Pingback: total keto diet
Pingback: chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine trials
Pingback: where to buy hydroxychloroquine over the counter
Pingback: hydroxychloroquine fda label
Pingback: buy hydroxychloroquine 200 mg
Pingback: side effects of ivermectil usage
Pingback: stromectol tablets
Pingback: stromectol 400 mg for dogs
Pingback: ivermect uses
Pingback: where can i get ivermectin
Pingback: prednisone 20 no prescription
Pingback: price of ivermectin in the philippines
Pingback: stromectol and uti
Pingback: ivermectin walmart
Pingback: stromectol generic
Pingback: stromectol online
Pingback: cheap stromectol for sale
Pingback: how much ivermectin for humans
Pingback: ivermectin in mexico
Pingback: lice and ivermectin
Pingback: online medical prescription
Pingback: amoxil
Pingback: buy lasix online usa
Pingback: pharmacy gabapentin
Pingback: plaquenil cost
Pingback: prednisone 50 tablet
Pingback: super avana 160mg
Pingback: hydroxychloroquine for sale
Pingback: buying provigil
Pingback: ivermectin online
Pingback: albuterol 117 mcg
Pingback: zithromax pfizer
Pingback: stromectol over the counter for sale
Pingback: priligy online nz
Pingback: how to buy albuterol
Pingback: canadian pharmacy generic tadalafil
Pingback: Masum
Pingback: Hosting
Pingback: lakeland pressure washing
Pingback: best electric pressure washer
Pingback: rug cleaning
Pingback: minecraft servers
Pingback: cbd vape juice dubai
Pingback: thc vape juice saudi arabia
Pingback: cbd vape juice saudi arabia
Pingback: tamoxifen uk
Pingback: lumigan generic
Pingback: molnupravir
Pingback: olumiant pill size
Pingback: fish scale drugs
Pingback: Pink coke
Pingback: alza 54
Pingback: buy focalin online
Pingback: buy esketamine nasal spray online canada
Pingback: glock 27 for sale
Pingback: buy glock 22 onlin
Pingback: berger 308 match ammo
Pingback: meritroyalbet
Pingback: meritking
Pingback: madridbet
Pingback: เว็บสล็อต 2022
Pingback: meritroyalbet
Pingback: meritroyalbet
Pingback: meritroyalbet
Pingback: elexusbet
Pingback: buy esketamine nasal spray online australia
Pingback: buy spravato
Pingback: ketamin kaufen
Pingback: ketamiini hinta
Pingback: kétamine liquide prix
Pingback: baymavi
Pingback: baymavi
Pingback: commercial mortgage
Pingback: right to buy
Pingback: Bad Credit Mortgage Broker
Pingback: tombala siteleri
Pingback: meritroyalbet
Pingback: eurocasino
Pingback: https://kto-zvonil-info.com/84190-kto-zvonil-s-73955062106.html
Pingback: https://kto-zvonil-info.com/51742-kto-zvonil-s-74959092356.html
Pingback: ไม่ต้องโยกเงิน
Pingback: packwoods delta 8 pre rolls review
Pingback: packwoods delta 8 pre rolls
Pingback: packwoods pre roll
Pingback: Galil ace for sale
Pingback: Micro draco for sale
Pingback: PG
Pingback: PG ฝาก 10 รับ 100
Pingback: Hit Song
Pingback: เดินเบท
Pingback: teak furniture
Pingback: teak furniture
Pingback: teak furniture
Pingback: teak furniture
Pingback: teak furniture
Pingback: teak furniture
Pingback: teak furniture
Pingback: teak furniture
Pingback: teak furniture
Pingback: คาสิโนออนไลน์
Pingback: ไฮโล
Pingback: ไฮโลออนไลน์
Pingback: Heavy
Pingback: ff tools hack
Pingback: ThopTV APK
Pingback: madridbet giriş
Pingback: winner
Pingback: bauck
Pingback: FFH4X
Pingback: enlevement epave
Pingback: Enlevement epave gratuit
Pingback: enlèvement voiture
Pingback: l'épaviste agréé
Pingback: Epaviste gratuit
Pingback: Epaviste
Pingback: l'épaviste agréé
Pingback: Epaviste
Pingback: enlèvement voiture
Pingback: Epaviste
Pingback: épave automobile
Pingback: enlevement epave
Pingback: enlevement epave
Pingback: Epaviste gratuit
Pingback: Epaviste gratuit
Pingback: enlevement epave
Pingback: enlevement epave
Pingback: épave automobile
Pingback: enlèvement voiture
Pingback: Epaviste
Pingback: l'épaviste agréé
Pingback: enlèvement voiture
Pingback: enlèvement voiture
Pingback: แทงบอลออนไลน์
Pingback: ไพ่แคง
Pingback: เว็บ123
Pingback: เล่นสล็อต
Pingback: เว็บพนันออนไลน์
Pingback: เว็บ123
Pingback: ค่ายเกมส์ออนไลน์
Pingback: เล่นสล็อต
Pingback: เล่นสล็อต
Pingback: สล็อตออนไลน์
Pingback: sa casino
Pingback: คาสิโน
Pingback: สูตรบาคาร่า
Pingback: สูตรบาคาร่า
Pingback: can you buy weed online
Pingback: push carts vape
Pingback: 500 mg thc edible
Pingback: best edibles for female arousal
Pingback: kanha gummies canada
Pingback: ps5 disc version
Pingback: Buy Weed Online
Pingback: ps5 digital edition
Pingback: WordPress Hosting
Pingback: enlevement epave
Pingback: Unity
Pingback: pink runtz
Pingback: white runtz
Pingback: cereal milk strain
Pingback: Best recreational dispensary near me
Pingback: 500mg thc gummies review
Pingback: DESERT EAGLE FOR SALE
Pingback: FLINTLOCK PISTOL FOR SALE
Pingback: Pinball Machines for Sale
Pingback: Buy Marijuana Strains Online
Pingback: Glock 43x
Pingback: cool wallpapers phone
Pingback: Best football prediction website in the world
Pingback: Cute Wallpapers
Pingback: krayzie bone syrup
Pingback: west coast cure pod battery
Pingback: gas og strain west coast curepods
Pingback: lemon cooler strain
Pingback: napalm og big chief
Pingback: Buy This Domain
Pingback: buy 5-meo-dmt usa
Pingback: bahis siteleri
Pingback: fishscale cocaine
Pingback: classic books
Pingback: atmosphere models
Pingback: French bulldog for sale
Pingback: نساء الرياض
Pingback: raw garden cartridge price
Pingback: friendly farms live resin
Pingback: refillable juul pods for sale
Pingback: Woodford Reserve Bourbon
Pingback: 3hilarity
Pingback: Buy This Domain
Pingback: สล็อต pg
Pingback: HP Probook 450 G7
Pingback: Best HP Laptops
Pingback: Best Hp Laptops
Pingback: Konga
Pingback: gold IRA buyers guide
Pingback: typing test speed online